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NOW PLAYING: "The Alpine Amusement Park"
Watch now (28 min) | Popular hiking destinations are looking more like theme park attractions than trails. Here's how we both conserve and preserve…
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Podcast #16: Surviving the Deadliest Day on Everest with Jim Davidson
“We were marooned at Camp One and feeling pretty vulnerable. And yet, there was even more danger below us." The 2015 Gorka Earthquake killed 8,790…
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Can't Get a Campsite Reservation? Shocking Audit Uncovers Possible Reasons Why
Questionable closures, preferential treatment and potential for abuse may have clogged campsites and shut out visitors
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Quandary Collapse: Colorado's Most Popular Peak Sees Visitor Numbers Cut in Half
Data from Colorado Fourteener Initiative trail trackers show significant hiker drop-off on popular peaks, but could trouble be brewing elsewhere?
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Growing the Outdoor Space with Eddie Taylor
In 2022 the first all-Black crew will attempt to summit Everest. One of the team members joins me to discuss how better visibility makes for a more…
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Quandary Collapse: Colorado's Most Popular Peak Sees Visitor Numbers Cut in Half
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Which Colorado Trails Require Reservations? The Definitive 2023 Park and Peak Guide:
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The 14ers Aren't Trails. The Sooner We Stop Thinking of them that way, the Sooner We can Save them
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The Ski Season is Over; We May Never See Another Like it
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Grass Stain Conspiracy: The Powerful Push to make Kids Play Outside Again
Survey data obtained by Base Camp News indicates a massive behavior shift among children and parents, and advertisers are following suit: kids are…
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Patched Out: When the Passage of Time Plasters Over Nostalgia
A short read, brought back by some old memories of my childhood home:
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Perspective, Part III: Two Years on the Trail
Looking back on two years along the trail building this outdoor publication as a serious voice in the community, with a glimpse ahead at the future
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Killer Robots Hate Humanity Less than this Group in the Outdoor Community
Meet the Smiths; a festering culture rot of of pseudo-intellectual, anti-human “outdoorsmen,” that want you in inside, unhappy, and eventually extinct
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Encore: Hiking Through the Seasons
Why time often gets away from us, and how we can slow the speed at which it slips through our fingers.
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Hiking Nutrition 101: How to Pick Trail Snacks that Beat the Bonk
Your choice of food for should never be an afterthought on your adventures. Guest writer Doc Anarchy helps you find what you need, based on body type.
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Hurricane Roulette: How to Predict Where the Trees Will Fall
There's a lesson in decision making we can all learn from the raw, destructive power that mother nature sometimes uses to smush our stuff. Here's how to…
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