5 Preventable Mistakes New Hikers Always Make
Think going for a hike is just taking a walk outside? Not when you're headed into the wilderness it's not, though plenty of newbie hikers apparently think...
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Rangers' Secrets: Olympic National Park
With a rugged coastline just miles away from alpine meadows, glaciers and vast swaths of rainforest, Olympic National Park is one of the most diverse protected areas...
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40 Great American Day Hikes To Do This Summer
In its simplest definition, a day hike is a wilderness walk you can complete in a single day. That means you can go fast and light, unencumbered...
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Rangers' Secrets: Grand Canyon National Park
It was not the Grand Canyon's majestic landscape, but a cafeteria on the North Rim that changed Florida native Vanya Pryputniewicz's life forever. In 1990, Pryputniewicz...
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Walking The Line: A Man's 1,700-Mile Keystone XL Hike
Ken Ilgunas is not your average adventurer (if, indeed, there is such a thing). He's not off trudging up Himalayan peaks, swimming the Amazon or pulling a...
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A 900-Mile Solo Paddle: One With The Wildlife
Editor's Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series about paddling the Inside Passage, a 1,200-mile waterway that stretches from Washington's Puget Sound to Glacier Bay,...
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A 900-Mile Solo Paddle: Learning To Navigate
Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series about paddling the Inside Passage, a 1,200-mile waterway that stretches from Washington's Puget Sound to Glacier Bay,...
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A 900-Mile Solo Paddle: Getting Into The Inside Passage
Editor's Note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series about paddling the Inside Passage, a 1,200-mile waterway that stretches from Washington's Puget Sound to Glacier Bay,...
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Himalayan Hat Trick: One Mountaineer's Incredible Feat
Just as the Everest climbers continue to move up and down the mountain, other teams across the Himalaya are doing the same on various other mountains. Most...
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Surprising Everest Facts
For centuries, 29,035-foot Mt. Everest has captured the human imagination. First, it was considered sacred by the Nepalese who lived at its base. Later, when the British...
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12 Top-Secret Swimming Holes
The start of summer means travelers will be flocking to beaches and lakefronts in droves. Sure, we love boardwalks and water skiing and volleyball as much as...
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Across The Himalayas, Mountaineers Make Summit Pushes
Just as the teams on Everest are on the move today to take advantage of improving weather patterns across the Himalaya, the climbers on other mountains in...
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Wild Horses Run Amok
I grew up with a dozen horses on Colorado's eastern plains. In winter I busted hay bales to feed them, and, under a star-strewn sky, chopped holes...
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Southwest Road Trip! Day 7, Zion Nat'l Park
Day 7 of my Southwest road trip began in pursuit of another sunrise, only this time in Zion National Park. After reading and hearing from numerous sources...
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Choose Your Own Safari (The Online Tool)
If you were a fan of choose-your-own-adventure books as a child, you'll like this new interactive website from Bushtracks Expeditions.The online tool helps you create your own...
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The World's Newest Long-Distance Trail
Backpackers and mountain bikers will be interested to learn that a new long distance trail is set to open in Africa in early 2014. The new trail...
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Dirty Snow Threatens Skiing
The recent online series, Trip, features Swiss free-skiers Nicolas and Loris Falquet skiing through snow colored with yellow, blue and umber dyes, all apparently non-polluting. It's beautiful,...
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Summer In Alaska: The Great Ski & Fish Adventure
It is 2am at Winterlake Lodge in central Alaska—still light enough to see the enormous black bear clamber onto the deck. Rising to its hind legs, the...
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Are Whale Watchers Killing Orcas?
Some orcas won't tolerate being tagged, but a few, Candice Emmons says, are willing to play ball—like K33, who on a gray September day is swimming high...
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Quiet Zone: Air Traffic Routed Away From Colorado's Backcountry
For years, the peaceful sounds of birds, rivers and wind in Rocky Mountain National Park have mixed with the grating drone of airplanes approaching Denver International Airport.However,...
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An Explorer's Must-Bring Gear List
In some ways, Mikael Strandberg doesn't cut the steretypical image—tall, lean, square-jawed, grizzled—of a serious explorer. In fact, he's fairly short, balding and rounded in the middle....
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Hot Tips: Fire Safety For Wildfire Season
From California to Colorado, wildfires are already taking a significant toll on local communities and the natural environment this season. While the summer is one of the best...
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VIDEO: The Men Who Know Everest Best
The sport of mountaineering and attitudes toward the world's highest mountain have changed dramatically since the first Americans reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1963. In...
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Sherpa Showdown On Everest: Simone Moro's Story
The headline of the week has been the showdown between European climbers Ueli Steck, Jonathan Griffith and Simone Moro and the mob of enraged Sherpas at Camp 2 on Everest....
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The 11 Best Airlines For Bringing Sports Gear
You may be headed to the best biking trails, ski runs, surf breaks or golf courses in the world, but if your trip starts off with a...
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Gear-Friendly Airlines Slideshow
With more direct flights from U.S. cities to Hawaii than any other airline, this carrier's prime appeal is obvious: easy access to the islands. Customer reviews, though,...
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Ranger's Secrets: Yosemite National Park
It wasn't adoration for Yosemite's granite peaks or alpine meadows that first lured Park Ranger Kari Cobb to this corner of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 2004....
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Surfing Makes Debut In World's Second Biggest Country
The world's second most populous country is about to hold its first ever surf competition.India's Spice Coast Open will be held in Kovalam in the southern state...
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Rangers' Secrets: Crater Lake National Park
As the deepest lake in the United States and one of the clearest bodies of water in the world, it's no surprise that Crater Lake is the...
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The Secret To Old Faithful's Eruptions
One of the most popular attractions in Yellowstone National Park is Old Faithful—the iconic geyser that erupts every 90 minutes like clockwork. Its unusual regularity makes it...
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