Adventure

A World of Wows on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Story & photos by Julie Snyder We looked up in awe, craning our necks to glimpse the towering treetop, partly shrouded in a silvery mist. We stretched our arms around the massive trunk, speculating how many other tree huggers with outstretched limbs would be required to embrace its girth. We

Modern Adventure
By Everett Potter Modern Adventure is a new company that aims to command a particularly sweet spot of travel, a place where adventure meets curated experiences on expert-led trips. Those experts might be brand-name chefs or celebrity fitness trainers who take you on a perfectly planned week in an extraordinary

Change the World, Take a Vacation: Shannon Stowell at TEDx
By Everett Potter About 14 years ago, a guy named Shannon Stowell arranged to meet me in New York City. We talked for an hour or so about adventure travel and an organization that he was reviving called the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), which is responsible for the yearly Adventure

Alaskan Sport Fishing with Tom Ohaus of Angling Unlimited
By Everett Potter The sport fishing season in Alaska is upon us and there’s no one better to discuss it with than Captain Tom Ohaus, the founder and co-owner of Angling Unlimited. The Sitka-based outift was started by Ohaus some 30 years ago in Neah Bay in Washington State and moved northward

Winter Trekking in Patagonia
By Helen Cordery There is something strangely delicious about stepping onto fresh snow. There’s the soft crunch as you place your heel, that tiny sinking feeling as the ball of your foot goes down, then the gentle smattering of ice as your toes press in. Patagonia in winter is like

Serious Biking and Wine: A Talk With Andy Levine of DuVine
Anyone looking for a luxury biking tour with serious riding and five-star hotel accommodations paired with extraordinary meals and notable wines will eventually come across DuVine Cycling + Adventure Co. The much-lauded DuVine was started more than 20 years ago by Bostonian Andy Levine, whose energy and vision have created some

Active Travels: Exploring Nova Scotia
By Steve Jermanok As the birds start to chirp outside my bedroom window and the crocuses and hyacinths are popping up in my front yard, my mind instinctively thinks of summer and heading north along the coast. Anyone who’s checked out this blog over the past 9 years knows that

Sailing The Maine Coast On “Ladona”
By Everett Potter The ship is called Ladona, a tall-masted vessel, a windjammer, that spends its days sailing past fir-covered islands off the rocky Maine coastline. The only sounds are of the wind filling the canvas sails, the creaking of the ship’s timbers, and the squawk of gulls darting overhead. It’s

Mandip Singh Soin: A Life Well-Travelled
An explorer for over 40 years, a mountaineer and the founder of Ibex Expeditions, Mandip Singh Soin has had adventures across seven continents to fill many lifetimes. From walking the high mountain passes of the Himalayas to journeying in the Alps, the Andes, Antarctica, and beyond, there’s few places in

TAXA Outdoors: Campers For 21st Century Off The Grid Explorers
By Everett Potter Of the all displays at the recent New York Times Travel Show, a sensory assault of colorful destination booths, swarming crowds and chatter, one of them really caught my attention. In a far corner, away from the action, was the most beautiful travel trailer I had ever seen. The