Wyoming Yellowstone

Wyoming Outdoors

Last Updated: May 19, 2014

If the West is holding on to the fading light of its once proud appellation, “The Wild West,” then Wyoming is one of the final strongholds. Its terrain is harsh and unforgiving: the plains collide boldly with mountains, raging rivers, and...
Montana Glacier National Park

Montana Outdoors

Last Updated: May 18, 2014

What do mountains and rivers have in common? Open plains and endless sky? Sparse population and untouched land? Wilderness and beauty? Besides the fact that one always goes hand-in-hand with the other, these things are...
California Yosemite

California Outdoors

Last Updated: May 18, 2014

For the adventure-minded traveler, California is a state that requires little introduction. From Joshua Tree in the south to Mount Shasta in the north, over 600 miles of dramatic coastline in the west to the rugged Sierra Nevada in the east...
Washington Enchantments

Washington Outdoors

Last Updated: May 18, 2014

Suppose for a moment that you wanted to begin a life full of outdoor adventures. You’re ready to take up activities like backpacking, whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, sailing, surfing, windsurfing, rock climbing, mountaineering...
Utah Delicate Arch

Utah Outdoors

Last Updated: May 18, 2014

Utah is best known as a ski state—and a darn good one at that—but what truly makes Utah so unique, and special, is its vast and colorful desert. It’s true that resorts such as Alta, Park City, and Snowbird are world-class ski hills, and all within...
Colorado Outdoors

Colorado Outdoors

Last Updated: May 18, 2014

It is difficult to think of mountains, and mountain sports in the United States, without thinking of Colorado. For many, especially vacationers from the East, Colorado is the first and last stop for adventure. Nearly one-third of the state is flat...
The Meaning of Wild

The Meaning of Wild - A New Short Film

Last Updated: March 10, 2014

The Meaning of Wild, a new short film by cameraman Ben Hamilton, honors the fiftieth anniversary...
Cochamo Chile climbers

The Cochamó Journals Part II

There is a short squat bird I know well who frequents the “Bivy Boulder” in Cochamó Valley’s Anfiteatro. While his latin name escapes me, I refer to him fondly as the "Work Work Work" bird.  His call sounds eerily similar...
Cochamo Journals Part 1

The Cochamó Journals Part I

I had the dream again last night.  The dream is always the same—some details change here and there, different faces emerge and fade, lines of travel crisscross and follow different plans or lack thereof—but the dream is always...

World's Great Adventure Hotels and Lodges: Aguas Arriba

Last Updated: December 2, 2013

Nestled on the banks of Lago del Desierto approximately 40...

Best Micro Four Thirds Lenses

Last Updated: November 13, 2013

Memory Card for Olympus OM-D E-M1

Best Memory Card for the Olympus OM-D E-M1

Last Updated: October 22, 2013

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 holds one Secure Digital (SD) format memory card and does...