Spring break for college students almost always gets a bad rap as a time for undergrads to wreak havoc on beach towns across the country. While there may be some truth to these accusations, many University...
Steph Davis is a professional rock climber, free-soloer, BASE-jumper and more. She's written the books Learning to Fly and High Infatuation. She answered six questions for Wasatch on risk and the outdoors.
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On May 3rd, Caroline Himbert, a third year PhD student in Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah, boarded a plane for Tucson, Arizona. From there, she bussed three hours to Lordsburg, New...
Running is accessible and cheap, comparatively. There’s not much to maintain or replace in your gear closet, with the exception of a good pair of shoes and a few solid layers if you want to run in the...
New or experienced, climbing essentials like chalk are used by everyone. For newbies (like me), it’s general knowledge that chalk is always needed, but for what reasons? Well to begin with, there are...
Last December, Salt Lake City won the bid from the United States Olympic Committee to be the next host city for the Winter Olympics. Salt Lake was in the running with other great options like the Reno-Tahoe...
Skiing has held its place as the centerpiece of the Wasatch mountains for quite some time. Thousands of people come from all over the world to enjoy the slopes each winter, and their visitations...
There are currently 58 national parks established in our country, and Utah is the proud home to five of them. These parks are known as the “Mighty Five” and for good reason. They house some of the...
In today's world, we are spoiled with vast opportunities and inventions that exist to make spending time in the outdoors a little more comfortable. One could argue that the biggest area outdoors performance...
