When I first got into climbing 16 years ago, I spent every day I could training. I loved being able to study the sport and continuously send harder routes, b...

Acadia National Park was founded in 1916, the first national park east of the Mississippi, and the second in the United States. The majority of the park's 49...

The island of Kalymnos in Greece is a rock climbers' paradise -- thousands of routes for climbers at every level, beautiful beaches, delicious fresh food and...

Backpacking allows us to get out and experience the outdoors while keeping costs to a minimum and adventure to the max. But what drives someone to pack a 40+...

New Zealand may be a country far far away from New York City, but it is so worth the 18 hours of flying it takes to get there. Made up of two main islands (t...

Last September I rock climbed for 24 hours straight, and it was hell --Horseshoe Hell (HH). Every September, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper, AR hosts a lea...

I grew up in New York City in the early 1990s, when there were only a couple of rock climbing gyms, and climbing wasn't a popular or developed industry by an...

While it's important to push yourself when building physical strength, exercising as often and as much as you possibly can won't lead to you becoming your st...

New York City is often associated with skyscrapers, crowded streets, congested subways and constant noise, but it's also a city surrounded by nature. New Yor...

Mount Stuart is the second tallest non-volcanic mountain in the state of Washington, standing at 9,415 feet it is home to one of the best alpine routes in th...

Assateague Island National Seashore is a 37-mile island off of Maryland and Virginia that is famous for the wild-horses that roam its shores and having one o...

The Gunks a.k.a the Shawangunk Mountain Range in New York offers some of the best rock climbing in America. A short drive (an hour and a half) from New York...

Glacier National Park is full of massive mountains, teaming waterfalls, and hundreds of lakes that are perfectly nestled into the northwest corner of Montana...

The Enchantments in Washington state's Cascade region are a national treasure. Majestic mountains, azure lakes, and the quiet of the wild make this park the...

The Adirondack Park is made up of over 6 million acres of outdoorsy opportunity that attract folks from across the country and down from Canada. The highest ...