Memoir of a Female Traildog
Dirt Work is highly recommended for readers who love the outdoors, and especially those who have hiked in a national park or forest, and benefited from the hard work of trail crews.
Try This: Rent a Fire Lookout
A fire lookout offers the best of both worlds: unmatched scenery, amenities, and a lovely mash-up of extreme adventuring with the comfort and security of home.
Summer 2013 Issue
Women’s Adventure magazine’s Summer 2013 issue is chock full of how-to articles, inspirational photos, stories about women pushing the boundaries of their passions, and gear advice.
Hotel Homebase: Fredricksburg, Texas
Check out Historic Fredricksburg, Texas for a weekend of outdoor fun and quaint, old-world German culture.
A Picture of Southeast Alaska is Worth Three Thousand Words
This photo gallery depicts some of southeast Alaska’s best scenery, most typical transportation methods, and local attractions.
Learn to Mountain Bike This Summer at Angel Fire!
New to mountain biking? Angel Fire Resort in New Mexico has some great packages to get you going downhill fast.
Five National Parks Getaways Sure to Impress
Disclaimer: This gallery might inspire a girls’ getaway! So go ahead and plan your own. Try centering it around Utah’s Mighty 5, the state’s five national parks—Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Zion. The state is offering a variety of packages, photo tours, and excursions in the parks.
Moab Mountain Bike Training
My friend and I went to Moab a couple weeks ago. I had never been but it is the Mecca of mountain biking so figured I should make the journey. Plus, it was a great way to really kick off training as the entire month of March was spent on my road bike. We spent three days riding and each day just got better and better.
Make Things Happen For Yourself
“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?” ― Anaïs Nin
All About Perspective
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” -Kahlil Gibran
OneSeed Expeditions: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Through Tourism
Scratch your travel itch! Sign up for your own OneSeed Expeditions experience to empower women entrepreneurs.
Life is an Adventure
“Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game-play it. Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a dream-realize it. Life is a sacrifice-offer it. Life is love-enjoy it.”
Women’s Adventure Team Holds 1st in Offroad Race
Bethany Hamilton and Chrissie Beavis, sponsored by Women’s Adventure, are in 1st place among American teams and rank 7th overall in this women’s international off-road race. Here’s a photo gallery!
Onboard Leadership Training for Military Daughters
Sisters Under Sail has put aboard more than 500 teenage girls and 250 women, and 45% of those teenage girls have shipped aboard via sponsorship dollars. The program’s application deadline this year is April 15, 2013. Only 12 teen girls will be selected from the U.S. military and Canadian forces.
Hotel Homebase: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Cozy abodes in the Southeast’s vibrant outdoor hub, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each hotel homebase offers easy access to the range of adventures right outside its doors.
Rediscovering Yoga
First, I loved yoga. Now, it’s like my old dog that stares at me from the corner wondering when I’m going to take her for a walk. How did something I once loved turn into one more stressful item on my to-do list?
Sun, Snow, Clouds, and Wind Are All Typical in Spring
“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” — Mark Twain
Spring 2013 Issue
Highlights of the Spring 2013 issue: Forage for Food. Train Like a Pro. Cast Your Line. Dive a Shipwreck. Retreat in Texas Hill Country. Try Canyoneering, SUP Racing, Fly Fishing, Road Biking, and Poi!
Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Wreck Diving
At what point does something uncomfortable, something that makes you anxious, something that could land you in the morgue turn into something you must do?
Family Adventure: Late Winter Outings
It’s winter, and depending upon where you are (if you’re not Adventure Mom Jen!), it’s cold and snowy.
The Power of a Girl’s Getaway
The magic of a girl’s getaway is the total relaxation that comes when you get away from the business of urban life. I often refer to it as going to “another planet.”
Trekking in Humla, Nepal
This Fall we had the opportunity to spend 16 days trekking in Humla, Nepal. Before we left we had heard how beautiful the Himalayas are and we were not disappointed.
Family Adventure: Winter Getaways with kids
Winter Getaways: The Adventure Moms give their best tips for Winter getaways with kids
Family Adventure: Taking Risks
Does being a parent mean avoiding all outdoor risks? The Adventure Moms weigh in!
Finding Humility the Hard Way
More than a decade ago, I personally guided an alpine multi-pitch route in RMNP, Le Petit Grepon. Just days before I had to test-lead that route, there was a fatality. A gnarly, bloody swathe of mortality painted the route, and I told my mock-client, “I don’t want to do this for a living.”
Great Expectations
Expectations drive so much of our experience of life. We cannot control the outcome of any given event, but we can manage our perception of how things ought to be.
Bodily Breakdown on the Inca Trail
“There was only one thing thwarting my trek along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and it was me.”
2012 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run 0
Women’s Adventure takes on the 2012 GORE-Tex TransRockies Run. Cheer us on! We’ll need it.
Run Like an Olympian in London
London’s City Jogging Tours gave me with the chance to exercise with a local and see some of the sights at the same time.
Crashing Weddings and Beehives in Turkey’s Wild Northeast
Balyolu, is the first honey tasting rural business incubation walking journey of its kind, led and inspired by local women who are training to become world-class beekeepers in Turkey.
The Little Things
The little things are the sweetest. Like the moment when you reach the top of the hill before the guys do, sipping sparkling wine on the porch after a run, like crashing a guys weekend with a girl friend, like the smell of rain after a wildfire scare, like Friday afternoon.
Trial in the Treetops
I stood at the edge of the platform clipped onto the zipline. The tightness in my chest and sweat dripping down the sides of my abdomen were familiar, and the rational side of my brain was struggling to stave off the coming attack. I took as deep a breath as I could and stepped into the air.
The Teva Mountain Games Motivate and Empower
Attending The Teva Mountain Games can make a confident athlete feel like a novice, comparatively. But use that feeling as a source of motivation. The women who graced the podium at The Teva Mountain Games are just like you: passionate, driven, and inspirational.
Changing Lives One Bicycle at a Time
World Bicycle Relief’s program is targeted at all men, women, and children who would most benefit from access to transportation.
Open and Unencumbered
My hands were cold, my body wet and achy. I knew my mom must be feeling the strain of the elements too, but she said nothing. She pushed through her discomfort, so I pushed through mine.
Lucky Trolls
Our own Mountain Girl, Sophie Nicolson, visits Iceland and gets to spend some quality time with her legendary dad.
London to London: Via The World
British explorer Sarah Outen resumes her human-powered circumnavigation of the globe, cycling, rowing, and kayaking alone across the world.
