NationalPark

61 days, nearly 10,000 miles, and more gas stops than I care to count — all for the moment I stuck my head in the Arctic Ocean. Didn’t even swim, just a quick dunk, but still worth it. Along the way: 10 national parks, 9 ferry crossings, a new windshield, and more wildlife...

Love this. Big loop vibes with tight PTO and you still packed in Black Hills, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Redwoods, Yosemite, Vegas, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, plus the chilly Oregon and NorCal coast. Under 8k miles and roughly 2k on gas split eight ways sounds about right. Seeing...

I climbed Mt. Rainier last season via the Disappointment Cleaver route, and standing on that summit at 14,410 ft. was one of the most awe-inspiring moments of my life. The glaciers felt like something out of a different era vast, powerful, and otherworldly. But even then, I...

I’ve been lucky enough to explore a few parks on this list, and I still can’t stop thinking about Torres del Paine in Chile. Hiking the W Trek was brutal but unbelievably worth it, the landscapes feel otherworldly and the silence out there is something else. Also visited Banff a...

A chilling reminder for all nature lovers: Clinton and Cristen Brink, a couple from Bakersfield, were brutally killed while hiking with their two young daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. The attack occurred on July 26 in a remote, no-cell-service area of the park....

Reading this list of trails kind of makes me want to ditch everything and go full vagabond with a backpack. A few of these I've done Cadillac Summit in Acadia at sunrise was downright spiritual but some, like Sky Pond and the Skyline Loop at Rainier, are still firmly on my...