Travel stories about adventure in the great outdoors, including backpacking, camping, paddling and hiking all over the world.
Expedition Company Treks Through Kurdistan’s Mount Halgurd By Jill Webb Matt Bennett took a break from his day job of being chairman of the DRB group to trek through the mountains of Kurdistan with Secret Compass. Secret Compass brings adventure-seekers together to go on epic expeditions all over the world. The UK-based company doesn’t focus […]
Exploring Utah’s incredible canyons: Bryce Canyon, The Narrows, The Landing, Angel’s Landing, and Zion Canyon Scenic drive. See other-worldly formations and canyons.
Secret Compass is not a tourism company but instead an expedition-planning organization. They take their clients to the world’s most intense places, like North Korea.
Winnipeg’s annual winter competition, bringing international artists and architect’s warming hut designs to life along the frozen Red River Mutual Train.
Winter in Yellowstone – Silence and Solitude in Abundance! By Donnie Sexton An overpowering stillness surrounds me. The only thing I hear is the crunching of the snow beneath my feet and my labored breathing, having hiked around the Old Faithful area in Yellowstone National Park for a solid 45 minutes in cold weather. All […]
Pristine and beautiful, Wrangell, Alaska offers glaciers, seals, sea lions and orcas and hiking along the coast in Tongass National Forest.
Boulder Colorado is a town where nearly everyone is fit as a fiddle. Between hiking the Flatirons and enjoying local craft brews, it’s a fun city for all.
Hiking outside of Apriltsi, Bulgaria on the sublime Vidimsko Praskalo eco-trail. A journey in deep forest enjoying nature, also info about hotels there.
The Scenery and History of New York’s Hudson Valley Hudson Valley Reflections: Illustrated Travel and Field Guide by Michael Adamovic documents scenery, historic sites, architecture, and more within the 100-mile-long region. Discover the natural and architectural wonders that abound in New York’s Hudson River Valley in this lavishly illustrated travel and field guide. The unique […]
Hiking on the most popular trail in New Hampshire, the Franconia Ridge Loop, where you intersect the famous Appalachian trail and weather can be hazardous.
In the far west of Australia a forgotten coast reveals the fantastic Ningaloo Reef, a paradise for snorkelers and divers, Cape Range National Park.
The Air is Sweet with Salt in Tenerife By Andy Christian Castillo The air is sweet with a hint of salt midst wildflowers in Tenerife, Spain’s Anaga Rural Park. My boots follow a rough trail over sandstone rocks into the dense fog. It suddenly lifts. The landscape materializes and I get my bearings. Ahead is […]
Deep in the Amazon jungle, at the borders of Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, Leticia is a jumping off point for adventure treks and river trips.
Adirondack Park is massive, six million acres, and largest in the continental US. Touring Lake Placid, Mirror Lake and other hiking and kayaking spots.
