Outdoors
Osprey’s Anti-Gravity Suspension System Is a Back-Saver
If everyone is putting the spotlight on suspension, why all the hype over Osprey’s “Anti-Gravity Suspension”?
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Archive72 Hours in Saba
Visiting a minuscule Caribbean Island without beaches might sound limiting, but the small size, absence of beaches and lack of infrastructure is exactly what earns Saba its nickname: the “Unspoiled Queen”.
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ArchiveCraft Beer’s First Billionaire Refuses to be Defined
A beer with Jim Koch, the ever-divisive founder and president of the most successful craft brewery in America.
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DrinksA Talk with Steve Hindy: Brooklyn Brewery Founder, AP Journalist, Mob Archnemesis
Craft beer is full of cool, intelligent and well-traveled founders and brewers.
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Archive72 Hours in Kyoto
As the former imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto is filled with more than 1,600 Buddhist temples and hundreds of Shinto Shrines, and has a restricted skyline dominated by imperial architecture.
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ArchiveSticking Points in Trinidad’s Land of Tar
Walking Trinidad’s Tierra de Brea tar pit (and driving its roads) proves a sticky situation.
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Outdoors
Finding the “Real” Hawaii in Molokai’s Leper Colony
There I was, coming down the mountain like a kid on a playground, happy to finally be in the “real Hawaii”, and all of a sudden I realized that I’d arrived at a leper colony — one where people still lived.
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ArchiveAt The View Hotel in Monument Valley, the Name Says it All
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why they decided to name it The View Hotel.
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OutdoorsHow Custom Skis Are Made
From the client evaluation to the material selection to the tedious labor, one thing’s clear: making custom skis requires patience and skill.
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Archive72 Hours in the Azores
The Azores, a chain of nine islands just west of Portugal, are a melting pot of landscapes and cultures, evoking Hawaii, Scandinavia, Seattle and Wisconsin in the space of an hour.
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OutdoorsThe End of Ayers Rock?
Ayers Rock, a huge, flat sandstone summit in the middle of the Australian desert, draws huge crowds. But part of that tourism involves climbing over ground that the Anangu tribe, the owners of the land, consider sacred.
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OutdoorsGoing the Full 11 Miles on the Kalalau Trail
Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
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ArchiveGetting to Know Australia on the Larapinta Trail
Outdoor enthusiasts sometimes turn their backs on organized, outfitted tours.
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ArchiveAlpacka Raft Alpackalypse
Alpacka Raft’s latest offering, the Alpackalypse, combines the feel and handling of a hardshell kayak with a form that weighs just over ten pounds and packs down to 17 inches by 11 inches — making it still very much a backpackers raft.
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ArchiveOutdoor Research Lucent Heated Gloves
Though pricey, Outdoor Research’s Lucent Heated Gloves, with their ability to completely eliminate cold hands, are an investment worthy of consideration for those who spend a lot of time outside during the winter.
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Gift IdeasThe 12 Guys of Christmas: The Adventurer
Whether you’re a thrill seeker shopping for yourself, a worried parent trying to protect your baby, a best friend looking to help a buddy shred it up, or a tagalong seeking some extra comfort, the best thing about the gift of outdoor gear is that it serves all those purposes simultaneously.
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ArchiveRoad Notes: Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Nearly 200 miles north of Guatemala City, in the rainforest, lie the remains of the ancient city Tikal, the capital of one of the most powerful kingdoms of the Maya civilization.
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ArchiveRoad Notes: Cycling America’s Highest Road
Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, stretching from Estes Park to Grand Lake, Colorado.