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Cold Plunge Guide: 8 Best Cold Plunge Tubs of 2024
Cold Plunge Guide: Everything You Need to Know About This Hot Wellness Trend

The history, health benefits, and how-to’s of this increasingly popular endeavor, plus eight of the best cold plunge tubs for your at-home routine

28 LGBTQ+ Outdoor Groups Supporting & Celebrating Diversity in Nature
28 LGBTQ+ Outdoor Groups to Support During Pride and Beyond

International and regional organizations, nonprofits, and collectives celebrating and supporting LGBTQIA+ campers, climbers, hikers, and more

Op-Ed: Who Really Makes Money From Your Public Land Campsite Bookings?
Is a Private Corporation Getting Rich Off Your Public Land Campsite Fees?

Separating fact from fiction in the debates around fees, accessibility, and public/private partnerships on public lands

New Book "Surfer Magazine: 1960-2020" Chronicles 60 Years of Culture
Surfing’s Now-Extinct Print Mag Gets a Worthy Retrospective in New Hardcover Book

With more than 300 pages of photos and journalism, the book is a visual homage to surf culture's leading publication, which prematurely closed in 2020

How This 1995 Mitsubishi Delica Became the Ultimate Adventure Van
Q&A: Andrew Groves On Mitsubishi Adventure Vans and Protecting the Natural World

The founder of UK-based Miscellaneous Adventures shares the details behind the buildout of his little van life rig

Inside Photodom, Brooklyn's Own Film Photography Shop & Community Hub
This Black-Owned NYC Camera Shop Is a Hub for Photographers of All Backgrounds

Photodom founder Dominick Lewis on starting an analog photography business, diversity in the photo industry, and more

9 Outdoor Brands With Repair, Resell & Upcycled Gear Programs
9 Outdoor Brands With Repair, Resell & Upcycled Gear Programs

These major gear makers are using closed-loop cycles to keep equipment and apparel in use and out of landfills

Inside Slim Pickins, America's First Black-Owned Outdoor Shop
Video: America's First Black-Owned Outdoor Shop, Slim Pickins Outfitters

A short documentary by Outbound Collective looks at how and why the shop came to be, and what it represents in the outdoor industry

How HiHeyHello Magazine Is Reshaping the Narrative of Women in the Outdoors
How Two Strangers Launched a Print Magazine to Celebrate Women in the Outdoors

A conversation with co-founders Sierra Domaille & Juhee Kim on a changing outdoors culture, running a magazine during a pandemic, and more

8 Unique Cabin Getaways on Airbnb in Southern Maine
8 Unique Cabin Getaways in Southern Maine for a Change of Pace

From boathouses, to treehouses, to A-Frames, take a couple days off and head upta' camp in these funky New England retreats

Q&A: Adventurer, Educator, and Trailblazer Ron Griswell
Q&A: Adventurer Ron Griswell on How to Get into the Outdoor Industry

The founder of HBCUs Outside discusses mindfulness, advice for adventure newcomers, and how he's helping increase representation outdoors

A Crowdsourced Guide to Socially Responsible Gift Giving
A Crowdsourced Guide to Socially Responsible Gift Giving

Environmentally-focused products and brands owned by underrepresented peoples spanning outdoors, fashion, jewelry, art, and home goods