Adventure

Last week while on a ski-touring trip to Norway’s Romsdal Alps I sailed the long and narrow seas of a fjord. This is the second…

The Alpha LT by Arc’teryx is a pricey and top-end shell jacket made for mission-critical mountain situations where a thin sheen of nylon could literally…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The bitter pill that is the sport of ultramarathon — footraces of 50 miles or more — is unusually hard to swallow in Death Valley…

In endurance sports like adventure racing and ultra running, keeping your feet happy and healthy for hours or days on the go has always been…

Diagnosing the likes of plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, stress fractures, and shin splints, Dr. Paul Langer is a podiatrist as well as a running expert.…

Can you say crap storm? I just got back from Mount Shasta, and I have a good story to tell. Winds reached 100mph on top,…

This is my profile of Mandatory Gear, a Minneapolis company that makes some of the lightest-weight backpacking and adventure racing gear available. Indeed, the company’s…

“K2” is a play by Patrick Meyers that opened earlier this month at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. Written nearly three decades ago, K2 has…

Rail Riders recently interviewed The Gear Junkie, and here’s the full Q&A, complete with ramblings on existential exhaustion, emotional breakdown and enlightenment. Questions in the…

Mike is back, and things did not go quite as planned, though he put up a courageous effort. As reported by Craig Medred in the…

In a story this weekend for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, I write about David Heitkamp of New Haven, Ind., who competed in the Arrowhead 135…

In a recent story for Forbes, I polled Ed Viesturs, Jack Tackle, Will Gadd, and four additional star alpinists to create a list that highlights…

I honestly thought the Iditarod Trail Invitational (the new name for Iditabike) self supported. That’s right. No drop bags. No outside help. He’ll haul all…