Beloved hiking, backpacking, camping, hunting, and fishing areas could be sold to the highest bidder in Alaska, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho,
The article examines the multitude of standards in the industry of outdoor recreation and highlights the problems and difficulties these multitudes cause for the industry. It is easier to follow best practices if the standards of care aren’t different. Which standard of practice are professionals supposed to follow? Determining the standard for the industry is critical to increasing professionalism, adjusting the perception of the outdoor industry, and transitioning from outdoor recreation positions, which are summer jobs, to roles that exemplify that of a career professional. The authors are calling for industry-wide guidelines for professional practice with minimum qualifications for each tier in the outdoor industry. While the field may not be ready, we should still do it.
In a recent New York article, published on the 31st of May allegations of sexual assault have surfaced against mountaineer Nirmal Purja. In this video
Across the nation, search and rescue teams are mostly made up of a patchwork of volunteers often overseen by local sheriff’s departments. But many
The Wind River runs deep for the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. They pray alongside the river. They pray for the river. They pray
Safety Theories and Models for Managing Risk in Adventure Tourism Programs Author: Jeff Baierlein It was the second day of a four-day ice-climbing course based
“Descent of the Refuge,” a film made to bring awareness to protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge through telling the story of three friends on
Three women set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska’s massive Tongass National Forest, exploring how clear-cut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect
Two recent (USA) court cases pose a new threat to outdoor adventure, for both commercial and private adventurers, and run contrary to practices and values
This essay, written especially for Patagonia by Terry Tempest Williams, will appear in the new paperback version of “Erosion: Essays of Undoing,” by Terry Tempest
The best seller used by outdoor programs across the country as a resource and textbook.
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