Why Your Smartphone Is A Great Adventure Tool
byEvery once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece of outdoor gear? I…
Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece of outdoor gear? I…
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I had gotten a late start, realized I failed to…
A few weeks ago, someone put a sticker saying “Does this Sprinter van make my trust fund look big?” on my friend Thomas’s van…
Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you wouldn’t. This is the…
I sit on a rock along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, assembling a camp stove and filling a pot with water…
Everybody has a few one-liners that always crop up in their head when they’re out hiking, skiing, climbing, and/or having a good time or…
Earlier this year, my book Surviving the Great Outdoors came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking around in the out-of-doors—climbing, backpacking, hiking,…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan More stories like this in my new book, Bears Don’t…
That’s right, summer’s not over yet. Here are some tips to make the best out of your last few nights under the stars. If…
One Friday this past March, I hiked a few miles down a trail and set up a tent in one of the quietest places…
You probably have a lot of questions when you’re thinking about what kind of van you should buy for your adventure trips. Should you…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years: a big, fat book…
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Just kidding. You probably have most of the stuff you need already. But I’ll tell you what,…
At 11 p.m. on January 13th, I watched a group of eight guys push a 48-foot long boat into the Colorado River at Lee’s…
This isn’t necessarily one of those “Best Adventure Books Ever Written” lists—just a list of a few books I have read and loved over…
My friend Jayson and I were out trail running on Saturday, for long stretches exposed to a 50 mph wind. It was the kind…
You’ve seen the John Muir quote “The mountains are calling and I must go” on t-shirts, coffee mugs, wood cuts, prints, and Instagram captions….
Last Monday, my mom and I stood behind a fence at Arches National Park and took a couple photos of Landscape Arch, the longest…
Are you real busy traveling all over the place to climb rocks, ride bikes, bag peaks, and otherwise explore some nature, but not about…
I was sitting at the counter of Higher Ground in Salt Lake City back in 2012, tapping away on my laptop, and I overheard…
Over a few months this past winter, my friend Nick and I pedaled to a dozen different diners in Denver to eat breakfast together….
Last Saturday afternoon, I was about to nod off in the passenger seat of my friend Mitsu’s car while we drove across Portland. I…
Alastair Humphreys, writer and adventurer on both macro and micro levels, just came out with a new book called Grand Adventures. Thanks to a…
About a year ago, I spent a few days with Ace Kvale and his 10-year-old blue heeler, Genghis Khan, in their home in southern…
Hey, it’s Everest season again. In case you aren’t yet properly psyched for mountain climbing coverage, here are some more facts about the Greatest…
You just can’t beat getting out of the office for a few days or a couple weeks to go skiing, backpacking, climbing, or mountain…
Five years ago this week, I started this blog, hoping a few people might read it and get something out of it: a laugh,…