How Social Media Is Redefining—And Maybe Undermining—Wilderness Adventure

It used to be that to be an expert—what we now call an influencer—you had to do something extraordinary:...

When To Trust Your Fear In The Backcountry

“Trust your gut,” they say. It’s the most common advice when faced with the unknown. But at the start...

When A Paddler Dies, We Are Too Quick To...

The paddling community judges accidents harshly. We are so determined to figure it out and ascribe a cause to...

From Ireland To India: One Family’s 51,000KM SUP And...

Respite from the searing summer heatwave was a mere 12 kilometers away—a small lake we could reach in only...

If You Gotta Go, Go Now

It was our third consecutive lunch of pitas and cheese and we were ready for a distraction. We had...

Kayakers Beware: Geese Gone Wild

In three decades of kayaking, the only injury I’ve suffered wasn’t from a pounding surf landing, a strainer or...