Bouldering Best Crash Pads, Helmets, and Protection Gear for Bouldering in 2026 Most bouldering accidents involve the spotter, the pad placement, or the wrong pad for the problem. Here's what actually keeps you healthy across a decade of bouldering.
Risk Management The Real Risk Assessment in Adventure Sports: Why Most Men Underestimate It Adventure sport isn't dangerous because of the physical risks. It's dangerous because of the cognitive biases that let us lie to ourselves about those risks.
Cold Water Swimming Cold Water Swimming: The Science Behind the Benefits and How to Start Safely The Wim Hof hype got a lot of 35-year-old men into cold water. A smaller number stayed, and they're the ones who understood what the cold is actually doing.
paragliding How to Choose a Paragliding School Without Getting Ripped Off Most paragliding deaths involve pilots who were undertrained by schools cutting corners. Here's how to vet a school before you pay for your P2.
trail running Trail Running Your First 50K: A 16-Week Training Plan That Actually Works Most first-50K plans are warmed-over marathon plans with extra hills. They fail. Here's a plan built from the ground up for trail — aerobic base, vertical, specific fatigue.
Backpacking The Essential Ultralight Backpacking Kit for a 5-Day Wilderness Trip There are thousands of ultralight lists online. Most were written by somebody who took two short trips in fair weather. Here's a kit built on real 5-day trips in bad weather.
Ski Touring Ski Touring for Beginners: What to Learn Before You Leave the Piste Ski touring looks simple until you realise a 30-degree slope is exactly the angle at which avalanches love to kill. Here's what to learn before you skin your first real line.
surfing Surfing After 30: How to Progress Faster When You Can't Surf Every Day You're 34, you get to surf maybe 25 days a year, and you're stuck in the whitewater. Here's how to actually progress when the water time isn't there.
mountain biking The Best Mountain Bikes for Trail Riding in 2026: Tested, Not Just Listed I spent four months rotating between eight trail bikes in 2025-2026. Here's what's actually worth your money in the 140-160mm travel class — and what isn't.
Alpinism How to Climb Your First Mountain: A Complete Beginner's Roadmap Most first-timers skip the unglamorous work — aerobic base, weighted hiking, navigation — and pay for it above 3,000 metres. Here's the plan I wish I'd had.
