Thousands of feet below the rim, the mighty Colorado River hints at the forces that created the Grand Canyon, an unprecedented confluence of rock, water and tim...
Shannon O’Donnell took her first solo trip in 2008. She was working remotely in Los Angeles and wondered if she could travel while on the job. After all, she di...
On the first day of 2015, Ayesha McGowan published a to-do list on her blog, “A Quick Brown Fox.” On her list:
Get more women/women of color on bikes
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In her mind, Kara Goucher knew running away from the mountain lion was wrong, but still, when you’re faced with a 200-pound predator, it’s hard not to instincti...
When reflecting on this year’s Everest season, Himalayan expert Alan Arnette described it as “the best of times and the worst of times.” During the peak’s two-m...
We scoured the massive show floor of last week’s Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver in search of the most exciting pieces of backpacking gear hitting shelves...
“It’s the desert,” I told my partner a few weeks ago, exasperated. “It’s totally flat.” Their eyes rolled back in their head so far I almost didn’t think they’d...
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The kid had started a fire that burned 49,000 acres of forest—76 square miles—a fire that closed a major highway, keeping hundreds of thousands of...
At first, Demonte Cosby did not like mountain biking.
It was 2015. Cosby was 13 years old and living in a public housing unit in Richmond, Virginia. He was ...
At last week’s Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver—where new gear debuts to the outdoor industry—we noticed a consistent trend among hiking and running gear b...
New Hampshire’s White Mountains, locally known as the Whites, have long been one of the region’s most iconic hiking destinations. Home to White Mountain Nationa...
When you visit the Co-op Journal, we hope you feel a sense of belonging, that you see yourself reflected in the pages (and pixels) of the stories you read. That...
