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Twelve Books Every Outdoor Adventurer Should Read This Year

December 31, 2021 / Will Babb / Book/Movie Reviews

From tales to inspire your next adventure to unimaginable feats and struggles in the high peaks to defenders of the places we seek, here are twelve books that can’t be overlooked if you spend your time off away from it all. Whether you read one per month or tear through this list before Old Man […]

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The Time for Climbing Films

January 27, 2019 / Will Babb / Book/Movie Reviews, Climbing

Climbing as a sport has been growing increasingly popular in recent years, thanks in part to the release of professionally made documentaries on the sport. 2018 was a landmark year for climbing films, with three climbing films out for widespread release. I had the opportunity to see Reel Rock 13, the Dawn Wall, and Free Solo in theaters and thoroughly enjoyed each of them.

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Dreamin’

February 23, 2018 / Brandon Behymer / Backpacking, Book/Movie Reviews

Blogs, magazines, and podcasts are my preferred inspirational crutch when my imagination is having a slow day. Here is my go-to list:

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Readers Review: On Trails

November 29, 2017 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

If you’re interested in some natural history, select tales from the AT, a scoop of entomology, a dash of Darwin and Thoreau, all blended together with provocation of how you travel through the wilds and your place in it, then this is definitely not the book for you. (Only kidding!)

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Readers Review: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

December 4, 2016 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

I don’t know you reader, but one thing I do know is that you are human. Should I meet you someday, perhaps we will have a nice conversation about some books we have both read. Whether they be travel memoirs, eastern philosophies, metamorphoses inspired by nature, classic literature, or even the standard 14 part fantasy epic, I am always intrigued by the books that end up on my book shelf.

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Readers Review: The Wild Places

October 24, 2016 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

I don’t know you reader, but one thing I do know is that you are human. Should I meet you someday, perhaps we will have a nice conversation about some books we have both read. Whether they be travel memoirs, eastern philosophies, metamorphoses inspired by nature, classic literature, or even the standard 14 part fantasy epic, I am always intrigued by the books that end up on my book shelf.

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Readers Review: Walking with Spring

October 6, 2016 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

I don’t know you reader, but one thing I do know is that you are human. Should I meet you someday, perhaps we will have a nice conversation about some books we have both read. Whether they be travel memoirs, eastern philosophies, metamorphoses inspired by nature, classic literature, or even the standard 14 part fantasy epic, I am always intrigued by the books that end up on my book shelf.

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Readers Review: Shantaram

October 6, 2016 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

I don’t know you reader, but one thing I do know is that you are human. Should I meet you someday, perhaps we will have a nice conversation about some books we have both read. Whether they be travel memoirs, eastern philosophies, metamorphoses inspired by nature, classic literature, or even the standard 14 part fantasy epic, I am always intrigued by the books that end up on my book shelf.

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Reader’s Review: The Snow Leopard

October 6, 2016 / Louie Knolle / Book/Movie Reviews

I don’t know you reader, but one thing I do know is that you are human. Should I meet you someday, perhaps we will have a nice conversation about some books we have both read. Whether they be travel memoirs, eastern philosophies, metamorphoses inspired by nature, classic literature, or even the standard 14 part fantasy epic, I am always intrigued by the books that end up on my book shelf.

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A Walk in the Woods

September 20, 2015 / Bryan Wolf / Book/Movie Reviews

A Thru-hikers Review By: Bryan Wolf The book was amazing! Most conversations begin or end with the book and how the movie did based off those expectations. For my enjoyment, but also the sake of a fair review I decided to look at the movie independently. It seems only fair to separate the two, after […]

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