Researchers at the University of Essex Centre for Sports and Exercise Science coined the term “green exercise” to describe exercising in the presence of nature. Their research on the topic found that getting outdoors has great benefits over exercising indoors. In 2010 they reported that both intensity and duration of green exercise showed large benefits […]

  This quote comes from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, 1938.  The photo was shot by me, Jerry Haugen, along the Pacific Crest Trail in Crater Lake National Park and is © 2010 Global Creations LLC. To me this quotation reflects the clearness of mind […]

A signal mirror is an item the armed forces recommend for a survival kit. Signal mirrors are widely available and often priced in the $10 to $20 range. These mirrors . . .

Arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat is extremely common, generally harmless and tends to occur more often as we age. However, if these irregular heartbeats become severe or continue for long enough, they can deprive the body of oxygen leading to all kinds of complications – including death.

I’d like to propose another urban exploration opportunity – exploration of old logging railroads and logging camps. The evidence of these man-made structures is scattered around the forest lands of the American west.

John B. Waldo (1844-1907) was an Oregon politician and state supreme court justice with asthma.  It was the asthma that led him on horseback sojourns each year into the Oregon Cascade Mountains for relief. His love of the mountains led to his support of William Gladstone Steel’s efforts to make Crater Lake into a National […]

Bouldering is free climbing without a rope to catch you. Fortunately, the sport stays relatively close to the ground.

The pathfinder as a searcher and the Pathfinder role at Explore!

What survival skills do you consider to be the most critical? Here are ten you might consider.

Ever watch the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week on TV? How about Animal Planet’s Nature’s Deadliest or Rattlesnake Republic? Do these shows instill a love of nature and a desire to get outdoors? Quite the opposite.