Iditarod Trail flyover
The second day of the Iditarod Trail Invitational began under clear skies and far-reaching visibility, granting my bush pilot friend Dan Bailey and I the perfect opportunity to take his little yellow Cessna over the…
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Iditarod Trail Invitational launches
The atmosphere surrounding Knik Lake was an empty canvas — flat light, soft snow, and a slate gray sky — as 49 runners and cyclists embarked on the 14th running of the Iditarod Trail Invitational,…
A brief history of Iditabike
As 55 cyclists, skiers, and runners gear up for this weekend’s Iditarod Trail Invitational, human-powered racing on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail quietly turns thirty years old. In 1983, “the father of the Iditarod” Joe Redington launched…
Safety kits: A shortcut to staying prepared
As someone who frequently ventures outdoors and sometimes far away from help, I like to think I’m well prepared for mishaps along the trail. I carry food and water, warm clothing and rain gear, tools…
My favorite hallucination
Men in dark suits, kickboxing squirrels, mariachi singers … you just never know what might creep out of the shadows during an endurance race. And as you linger on the edge of a cliff, transfixed…
Mark your calendar: Stagecoach 400
Driven toward the gold fields of California, miners, adventurers, and fortune seekers blazed a path across the scorched earth of the Anza-Borrego desert, a route now known as the Great Overland Stage Route of 1849.…
Round-the-world cyclist defies expectations
After pedaling more than 18,000 miles around the world in 152 days, becoming the first woman to complete the challenge within the “world record” parameters, Juliana Buhring emerged with this insight: There’s no such thing…
Antarctic cyclist begins ride toward South Pole
Antarctic cyclist Eric Larsen took advantage of a brief break in the coastal fog to fly into Hercules Inlet on Thursday, completing the last leg of a long journey just to begin his ride toward…
Reveal the Path
As an avid consumer of outdoor media, I’ve read a small library’s worth of adventure books, but I have yet to cultivate a similar passion for adventure films. I think the reason for this is…
Big year for ultra bikepacking
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…