Mark Your Calendar: Rovaniemi 150
It is said to be the hometown of Santa Claus, but true magic of Finnish Lapland lies in hundreds of miles of largely untouched white wilderness. While the sparsely populated region of northern Finland draws…
It is said to be the hometown of Santa Claus, but true magic of Finnish Lapland lies in hundreds of miles of largely untouched white wilderness. While the sparsely populated region of northern Finland draws…
As Jared Campbell stood at the base of Tabeguache Peak, his thirteenth summit in a bid to climb fourteen Colorado fourteeners in a single sixty-hour push, there was only one thought he could piece together…
This Thursday, polar explorer Eric Larsen will depart Colorado and travel toward Antarctica to begin his bicycle expedition to the South Pole and back. He’s making his final preparations with lists that detail his bicycle,…
Last week, after wrapping up an eight-mile trail run, I caught up to Beat just as he was pulling off his sweaty shirt to change into a dry one. As he stretched it over his…
More adventurous runs in beautiful places — for all of the growth that the sport of ultrarunning has experienced in the past decade, this is perhaps the most mutually beneficial development. As more runners enter the…
It’s the last continent no one has traversed solely by bicycle — enveloped in all of the mystery, challenge, and risk of a true first discovery. Eric Larsen, already a seasoned polar explorer, wants to become…
It’s a land of fine mist and green heather, of sparkling lochs and rugged mountains, of wide valleys and narrow singletrack — a veritable paradise for bikepackers. A group of United Kingdom cyclists put together…
2012 was an exciting year for ultra-endurance bikepacking, as records fell across the spectrum. The established North American events also drew a larger number of riders, and a new event in Southern California attracted more…
There was once a well-defined line between racers and explorers; one engaged in systematic training and competed in single-day events, and the other marked routes on maps and embarked on long, self-supported journeys. This was…