Adventure

"Look at all those people!” It was mid-July, and my family and I were picnicking on the banks of the Arkansas River, laughing as we...

One of the more poignant memoirs I’ve read concerns a group of French soldiers in World War I. The men lost their way en route to the battlefield and mistakenly ascended a high, steep ridge. From that unintentionally safe vantage point, they witnessed the horrendous ...

The recent tragedy involving campers in Arkansas provides a stark reminder of the danger posed by a flash flood. Flash floods occur when excessive water rapidly fills dry creeks or riverbeds. A creek only six inches deep in mountainous areas can swell to a 10-...

Far From Home: Uganda to the Tetons...

It began with whine. And ended with wine. Little did I know how one would flow into the other as two excursions to Francie’s...

Falling didn’t used to be a part of climbing rules. You couldn’t fall. If you did, your life was in peril...

Russia hosting the Olympics isn't winning over many nations to support its anti-gay policies...

Floating down western Colorado’s Yampa River is an exercise in opposing forces: stillness and motion. As our raft bobs through gentle currents, our guide draws in her oars, letting the river take us where it will. Newly alert, her head lifts and ours follow; a ...

We all have friends who can eat anything they want and not gain weight while we, on the other hand, suffer in all of the appropriate ways, avoiding everything that doesn’t show up at the store with soil on it, and the pounds come on anyway. Often when carrying extra ...

For most river runners in the West, the middle of February is the real start of the whitewater season, a kind of college acceptance-letter week. While all of the great multi-day river trips through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau are regulated by the fickle ...

The story on ski area growth in North America is simple: It’s slowed way down...

Three bracelets on her wrist remind her what she’s hiking for; one has the coordinates of her Pennsylvania home, the other two are from...