The Ultimate Western Rise Evolution Pant Review
Extremely stylish, lightweight, breathable, and travel-ready, the Western Rise Evolution Pant is just as suited for adventures as looking good. After a year of wearing these awesomely techy yet comfy and stylish pants, they’ve become my travel pants of choice for another year of travel. Suppose you’re aiming for a minimalist (yet stylish), travel-ready wardrobe … Read more
The New GORUCK Cross Trainer: An amazing shoe to train, hike, and travel [Full Review]
The GORUCK Cross Trainer shoe is one of the best all-around performing shoes I’ve tested, especially for adventurous travel and daily wear if you only want one pair of shoes. The following is a review of my time testing and abusing these shoes, my thoughts on these shoes for travel and hard use fitness, and … Read more
REI Ruckpack 18 Review: The Perfect Minimalist Daypack
The hunt for a perfect minimalist day pack that is streamlined and durable, looks good, and at a great price can be difficult. Thankfully, the REI Ruckpack 18 fits the bill perfectly as a durable, minimalist day pack for the outdoors, city, and travel. Read on to discover why this 18 liter pack is perfect … Read more
5 Amazing Routes for Backpacking Around the World on Every Continent
Since the 1970s, travelers and backpackers have used guidebooks, like Lonely Planet and Frommers, as their maps and mentors for exploring the world – filled with itineraries, cities, histories, and stories that incited backpacking around the world and dictated the most popular destinations. The Banana Pancake Trail | The Gringo Trail | The Balkan Walk … Read more
69+ Great Crossfit Hotel WODs: Gym-free workouts anywhere, anytime
Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, the craziness of moving can easily disrupt anyone’s fitness routine. Finding the time to squeeze in a good workout is hard enough, but working out in a hotel gym with little equipment can be tough…especially if there is no hotel gym! Lucky for us, the “Crossfit hotel WODs”, … Read more
The 17 Best Men’s Travel Shirts for Style, Comfort, and Adventure
As much as I hate to admit it, the perfect men’s travel shirt doesn’t exist. You might find comfortable travel shirts that look good – but those same “perfect travel shirts” may be too delicate to adventure hard in, dry too slowly, and get destroyed when you drop it off at a Southeast Asian laundry … Read more
How to Wash Clothes Without a Washer While Traveling Using a Dry Bag and Dish Detergent
When it comes to luggage and travel, less is more. The dry bag laundry method is the epitome of this “traveler minimalism” and it makes for the perfect travel laundry kit. Keeping a dry bag for laundry allows you to wash anytime, meaning you can travel more with fewer sets of clothes but still have … Read more
The Adventure of Learning to Surf in Bali
As I cruised up to Batu Bolong Beach I could feel the butterflies fluttering in my stomach. It had been about 7 years since I’d even tried to step on a surfboard. Even then, that board was a gigantic foam thing that did whatever it wanted. Calling it a “surfboard” would be a stretch. Despite … Read more
The Ozaki 8: Inspiration for True Outdoor & Adventure Travel
In the new remake of the movie Point Break “the Ozaki 8” is a challenge posed to the adventure sports world for honor and the pursuit of adventure. The Ozaki eight extreme sports “ordeals” are intended to honor the elements and forces of nature while testing the abilities of “poly-athletes”. Ono Ozaki, the creator of … Read more