Nicole Qualtieri

This has us dreaming of long days and warm temps. Anyone else excited for summer adventures? - Big thanks @coleman_becker for the impressive capture and adventure inspiration. 💪🏽 • • • • • • • #adventurestartshere #gearjunkie #bouldering #boulder #climbon #climberlife #boulderlife #crashpad #gripit #chalkup #summeradventures #sleepunderthestars #campingadventures #climbinginspiration #getoutside #gearjunkielife

Ever dreamed of backpacking the Grand Canyon? How about in winter?⠀ ⠀ Solitude and some truly amazing views are in abundance during this 46 mile trek. The south rim tops out at 7,000 feet and the north rim stands tall at 8,000 feet. And there’s even a remote yurt available to backpackers.⠀ ⠀ Our contributor, @erichansontv, spent five days on the Rim to Rim trail and had this to say, “Completing a Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim backpacking trip is an accomplishment worth a notch in the belt. It is a significant undertaking, but the rewards are remarkable.⠀ ⠀ It can be done any time of year. But the best time is in the winter when it’s not absurdly hot. And you’ll have the North Rim of the Grand Canyon all to yourself.⠀ ⠀ The North Rim was beautiful, cold, and covered with snow. Having access to a yurt, a wood-burning stove, and a pit toilet was quite the luxury.”⠀ ⠀ Link in profile and story fit more trip-planning details. 🏜❄️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ •⠀ #adventurestartshere #gearjunkie #backpackerlife #hikingday #hikinglife #hikingtrip #mountainsarecalling #thruhike #thruhiking #hikers #traveltheworld #adventureanywhere #hikinggear #trekkingday #hikerslife #keepexploring #summeradventures #summerbackpacking #campingfun #grandcanyon #rimtorim #explorearizona #winterhiking #winterbackpacking #getoutside #gearjunkielife

Meet Chelsey. She’s a pro adventure racer, mountain biker, and a Mom. Just months after giving birth she competed in the grueling Telluride 100 Mountain Bike Race (finishing in the top 5!) and received cheers at the finish line as she threw down her bike and rushed to feed her son.⠀ ⠀ After winning the 7 day Patagonia Expedition Race, she was asked if being a mom would change her adventure plans. Here’s what she said, “Training and racing are my passions, and having kids does not change that. Instead, it has inspired me to further explore and expand my potential. Leaving Max is crazy hard. But doing things that feed my soul makes me the best mother I can be. I hope by continuing to race I can inspire more mothers to live their passions!”⠀ ⠀ So on this International Women’s Day we want to give a shoutout to all the inspiring, badass adventure women out there. May we know them, may we raise them, may we be them. 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾⠀ ⠀ Tag the women who inspire you and check out the story for more badass adventurers you should know.⠀ #internationalwomensday

You’ve probably see this van, laughed at the cute dog antics, and wondered, how in the world does someone live in a van and make a living on Instagram? We did too. So we chatted with @briannamadia to see what it’s all about. And as she explained, there may or may not have been some tequila involved 🤷🏻‍♀️ ・・・ “When I was down in Mexico, I got good and drunk off tequila with my new friend @ruggaby and he asked me what it was really like to do the whole ‘Instagram influencer’ thing. So I gave him a brutally honest, rambling assessment of it all because that’s what tequila is for. A few weeks later, he emailed me and asked if I would be willing to turn our tequila talk into an interview for @thegearjunkie and I said, why the hell not. And though I wasn’t actually drunk when I gave these answers, I peppered them with enough curse words to convince you that I might have been. 👀 Also, if you don’t understand my sense of humor...well, good luck with this one 😂.” - Brianna Madia - Link to full interview in profile!