Travel Tips and Gear Reviews
The best hiking socks I’ve ever worn
If you're going to be even moderately serious about hiking, you're going to have to ditch the old cotton socks you can grab at Walmart.
Just Add Water: Best pre-made dehydrated meals- Breakfast Edition
Taking pre-made dehydrated food on the trail can be a little bit of a crap shoot. If you've never tested a pack before, you could find yourself a long way from home without a tasty or filling meal.
When there’s a zombie apocalypse, this is the water filter I...
One filter cleans itself, which is a deal-breaker
The rules are changing for lodging at Grand Canyon’s Phantom Ranch
Everything is changing for America's most exclusive lodge.
Phantom Ranch sits at the bottom of the Grand Canyon and getting reservations there can be...
Oru — The bombproof kayak that folds into a suitcase
There was always a list of rational reasons why I shouldn't own a kayak. At the top of that list-- storage and transportation.
How To: You can dehydrate ground beef, but there’s a trick
One thing I love to bring in the backcountry with me is dehydrated ground beef. You can prep it at home with a dehydrator in under 7 hours and it makes a hearty addition to any starch.
Wildlife
Extremely Rare White Giraffes spotted in the wild
A Conservation group in Kenya has captured two extremely rare white giraffes on video.
Spotting a white giraffe is unusual, and instances have only been documented a...
New before and after pics show damage to Puerto Rican Parrot...
The Rio Abajo aviary in Puerto Rico is critical to the endangered Puerto Rican parrot, and now the first before and after pics are...
Bobcat camps out on top of giant saguaro cactus
A bobcat found an unusual place to hide in the Arizona desert this week.
It climbed to the top of a giant saguaro cactus in...
National Parks
Why there’s never been a better time to own a camper
You can travel safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
It was April 8, a few days before Easter Sunday, and the entire country was on its...
National Park closes trail so helicopter can purge tons of human waste
A popular hiking trail at Zion National Park in Utah was temporarily shut down this week so helicopters could evacuate 16,000 lbs. of human...
NASA: Ozone Hole is the Smallest since 1988
According to scientists from NASA and NOAA, warm temperatures in the Antarctic led to a smaller ozone hole this year.
The "hole" in the Earth's...