The Art of the Project: Get After Rocktober (and Mental Health)
“To send: to climb a route or complete a boulder problem with zero falls.” Ideally, when we show up prepared, psyched and try hard, we’ll send that climb we’ve been eyeing, right?
Athlete and storyteller Dani Reyes-Acosta aims to inspire individual action and collective communion through self-care and self-determination found in the outdoors. After leaving cushy corporate life to find her way back to her roots, she ticked rock climbs and ski lines across Argentina, Chile, Canada, and the USA on a circuitous path to self-actualization. Find her online as @NotLostJustDiscovering or via DaniReyesAcosta.com
What We Can Learn from the Water in the Mountains: Ways to Make Our Lives More Waterwise
What does it mean to be waterwise? The concept conjures ideas of conservation, rationing, and drought—but maybe it’s simpler than that. On a backpacking trip, being waterwise could mean having enough water left over to still have a satisfying sip…
The Ultimate Conservationist & Angler: Gabaccia Moreno
Gabaccia is an artist and conscious creative whose works, regardless of the medium, intersect beautifully with the social and environmental issues surrounding her. Thanks for joining us on this interview, and give her a follow at the links above.
How to Adventure Outdoors in 5 New Ways
The best part about outdoor adventure? Each of us gets to define what it looks like on our terms. You can use these activities to help supplement your more intense adventures. Or these suggestions could be your gentle introduction to…
How to Adventure in Your Own Backyard Backcountry
There is great joy and satisfaction to be found in the process of exploring your own backyard and finding your own adventure. While each of these steps is valuable on its own, I hope you’ll take the time to bring…
A Commitment to Community: Activists You Need to Know About This Earth Day
As outdoor lovers, we don't just know and love the power of transformative experiences in the outdoors. We also know, often too well, that without supportive communities, Mother Nature will suffer.
Women in the Backcountry, Part 4: The Future of Women in the Backcountry
It is not the path we glide that makes a difference in our journey; it is the process we follow that determines the destination. Love the process, love life, and love the mountains.
Dating in a Socially Conscious Outdoor World, Your Profile Defines You
Secrets to Enjoying the Outdoors in ‘The New Normal’ Nature restores you. No matter how you adventure, playing outside fuels your soul, recharges your batteries, and inspires you to greatness. Greatness, though, loves friends: it’s a lot more fun to…
Women in the Backcountry Part 3: Women’s Mentorship in the Mountains
A light breeze fluttered pole straps against the backs of my hands as I paused to gaze up towards the final pitch of the summit. I watched Sophia and Sofia blaze a trail up 25 Short’s East-facing breakable crust, and…
Women in the Backcountry, Part 2: Avalanche Education and Building Competency
The Journey is the Adventure The four of us laughed, leaning closer to the hut’s wood-burning stove as logs popped and crackled. Beverages in hand, we cozied into the conversation: what would we ski tomorrow? Where would conditions let us…