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As ultra races go, the Arrowhead 135 is an odd fish, more akin to an Alaskan sled dog epic than the Ironman. The race, which…

In one week I head west to the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, a trade fair in Salt Lake City for apparel and gear buyers +…

Few outdoor pursuits draw such strong reaction as winter camping. The idea of laying down in the snow, closing your eyes and going to sleep…

Of all my esoteric outdoors pursuits, skiing frozen rivers — a sport called “rivering” in Minnesota — might be my most unusual. It’s a hybrid…

On December 30, Jordan Romero of California became the youngest person to stand atop Aconcagua, a 22,841-foot peak in Argentina that’s the highest in all…

The annual Winter Trails day is being held this upcoming weekend, on Saturday, Jan. 12th. This is a program that offers free snowshoe and XC…

This post has nothing to do with the outdoors. Or gear. But you should read it simply for the Schadenfreude of it all, which is…

Long-time Gear Junkie readers might still remember when the column only appeared in newsprint. That’s right, my efforts to review all the world’s greatest gear…

Came across the GearFlogger blog last week. Good stuff here. It’s put up by two guys in Alaska, Denali veterans and all, who review “equipment…

The Primal Quest brand is synonymous with week-long, kill-me-now adventure races through some of the wildest terrain on the planet. (I know: I saw God…

Continuing the snowkiting story line, today’s post — the first of 2008! — will tell the story of Sam Salwei and Jason Magness, two adventuring…

I went kiteskiing last weekend for the first time. A blast. And easier than I expected. Indeed, after two hours of kite instruction, I was…

After training for hundreds of hours and competing in a dozen ultra-endurance adventures around the country over the past 12 months, I picked 10 products…

Yesterday was a teaser blog to my annual “Top 10 Adventures of the Year” article. But today I’m unveiling the whole list, starting in Utah’s…

From caves in Quintana Roo, Mexico, to the Nevada desert, to a 14,000-foot volcano in California, 2007 proved to be a year of high adventure…

In a story last week for Forbes, I virtually equipped the “Ski Gadget Man,” a hypothetical downhiller outfitted head to toe with the latest and…

On Sunday December 16th, at 2 p.m. EST, NBC will broadcast a one-hour television special about the 2007 Shared Summits K2 Expedition. On July 20th,…