It wasn’t until I laid raw, sore, and depleted on that hotel bed that I found a deep, compelling love for unplugging from my life and stepping into an unknown wild.
Category: From the Field
The 10 Best Winter Hut Hikes For You To Take
The 15-mile snowshoe in is not for the faint of heart—or legs—but the reward, for those who make the trip, is a winter wilderness as wild and unpredictable as any out west.
Sail Aloha: An Interview With Ambassador Willie!
This summer William Woodward shifted gears and decided to take to the waters for some reflection, introspection and distance from the life he was accustomed to. Now that he is back, we sat down with him to get the scoop on how his endeavor changed, challenged and impacted him. What was the influencing factors that…
Behind The Lens: Sri Lanka with Danielle Brennan
Fun Fact #1: One of Buddha’s teeth is housed in a temple in the town of Kandy! Every year, Kandy hosts the “Festival of the Tooth” to honor Buddha. Fun Fact #2: Sri Lanka was the first country in the world to have a female Prime Minister. Adventure #1: Kandy, Sri Lanka Our first big…
Unexpected Turnaround
I once heard Yvon Chouinard say in a documentary that “adventure is when everything goes wrong. That’s when the adventure starts.” It’s not that everything went wrong per se, but more so unplanned and unexpected, and that was the start of our adventure. A New Normal – And Not One I Wanted To Get Used To When…
Guiding You To The Perfect Backpacking Pack
When it comes to picking out the perfect backpacking pack, we wan’t to make sure you have all the big questions answered. With SO many options out there, it can be hard to know what bag is going to go the distance with you. That’s why we’ve put together a guide to help you determine…
The AT Thru-Hiker’s Decision: Get Back on Trail or Call it Quits
Gretchen Pardon was one month and more than 270 miles into her Appalachian Trail thru-hike when she realized she had to leave the trail. It was March 23, less than two weeks after the World Health Organization had officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, when she walked into the city of Hot Springs, NC expecting to…
Behind The Lens: Nicaragua
Even though we are home, we can still dream of faraway places, right?
Join us on a trip through our past adventures to help us all look forward to and plan for future ones.
Funniest Mishaps Experienced By Adventurers Across the Country
Ah, life on the trail and in the mountains. It’s beautiful, it’s challenging, it’s…whoops, not supposed to go that way!? If you love the outdoors, you’ve undoubtedly run into scenarios where your adventure hasn’t gone exactly as planned. You forget to bring an essential piece of gear, wildlife intervenes in unexpected ways, or the weather,…
A Summer Spent Chasing Slippery Gold
I don’t think many people refer to salmon as “slippery gold” but after spending three months on a fishing boat, I quickly learned that the more fish you caught, the larger the paycheck would be. Just about 5 years ago a friend of mine from high school reached out and made me an offer I…