My friends and I drove down a dirt road out of the Sangre de Cristo…
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The Benefits Of Discomfort
About a year ago, psychologist and author Kelly McGonigal gave a TED Talk on “How…
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The Three Laws Of Stuff Dynamics
Do you have trouble fitting that last item in your backpack, or struggle to hang…
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The Lost Art Of Dreaming Over Maps
I was talking to my friend Mark about mountain biking a while back when he…
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Surviving a 4K (4,000-Calorie) Run
When Forest and I had discussed the rules at a coffee shop in Brooklyn three…
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What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
Chad Kellogg died in Patagonia on Valentine’s Day this year, at 42 years old. I…
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A Weekend In The Outdoors, As Told By Viral Nova
SCENE: Monday morning at the office. You arrive, drop your stuff at your desk and…
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Sometimes It Ain’t Rocket Science
Herb and Jan Conn developed almost all of the early climbing in South Dakota’s Needles…
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The Moments Before Your Big Moments
I got an email from Statigram the other day offering to collect my “best Instagram…
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Do Things And Make Things Next Year
My parents gave me Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York book for a holiday gift,…
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‘The New American Road Trip Mixtape’ Available Now
With the help of a bunch of great friends, I spent the last couple years…
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Announcing A Book: The New American Road Trip Mixtape
About 2 ½ years ago after a breakup, I moved out of my apartment in…
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The Grand Canyon Guide To Parent-Child Relationships
I hopped over a stream crossing the Bright Angel Trail, taking a big step from…
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Tyler Durden, Yvon Chouinard, And Growing Up
I watched Fight Club the other night for the first time in over a decade,…
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The Whitey-Tighty Geocache
Have you ever shit your pants at a national park? A few years ago, I…
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The Three Types Of Directions
Do you ever ask people for directions anymore? Or do you prefer to ask them,…
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The New Mid-Life Crisis Is: Being Awesome
In March of this year, at a Kmart in Petaluma, California, I bought my friend…
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You Don’t Have To Go Inside Just Because It’s Dark
I rolled down the packed trail, standing in the pedals, watching the 30 or so…
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Pride Cometh Before The Fall
As a joke, I got my photo taken next to the Icebox Canyon trailhead sign:…
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You Wonder Why We Don’t Have Nice Things
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in…
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Dads And Dreams
My dad told me the other day he’d won a three-day Harley rental at a…
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Learning How To Say Yes
My friend Forest put this photo on Facebook last December, with this caption: It was…
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You Can Walk Anywhere You Want
I flew to Iowa to visit my grandmother in the hospital a couple weeks ago.…
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Why You End Up Somewhere Sometimes
You call someplace home, and if you think about it, there are probably one or…
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A Lesson From Fred
Six summers ago, a guy named Fred sat down across from me at a picnic…
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A Bunch Of Dreams, One Film: The Making Of ’35’
This past Tuesday, a film called “35” went up on Vimeo — it’s 5 minutes…
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The Pure Joy Of Fixie Dave
A couple weeks ago at a party, I saw Dave Nice for the first time…
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