Planning your first weekend hike or a backpacking trip? Want to know what it's like to experience free fall from 13,000ft? Interested in swapping beta on some of the best bouldering locations across the US? Check out our Trip Reports for recent articles from our Featured Bloggers. Whether you’re venturing outdoors alone or with your family or friends, you’ll find something that matches your interests! We also tackle complex topics like racism, colorism, transphobia and queerphobia in outdoor recreation.
I needed gear, and lots of it. I needed the right colors and styles and brands. These were the rules of how to interact with nature, and they were created by people who did not look like me. As a child trying to belong, I felt unsafe disrupting these patterns.
Read MoreIf you’re struggling with how to spend time with aging parents and family members, here are four ways to get outside!
Read MoreWe know purchasing expensive outdoor gear has been at the very bottom of your to-do list, so, here’s a guide to help you acquire gear on the cheap, from one broke person to another.
Read MoreTo those with privilege, the outdoors is a place where you can be your most authentic, unburdened self. For the rest of us, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Read MoreSomeone very boldly asked me “What is your story? What got you outdoors?” Having been asked that question before, I automatically launched into the short synopsis of my brief outdoor career… I continued on with this neatly packaged story of how I fell in love with the Outdoors in my mid twenties. For so long I absolutely believed this narrative to be true, but looking back I now realize that...I lied.
Read MoreWhen I am out at the crag or ‘living my best life’ on a nice mountaintop I feel grateful for the opportunity to experience the world in such a beautiful way—but I also feel shame.
Read MoreIt isn't easy buying gear when you are a student who has sold your soul to Sallie Mae or when you’re just starting at your first job. The hustle is real at times...
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