If one of your classmates is into adventure sports, you can probably tell from across the lecture hall.  Laptops, water bottles, and cars layered with so many stickers, you can’t really be sure what...

This past summer I went to the climbing festival in Lander, Wyoming. One night, they hosted a dyno comp. Dynos are basically a powerful and dynamic move in climbing that generally involves jumping. It...

The Jist Amongst the most niche pieces of gear on the market, BallNutz meet uneven reviews across the internet. There is a good chance you've never even heard of this gear, so I'll quickly run you through...

When I was younger, I remember hearing about a group from my neighborhood taking a trip out to King’s Peak, the highest point in Utah. It stayed in my mind, and about a year ago I started talking about...

 In 2003, Aaron Ralston amputated his own arm after being trapped in a slot canyon for five days. It seems that more people have seen this incident as an invitation to try a new activity than as a warning...

“The liquid lie of the West” is how Utah writer, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams describes Salt Lake City’s namesake water body. The Great Salt Lake offers undrinkable water in a parched...

Aja Lindley is a 13-year-old climber living in Utah who has already shown a lot of promise in the sport. She was initially a competitive gymnast with an intense schedule. For six years, she trained for...

My alarm went off at 4:30 in the morning on a Sunday in July. Dawn had yet to break, and the usually busy street outside my house was all but dead. I crawled out of bed and into the running shorts and...

My life is simple. The sun rises, I walk down a little hill to the boathouse, pump rafts, and entertain people from all across the states on a whitewater trip down the Yellowstone River. The sun sets,...