Though the concept of backpacking is simple (walk a ways, set up a tent, eat, sleep, repeat), there are a myriad of little things that can take your trip from g...
How a record-setting Everest expedition spawned an outdoor company with a ground-up approach to gear.
The name Sea to Summit has a great history which began ...
Rebecca’s Wild Idea: To be a professional adventure racer and bike the Ho Chi Minh Trail in search of her father, who was shot down as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War.
A Q&A with mountain biking's "Queen of Pain"
Rebecca Rusch is many things to many people. She's a seven-time world champion mountain biker and a four-tim...
Some of the country’s best adult running camps—and the reasons behind the running camp craze
Why should kids get to have all the fun? If you question anyone in...
Three models debut this coming fall—exclusive to REI
When Black Diamond's climbing category manager Kolin Powick stopped by our offices in Boulder, Colorado,...
A father balances pride for his son's rapidly improving skillset with the bittersweet reality that he will soon be overtaken
Jamaica scares my son. Not Jamai...
Editor's Note on February 25, 2019: On Sunday, the rock climbing documentary 'Free Solo' won the award for Best Documentary at the 91st Academy Awards. The film...
One runner’s search for adventure and a fresh start in our newest—and now at-risk—national monument
I’m shivering in the back of my yellow Jeep Wrangler tuck...
Hilary Oliver explores the magic of the three-day effect
Day 1:
Our packs are heavy. Our sweat trickles, then pours. We don't dawdle—we're propelled. We're fi...
How one group is blending the age-old crafts of foraging and brewing
Twenty hikers follow Cody Chambers through the 5,000-acre Forest Park near downtown Port...
Just north of Truckee, California, the Commemorative Emigrant Trail running along Alder Creek is a recreational gem. That wasn’t the case for its namesake wagon...
