News
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Tanya of Family Adventures in the Canadian Rockies
Tanya Koob is an outdoor enthusiast who runs the blog Family Adventures in the Canadian Rockies. She is a fantastic mom to an energetic, young boy and a loving and supportive wife to her partner. Her family lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where some parts of the majestic Rocky Mountains reside.
Having a child never stopped Tanya from...
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Richelle of Adventures Around Asia
Richelle Gamlam is a 25-year-old Seattle native turned world traveler, outdoor blogger, and serial China expat. She's the smiling face behind the travel blog Adventures Around Asia. It used to be a small "study abroad" blog but as the years passed, it grew into a website where she shares the things she's extremely passionate about - and one of them is traveling.
Living...
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Christy of Ordinary Traveler
Meet Christy Woodrow, the professional outdoor blogger behind the award-winning blog Ordinary Traveler. She started blogging in 2009 with her partner, Scott Calafiore, to document their travels as well as share their love for photography. Over the past years, Ordinary Traveler has become a go-to website for people who are not just seeking for travel inspiration but also helpful bits of advice and tips on how...
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Esther and Jacob of Local Adventurer
Esther and Jacob run the travel lifestyle blog Local Adventurer. It has become a way for them to explore more places and find adventure in their everyday lives. The blog actually started out as a wedding site where they shared their honeymoon and travel adventures.
Esther was born in Korea and grew up as a pastor’s kid in Midwest since she was...
-
New Year’s Resolutions for the Outdoor Enthusiast
Late December is a time to reflect on the past and make plans for the future. It’s also that time of year when we make a bunch of promises that we rarely keep. That’s because most New Year's resolutions are really just a laundry list of things we’d like to change about ourselves but can’t be bothered working on. Lose weight, get more exercise, find a better...
-
Look What I Can Do! The Most Intense (and Difficult to Master) Outdoor Activities on the Planet
So, you can cut a pretty mean J-stroke with your paddle and stay upright in a pipeline. Beyond shooting rapids and testing the surf, however, there’s a whole world of extreme sports that are absolutely mind-blowing. Here are some familiar favorites, and a few you may never have heard of, that take nerves of steel and focused...
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Michael Lanza of The Big Outside
Michael Lanza is the author behind the family outdoor blog The Big Outside. He is a veteran freelance outdoors writer and photographer. He used to work for Backpacker Magazine as a contributing editor and a gear reviewer for many years. During those times, he explored numerous national parks and wilderness areas across the United States and all over the globe including the Swiss Alps, Scottish...
-
Thrilling Ways to Burn Off Those Holiday Calories
Every year, you tell yourself you won’t overdo it, but inevitably you waddle away from the holidays with a little extra weight and a touch of regret. There are far more interesting ways to burn those calories than boring yourself thin on the treadmill, so grab your sense of adventure and try some of these out instead.
1. Rock Climbing
Even if you’ve never tried...
-
Best Locations in the World for Winter Camping
Camping in summer can be a whole lot of fun and conjures up memories of family vacations, crackling campfires, and licking melted marshmallows off a pointy stick. The bugs can be a nuisance, but surviving the night usually involves nothing more than making sure the tent is well pegged and your fly doesn’t leak. Camping in winter, however, is a different game altogether.
Setting up in...
-
Featured Outdoor Blogger of the Month: Dave and Deb of The Planet D
Dave and Deb are the smiling faces behind The Planet D. The couple have been together for 20 years and weren’t able to find their true passion until the year 2008… which turned out to be traveling. They used to live in Toronto but decided to relocate to Vancouver to chase their dreams of being famous musicians....
