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18 Ways to Get Your Old Man Outside (and Loving It) on Father’s Day

A Visit to California’s Version of the Galapagos Islands

Jai Hamid Bashir Narrates "The Quran in My Backpack"

New Thru-Hike Documentary Unpacks the Wilds of Patagonia

Meet the Adventurers Who Brave Glacial Caves in the Name of Science

Reading the Quran Connects Me to Nature

The MacLehose Trail Is Hong Kong's Great Escape

REI Rolls Out Tough Sustainability Standards for All Its Brands

War-Ready to River-Ready: A Vet’s New Life on the River

How to Treat Backcountry Water on the Cheap

Meet Morgan Dixon, Co-Founder of GirlTrek

Fire and Ice: The Pacific Crest Trail in the Era of Climate Change

What’s It Like to Come Back From a Year in the Boundary Waters Wilderness?

Feds and Backcountry Skiers Join Forces to Manage Forests

2018 Military and Veteran Scholarships for River Guide School