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Thru-Hiking Messed Up My Feet. Here’s How Toe Socks Came to the Rescue.Thru-Hikes and long days on the feet can be tough without the proper footwear. It turns out that toe socks could be the answer to all your hiking woes.READ Dad Delivers Annual State Of The Lawn AddressAddressing members of the household from a front yard lectern, local dad...

Last year a group of us did our first adventure race. Something we only had the slightest idea of because we watched the Amazon series World’s Toughest Race. We all thought this idea of navigating via map and compass (no GPS allowed) through a multi-day race made up of mountain biking, trekking, kayaking, and ropes sounded fun. So, we signed...

For the past several years (except 2020) a group of friends and I have been doing a backcountry ski hut trip in the Sierra Nevada. There are four backcountry huts which were built in the ~1950s and are run by the Sierra Club. The huts are very basic, no running water, no heat besides a wood burning stove, no beds...

Embrace Your Inner DirtbagPersonal-finance guru Mr. Money Mustache breaks down how Outside readers can stop wasting hard-earned cash on expensive gear and trips and start putting it toward real freedom: the financial kind.READ Hungry Javelina Gets Stuck In Car, Goes For Ride In ArizonaA hungry javelina in Arizona ended up going for a drive when it became trapped inside an...