Adventure

As of this morning, four teams have completed the Primal Quest Badlands’ 550+ mile course, and the race winners have been crowned.

The life-altering adventure that is the Primal Quest — touted as “The World’s Most Challenging Human Endurance Competition” — kicks off today in the Badlands…

Deep woods, on-the-run problem solving, and aerobic output via foot, bike and boat define adventure racing, a map-based wilderness sport.

It is day No. 7 for Team YogaSlackers’ Y.E.S. tour, an unsupported bike trip of Colorado to promote “awareness through adventure.”

All you ever wanted to know. Well, at least a few things. Drew Simmons at Wicked Outdoorsy grabs an exclusive interview with the Gear Junkie.

The GearJunkie.com crew is in Vail, Colo., this weekend to cover the Teva Mountain Games. For athlete interviews, reports on races, and updated photo and…

Long a fringe activity, slacklining has grown to become almost mainstream in the outdoors world. This story highlights my experience learning to slack last year…

Photojournalist T.C. Worley climbs mountains and treks to deep unknowns — with camera always in tow. We picked his brain for tips on how to…

The Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race is dubbed ‘the toughest and wildest race on Earth.’ A Gear Junkie correspondent reported from Patagonia during the 2009 race…

The “Choose-Your-Adventure” sweepstakes trip concluded last weekend on the summit of 11,204-foot Alta Peak. Here’s a report with highlights from the adventure . . .

Gear Junkie is back after a three-day getaway in Sequoia National Park, where the “Choose-Your-Adventure” trip with REI Adventures — as well as the summit…

Snowkiting harnesses wind to propel skiers and snowboarders over frozen lakes and other snow-covered terrain. A Minnesota company promises you can learn the sport in…

I’m back home after a week away in the tropics of Belize, where I explored the cayes offshore and the Cayo District inland. . .

John Huston and Tyler Fish, respectively of Chicago and Ely, Minn., form a two-man team trying this March to become the first Americans to ski…

Common cardiovascular wisdom says running can do only good for the heart. But a study at a German clinic has linked marathon runners to the…

Last month, on a quick two-day ascent, I climbed Utah’s Kings Peak, the state’s highest mountain at 13,528 feet. Here’s a run down on the…

The Gear Junkie is back from Utah, where a weekend of crazy adventures climaxed at the summit of Utah’s Kings Peak, the state’s high point.…

Night orienteering requires racers to read a map and compass while tracking vegetation boundaries, bouncing along lakeshores, hiking gullies — all by the paltry glow…