Making Playgrounds Real

1. Making Playgrounds Real

By Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO – Producer March 23, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Plastic- and rubber-dominated playgrounds in Colorado Springs have added winding pathways with tall grasses, gardens,...
The Outdoor Recreation Economy 2019

2. The Outdoor Recreation Ec...

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released statistics today measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy...
Lilac

3. Lilac

May Night The spring is fresh and fearlessAnd every leaf is new,The world is brimmed with moonlight,The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadowsI catch my breath and sing —My heart is fresh and fearlessAnd over-brimmed with...
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Create a Challenge

Create a Challenge

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.

Green Exercise

Green Exercise
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...

The Clearest Way into the Universe

The Clearest Way into the Universe
  This quote comes from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, 1938.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...

Signal Mirrors

Signal Mirrors

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 . . .

Outdoor Solution for Arrhythmia

Outdoor Solution for Arrhythmia

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.

Urban Exploration

Urban Exploration

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.

The beauty of the hills was a sermon

The beauty of the hills was a sermon
“To him the mountains were . . . a book to which there was no end.  The beauty of the hills was a sermon.”  – from the obituary of Judge John Waldo John B. Waldo (1844-1907) was an...

Bouldering

Bouldering

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

The pathfinder is the one who searches

The pathfinder is the one who searches

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

10 Survival Skills

10 Survival Skills

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

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