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Where to Travel During COVID

Stuck at home, dreaming of your next adventure? So are we. Here is our expert list of outdoor destinations for a healthy travel experience.

One of the questions we hear most often is “Where is it safe to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic?” While the pandemic certainly poses a number of challenges and safety concerns when it comes to travel, there are still many destinations you can enjoy while limiting your risk. And in our opinion there is no greater place to be during a pandemic than the great outdoors! And while the destination itself is an important factor, how you travel is just as important.

We talked to Cornthwaite about what inspired this project, what adventure is all about (it’s not necessarily what people think it is), and what’s coming up next.

English adventurer David Cornthwaite likes to do things his own way—from sleeping in weird places to riding a tandem bicycle from Vancouver to Las Vegas, to choosing a boat over an apartment to live with his wife, Emma, in London. Cornthwaite is best known for his Expedition1000 project, a plan to undertake 25 separate journeys of at least 1000 miles each, always using some type of non-motorized transport. The project started in 2011 and has so far included both land and

Breaking the Speed Record on the Nose

For years the world’s best climbers have been trading the record back in forth, with mere seconds separating the record at times.

The speed record of the Nose on El Capitan is one of the most alluring and sought after records in all of climbing, even for a sport that isn’t inherently competitive. For years the world’s best climbers have been trading the record back in forth, with mere seconds separating the record at times. Watch as Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds top the time set by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine.

Where to Travel During COVID

Stuck at home, dreaming of your next adventure? So are we. Here is our expert list of outdoor destinations for a healthy travel experience.

Home Sweet Oregon

A tribute to seven spectacular natural wonders right in our backyard

Going Up

A tribute to the painful joys of skinning

Pioneering Ice

The inception of winter climbing in Montana’s Hyalite Canyon

Mending The Line

A WW2 veteran returns to Normandy, this time to fish its rivers.

Into The Blue

A visually astounding history of psicobloc, the deep-water free solo movement that changed modern climbing forever.

Nobody's River

An all-women’s source-to-sea expedition across southern Siberia on one of the world’s greatest and least known free-flowing rivers

Net Worth

A popular Mexican grassroots movement is celebrating sea turtles as more than a meal.

The Everyman's Cerro Torre

The story of Aiguille Dibona, the toothy French granite that saved a climbing writer’s life.

Path of the Patriarch

The Abraham’s Path Initiative seeks to replace hostility with hospitality in the Middle East using a backpacking trail.

Into The Empty Quarter

An acclaimed British adventurer pays homage to his favorite explorer by dragging a strange cart through the world’s largest sand desert.

Maasailand Manifest: Riding the Great Rift Valley

Lion, tires, and gears oh my! This is what it looks like to bike the Serengeti.

Under the Midnight Sun

Max Lowe forges his own path despite having two of the greatest mountaineers in the world as fathers. By Conrad Anker and Max Lowe.

4 Reasons To Rotate Your Footwear Daily

If you walk, run, or hike on a daily basis you should add a few more pairs of shoes to your gear closet. Take a look at four benefits of this investment.

There are some surprising reasons to rotate your footwear. Anyone who walks, runs, or hikes on a daily basis should consider adding a few more pairs of shoes to their gear closet for important health-oriented reasons. Take a look at the benefits of this investment, and then decide for yourself. 1. Adaption hypothesis The break-in period for new shoes has been greatly reduced by modern materials for shoe manufacturing. Today’s shoes are designed for greater comfort and breathability right out of the

How to Be a Minimalist Hiker

Choosing the right gear for your next dirtbagging adventure

Minimalist hiking. Lightweight backpacking. Dirtbagging. Whatever you want to call it, hikers have recently been eschewing the traditional ethos of packing heavy in favor of something that’s a little kinder on the back. Smaller packs, lighter gear, and fewer clothes are becoming commonplace along the world’s longest thru-hikes. If you’re looking to jump on the bandwagon and embrace minimalism, here’s what you need to do. Choosing gear You should not be hiking in order to use gear. That philosophy is key to