“Originating in the backcountry of Colorado, Flyathlon is a race that combines trail running and fly fishing. Taking on either the 7-mile short course or 13-mile vertical slog along a small-stream watershed, competitors run then catch a fish, or vice versa, quickly snap a photo and hope its length is enough to knock a few minutes off their finish time … Over the years, Flyathlon has morphed into an event that gathers competitors from all over the country and has raised more than $400,000 for native trout habitat.” Writer Erin Spaulding (@ink_and_flyline) traveled to Colorado to compete in her second Flyathlon competition. Along the way, she finds steep trails, finicky cutthroat and a few surprises. Read the story through the link in bio.
Photo: Craig Hoffman / @craig.hoffman.photography
Jason Slezak's favorite movie may not be the 1982 hit ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,"" but that doesn't stop him from channeling his inner Spielberg."
Photo: Richard Hallman / @richardhallman_photo
Backlit Pipeline is a beautiful thing… take a moment, sit back, and enjoy the golden zone with @ealadolla.
Video: @hougified
Laugh through the pain. A chilly post-run dip near Mount Kita, Japan.
Video: @mountak @patagoniajp
Two things to know about Jahmicah Dawes (@thebuffaloangler): First, he is a born-and-raised Texan. Second, he has always followed his dreams. Today, those dreams have led him to the sleepy Texas town of Stephenville, where he is the owner of Slim Pickins Outfitters (@spoutfitter), the nation’s first Black-owned outdoor specialty shop. But that dream doesn’t end at the front door of his shop. Dawes is looking to do something bigger than just sell some gear—he wants to create a welcoming and vibrant outdoor community in a land of cattle ranches, cowboy hats and stock ponds. But why put a specialty outdoor shop here, in an outpost town that’s home to a racist Confederate monument and has recently seen KKK rallies in its streets? Read the story through the link in bio.
Photos: Andrew Burr / @andrew_burr
The South Pacific has a plastic problem. He had a truck.
Meet Christopher “Caco” Clemo, the Chile country manager of @bureo, our partner that collects and transforms discarded fishing nets from local fishers off the coast of South America and repurposes them into NetPlus® material for our jacket shells, hat brims and the body fabric of our Baggies™ shorts.
Read the story, “Cleaning Up Chile’s Coast” through the link in bio.
Living on a boat with 6 kids is not something most of us plan for, but it’s worked out for the Sao-Burwick family. They’ve worked, explored and raised a family, all while managing to keep the big program floating. Check out more at @patagoniakids.
“You try to come to a place properly. To greet the raven at the canyon’s mouth. To whistle with the wren as she sits on the lone branch. To walk slowly. To look about. There is a gravity to some places that is felt, not spoken or measured. You give a prayer of thanks; whatever that means to you.” In the spring and summer of 2021, as Lake Powell plummeted toward its lowest recorded water levels since reaching full pool in 1980, Forest Woodward (@forestwoodward) set out on a long unscripted meander through what was once Glen Canyon. Over two visits, in April and July, he sea kayaked and packrafted some 130 miles of the lake as the Colorado River muscled again through long-buried side canyons in a shifting world of mud and water and sky. Read the story through the link in bio.
Photos: Forest Woodward / @forestwoodward
In learning her ancestral language, champion mountain biker Alexandera Houchin finds a different way to relate to the world—and ride her bike. Read the story through the link in bio.
Image 1-2: Alexandera Houchin
Photo 3: Hansi Johnson / @hansski43
America the Beautiful through the eyes of Chief Justice John Roberts.
Or, at least, what coal mining did for Kayford Mountain, West Virginia is kind of what we imagine he admires after reading his Supreme Court decision this morning.
Though the West Virginia v Environmental Protection Agency ruling isn’t as bad as some of us feared, it’s bad enough. Makes it harder for the Feds to phase out coal-powered energy plants—a huge source of the emissions cooking the Earth—and advances a doctrine that puts politics and business ahead of science. Which is to say, let’s polluters keep on polluting.
Biden and climate activists still have options, as @amywestervelt, producer of the @drilled podcast, writes on our blog, The Cleanest Line. These include pushing for regulations under another section of the Clean Air Act or the Toxic Substances Control Act. Read it through the link in bio.
Photo credit: Lynn Willis of @high_south_creative, flight courtesy of @southwings
This story was supposed to be about a thriving, women-led organic farm in Maine. Then came news of the “forever chemicals.” “While we wait for the test results, we continue our dedication to stewarding the health of land and people through the production of nutritious food.” —Beth Schiller, Dandelion Spring Farm (@dandelionspringfarm). Read the story through the link in bio.
Photo: Greta Rybus / @gretarybus
Davey Jones bouldering on bucolic British blocs.
Photo: Jeremiah Watt / @miahwatt
Patagonia supports the dignity of choice. From Georgia to California, reproductive rights are in our court now.
We encourage you to find a peaceful protest near you through the link in bio.
New York, NY | Tiph Brown | @nerdscarf
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Washington, DC | Laura Saunders | @_LSaunders_
St. Paul, MN| Jenn Ackerman | @ackermangruber
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Salt Lake City, UT | Re Wikstrom | @Rewikstrom
Denver, CO| Kate Fanning | @katefanningart
Los Angeles, CA| Manjari Sharma | @manjee
Beyond grief, beyond rage, beyond words. See you at the protests and the long fight ahead.
We encourage you to find a peaceful protest near you through the link in bio.
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Bears Ears will now be co-managed by an intertribal coalition of the Zuni Pueblo tribe, the Hopi, the Navajo (Diné) Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation alongside the Bureau of Land Management. As climbers and visitors to this incredible land, we’re thrilled to see its care returned to its ancestral stewards, who know it best. It’s the first nation to nation co-management strategy of its kind in the U.S., and we’re excited to see it guide the way to a more sustainable future for all.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Photo: @noyekim