Whether or not scavenging is your style, here are 10 ideas that will make dirtbagging life easier—and maybe a little less smelly—while sleeping in your car and making the most of your days outside.
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A few stretches and poses to help solve the backpacker’s greatest problems: sore legs and a stiff back. Taking time to become aware of your body, limber up your muscles, and focus in on your breath can transform a trying hike into a gift.
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If you’re planning a solo adventure, check your ego before you go – and make sure to consider these pros and cons.
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Compatible adventure buddes are like solid gold. For this reason, it’s important to find good people with whom to explore, and nurture these relationships well.
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Being motivated to get out on the weekend can be a challenge, and planning and packing is an overwhelming task. Here are six tips to get you out the door with energy to spare on Friday afternoon.
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Tips and tricks to become a bike-packing connoisseur.
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The “Wild” effect is in full swing. Popularity has surged on the Pacific Crest Trail over the past few years and the trend seems like it will continue invariably into the future. There is now a permit process dictating start…
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Adventure and risk can be two sides of the same coin. The outdoors is not always a “safe place”. It is, however, a good place. It’s wild. Untamed. Free. For these reasons, we lace up our boots, tighten our pack and take the trail. Still, in a distant part of our brain, is the fear.
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Every mountain town has views of breathtaking ridgelines. Boulder has the Flatirons. Seattle has the Cascades. Salt Lake City has the Wasatch Range. The list goes on. While gazing out at these majestic peaks, the same thought slowly creeps into…
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Sometimes the idea of the rugged mountains and roughing it in the great outdoors prime our minds to think of the outdoors as this uncomfortable and rough. There’s almost an air of purity to suffering while we are out enjoying…
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In the backcountry, every single element adds up. Every gram. Every calorie. Every inch. Every decision. All of these elements are multiplied during the winter. In this edition of Therm-a-Rest Beta, contributor Bethany Hughes gives us a few decision points…
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As the days grow short and we begin researching plane flights home, the adventure motivation can start to slow. We shift our focus to family and friends, enjoying holidays that prompt us to appreciate the things that we hold dear….
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