Four Steps to More Time in a Day Some of those that have responded to our “Don’t Get Outside Enough?” poll on the home page of the eMagazine tell us they simply don’t have enough time in the day to get outdoors as much as they would like. These people have already identified their goal, […]

Heather Legler is a novice backpacker, but her husband Josh began backpacking as a Boy Scout years ago. Heather says: “I haven’t solo hiked the Pacific Crest Trail or sawed off a frost-bitten limb with a credit card. I have never eaten raw squirrel meat or slept under a blanket of pine needles and steaming […]

The Bend Bulletin, February 8, tells the story of Ravi Drugan, a double-amputee who won a bronze medal last month at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. Drugan won his medal in monoskier cross. He lost his legs in an altercation with a train in 2004. Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) has been providing assistance and […]

Sometimes it’s tough to get outdoors and exercise in the winter. Still it’s a great time of the year to enjoy the outdoors. You’ll find that outdoor activities will keep you very warm and your body will burn more calories just to make that happen. I’ve split wood at -20F wearing a t-shirt and jeans. […]

If you are part of an outdoor or health oriented group in your area, it would be an easy process to set up an outdoor health challenge and encourage more people get the outdoor time they need.

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  This quote comes from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, 1938.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 […]

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 […]

We reviewed Richard Wiese’s book Born to Explore: How to be a Backyard Adventurer several years ago. Wiese is also the host of an ABC TV (USA) show entitled Born to Explore that airs Saturday mornings. Now in its fourth season, the show has Wiese leading us on some fabulous expeditions around the world. Each episode is . . .

When making your New Year resolutions, consider something about getting outdoors and in touch with nature. With this and any other resolution: be realistic – so you aren’t doomed to failure; don’t make too many resolutions – only those you really want to accomplish be specific and clear – so you know if you accomplished […]