Meet the creator of the Newest Plus Size Hiking Pants
Founder Raquel Vélez shares why she started plus size hiking pant company Alpine Parrot
Camp Cooking: Ramen Recipe
Kimberly Lee shares her favorite recipe and ingredients for making ramen while camping.
Trails, Tunnels and Tornadoes: Bikepacking the 400 State Trail and Beyond
This week, Mappy Hour Chicago athlete Dietrich Hunter shares his experience exploring the 400 State Trail which extends from Reedsburg to Elroy Wisconsin.
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Interview with Trail Runner Coree Woltering
Illinois-based trail runner, ultra runner, and The North Face Athlete Coree Woltering talks running and identity in the outdoors
Exploring Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is one of those “perfect places”. Sunshine, world class climbing (who doesn’t love some granite), some of the wonkiest rocks...
Watch: Skiing In Color with artist Lamont Joseph White
"It’s often said, that race doesn’t matter or that color isn’t seen. Yet, as a person of color, life has proven otherwise, through both...
Finding Place and Places through Bikepacking
I took my first bikepacking trip in the late 1980s. We didn’t know that what we were doing was called that since the label...
NYC: Derick Lugo, The Unlikely Thru-Hike
While I'd read The Unlikely Thru-Hiker last year when it came out, hearing Derick Lugo recount his experience and read passages from his book...
2020: Summer of Bikepacking with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Ah, the summer of 2020. We had so many plans for you and yet, here we are, stuck within the confines of our own...
LGBTQ+ Visibility in the Outdoors – with Kelly & Jess of All Wild Up
"Realize that Pride extends beyond the month of June."
"Look at all the anti trans bills... speak out against them. Or if you hear someone...
The Culture of Climbing with Pilar Amado
As progressive as the world of sports seems to have become, there are still many areas that need to be improved. Climbing, for one,...
Watch: Kareemah Batts, Diversity is More Than Color
“If our world is this diverse, then how is it that our outdoors are not as diverse? And then who’s job is it to...
