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Last week REI showed us how to properly coil a climbing rope. This week, the lessons continue, this time with a demonstration of the correct way to tie into a climbing harness using a figure eight knot. The goal is to stay as safe and secure as possible before starting up the wall, which means…
I’ve kept coverage of the Tour de France to a minimum this year, but if you’ve been following the race so far you probably already know that 2019 has been one of the most exciting TdFs in recent memory. Over the past eight years, Team Sky –– now Team Ineos –– has controlled the race,…
While the U.S. has been baking in a record-setting heatwave over the past few days, our neighbors to the north have seen set a dubious temperature record of their own. In Canada, the town of Alert –– which is known as the northernmost settlement on the planet –– saw the mercury climb above 70ºF (21ºC)…
It has been a roller coaster ride of emotions on the world’s second highest peak over the past week or so. Last week this time the teams hoping to scale that mountain this summer were setting off with high hopes and a good deal of optimism. After all, the weather was perfect, the forecast looked…
We’ve been talking about it for several months now, and hinting that news was incoming, but now it is official. We’re going to Africa in 2020 to climb Kilimanjaro, and all of you are invited to come along too. The final plans for the trek have just been finalized and anyone interested in joining us…
The “how to” videos keeping coming this week, although this time we’re picking up some tips on how to pack your backpack courtesy of Outside magazine. There is a real art to getting your pack organized and balanced, while maximizing the space that you have available. This short video provides some good insights into how to do…
It has been another very busy week in the world of outdoor adventure and travel. So much so, that as usual there wan’t enough time and space to share everything that came through my email inbox or across my desk. That’s why every Friday we post our weekly “Adventure Quickies,” which includes a rundown of…
America’s public lands are some of the best outdoor playgrounds on the planet. They can be found in pretty much every state in the country, although some are obviously much better than others. Still, there are a lot of things to see and do in these amazing locations and to remind us of that, Men’s Journal…
Things are in a state of flux on K2 at the moment. After the rope fixing squad was turned back on the mountain yesterday, without installing ropes to the summit, most of the teams have now returned to Base Camp and are reevaluating the situation. It seems many of the teams have found the conditions…
As I mentioned yesterday, we’re likely to see a number of different tributes to NASA, Apollo 11, and the first moon landing over the next few days as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of that achievement. The video above is one such tribute, taking us back in time to the start of the space race,…
