Stand-Up Paddling

Stand-up paddling, or SUP, is among the biggest trends this year in board sports, even in landlocked locales like Minnesota. This feature story highlights the…

Hash House Harriers

The Hash House Harriers are a “drinking club with a running problem.” This tradition, started nearly 70 years ago in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has its…

The Pull of Canicross

Run with your dog. Let him pull. That’s the premise behind canicross, a dog-sledding derivative that milks maximum propulsion via a canine-connected cord to rocket…

11-year-old Climbs Denali

Jordan Romero. Age 11. On his way to becoming the youngest person ever to climb the Seven Summits. Last week: Denali. Five summits down, two…

Shaman in an Office Park

I went in for a physical assessment. I got crystals and magic instead. This is my story on Chris Frykman, a chiropractor who cracks backs,…

Rogaine Orienteering Race

In this feature story on the Minnesota Orienteering Club’s annual Rogaine event, I chronicle a six-hour backwoods race involving swamp swimming, flag finding, brush crashing…

Case Study: PLB in Action

A mountaineering accident last week prompted Bill Becher, a writer friend of mine from southern California, to deploy a personal locator beacon (PLB) in hopes…

Life, Death and Altitude

A death on a high peak — plus personal failures in performance at altitude — prompted Mike Farris, a 52-year-old college professor, to write a…

Norway Ski Trip — Report #3

This final trip report about my Norwegian escape last week is photo-heavy, with Kvitfjellet and Smorbottentin, two magnificent mountains of the Romsdal Alps, grabbing most…

BPA in the News

BPA is in the news again. That’s short for bisphenol A, a controversial compound that mimics the hormone estrogen and is found in polycarbonate containers,…

GoldSprints

Goldsprint racing is a rising offseason cycling activity that melds a stationary bike trainer with a video game. Riders pedal to move wheels on a…

Andy Knapp — Survivor

Can perseverance and fortitude forged from a lifetime in the outdoors boost your strength in other parts of life? For Andy Knapp, a 60-year-old retail…

Fitness in the Blood

What on earth is a blood lactate threshold? I had no idea before last week, when I got on a treadmill to undergo a fitness…

Q-and-A with The Gear Junkie

In this tell-all Q&A interview, Stephen Regenold (a.k.a. The Gear Junkie) talks with author Bill Katovsky about cycling 135 miles on snow, “existential realignment” via…

Beer Run

The Hash House Harriers are a drinking club with a running problem. That’s according to a man known as Bob-Shiggy-Bob, who I met last month…

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