One Surefire Way To Confuse A Koala Bear
Even when we look at the lifeless scar of a clearcut forest, it takes a leap of imagination to picture the forest intact, and inhabited by real-life animals.
Read MorePeter Koch
Explore Editorial Policies
Explore’s content is created by qualified and experienced writers and editors, bolstered by outside field experts. Our mission is to provide readers with well-rounded and accurate information by way of entertaining and engaging articles that deliver a diversity of content, including everything from detailed guides for exotic locales to easily accessible information on domestic travel.
Our editors consistently review and update articles to ensure they're providing current, relevant, and useful information. Complete information on our editorial process available here.
Stories By Peter Koch
-
-
Peek Inside A Snowboarder's Tiny Cabin Getaway
Some pro athletes, when they tire of jet-setting around the world in search of the next big adventure, retire to huge, multimillion-dollar mansions.
Read More -
Fund A Film Starring Edward Abbey
When Edward Abbey first set out into Arches National Monument, he probably had no idea the impact the experience would have on his own life.
Read More -
Diversity In The Outdoors: An Uphill Expedition
Expedition Denali will follow in the footsteps of another non-white mountaineer—Alaska native Walter Harper, the first person ever to summit Denali.
Read More -
Heyerdahl Hits The Big Screen
Thor Heyerdahl set off one of the greatest, seemingly-doomed-to-failure expeditions of all time: A 3,800-nautical-mile voyage from South America to Polynesia.
Read More -
Five Years Of 5Point
More than 50 films are showing, and the guest speakers are a who's who of big wall climbers, kayakers, skiers, skateboarders, mountaineers and storytellers.
Read More -
Ski Pass Showdown: Combo Passes Compared
Ski culture has changed. One-time ski areas are now glitzy ski resorts, yesterday's ski towns are now called resort towns and the broke, dirtbag ski bum has...
Read More -
12 Scary Roads
Bolivia's Old Yungas Road is a winding, 40-mile-long stretch that links the high Andean capital city of La Paz to Coroico, 11,500 feet below in the Amazon...
Read More -
Reel Big Fish: 14 Of The World's Biggest Catches
The biggest fish I ever caught was a 10-pound walleye. I was out on Lake Erie with my fish-crazed neighbor and my best friend during what seemed,...
Read More -
14 Of The Biggest Fish Ever Caught
Central Africa's Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) is reportedly as fierce as its name suggests. While some compare this freshwater fish to piranha—it's equally or more aggressive, and...
Read More -
12 Peak Fall Adventures
When to Go: Third Week September Get a rare insider's view of Glacier National Park when you attend its "Fall for Glacier" weekend at the Izaak Walton Inn,...
Read More -
America's 10 Greatest National Parks
Writer Wallace Stegner once called national parks "the best idea we ever had." And, for the most part (Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence—"We hold these...
Read More -
Best NPs For Every Sport
Where: Minnesota Why: This series of interconnected waterways that flow north into the arctic watershed of Hudson's Bay together make up a majestic collage of land and water....
Read More -
12 Sweet City Beaches
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cape Town's beaches is not that they exist—after all, the city sits on a peninsula between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans—but...
Read More -
The Absolute Best National Parks
Location: Wyoming Ranking Score: 89.5 "Not only is this the world's first national park, but within its 2.2 million acres you'll find the world's largest collection of thermal features,...
Read More -
Recap: What Happened On Everest 2013
Mt. Everest is, once again, alone at the top of the world. As predictably as ever, the monsoon winds have swept in, closing the curtain on the...
Read More -
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...
Read More -
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...
Read More -
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....
Read More
