Surviving Alaska’s weather, wildlife, and wilderness is tough. Really, really tough. Just ask Jack London or any of the others who answered The Last Frontier’s siren song over the years, only to find dreams of northern romance dashed by brutal Alaskan reality. A TV show premiering this April hopes to...
All the rage in the ’90s and the topic of much ridicule in the decades since, hip/waist/fanny packs are almost certainly here to stay. Heck, more than that — they’re making a strong comeback. From fishing to trail running and travel to bike commuting, fanny packs prove endlessly versatile and...
A home treadmill can help you meet fitness goals without the hassle of leaving the house. However, buying a treadmill is not an easy task. For starters, all treadmills look virtually the same. And trying to decipher between makes and models can be daunting. Digging into some of the specs requires nothing...
Editor’s note: The sponsors of this article — REI and Hipcamp — did not pay for the author’s trip to Glacier National Park or her stay at Mooseshroom. The Mooseshroom Hipcamp near Glacier National Park has two well-stocked kitchen spaces, a community fire pit, and a shower house with a...
Bumping through the African highlands in the back of a dusty Land Rover, summiting a rain-soaked Appalachian peak, sipping coffee with friends in a hipster downtown shop — these are just a few of the memories that play through my mind when I slide my weathered Nano Puff out of...
As soon as I saw the headline for this video, I knew I was going to feel the sting of jealousy. How can you not? Van life encompasses everything from once-in-a-lifetime adventures to sleeping in a Walmart parking lot — and we all know which one is preferable. But Bruno...
In October 2022, Sinje Gottwald set out from Spain to make an 8,000-mile journey across Africa (north to south). Unaided by technical or medical support, Gottwald ended her journey in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2023. Gottwald’s finish marks the first person to ride an electric motorcycle across...
The Grand Canyon is no joke. Nobody knows that better than BackpackingTV’s Eric Hanson and his buddy Dan Becker. The two saw a fairly standard — if still strenuous — Rim-to-Rim backpacking trip go sideways when Becker started suffering from nausea and the worst chest pain he’d ever experienced. Hanson...
“Y’all look like serious cyclists,” said a man from a slowly rolling SUV, his light Georgia drawl clear in the chill morning air. The three of us — Brent, Ryan, and myself — are huddled together in one of Hiawassee’s finest gas stations. We are triple-dressed in every spare layer...
In March 2018, I set off on my grand adventure of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,200-mile continuous trail between Georgia and Maine. It was a dream I’d had since I was 11 years old. I was on an overnight summer camp backpacking trip in New Hampshire at Mizpah...