
Chrissie Wellington won the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI last month for the third year in a row. Aside from her astonishing athleticism, Chrissie is a passionate champion of development in third-world countries, a promoter of the Blazeman Foundation for ALS, and an all-around swell gal...

Submitted by Emily McCarley I visited Ireland for the first time in June of 2005. Two weeks into my Irish holiday, I found myself near Westport, County Mayo, climbing a little mountain I had never heard of...

Submitted by Dondea Sherer-Lykes On July 28, 2009, I was riding my road bike with my girlfriends. We have a group of ladies that ride every Tuesday...

Submitted by Dina Fine During winters in Fairbanks Alaska, nearly every mountain bike ride is epic. On one such day in February, I decided to ride on the frozen-solid Tanana River...

Dear EarthTalk: I recently had a tissue mineral analysis indicating that my levels of the nutritional element, molybdenum, were off the chart. I believe this may be leaching from my stainless steel cookware. Is this element toxic to my body? – Barbara, Fruitland Park, FL Cast Iron is great! ...

Submitted by Alicia Rusch, Saginaw, MI Forty pounds later and only able to walk and do mild work outs with my pilate ball, Lyme Disease has taught this once athletic outdoor and spontaneous adventure enthusiast a great deal about patience and appreciation for even the smallest blessings...

We’re talking some serious warmth with Sugoi’s MidZero top. It’s a nice heavy weight fabric with a thermal backing and when you pick it up it just feels substantial. It’s easy on the eyes, too – very flattering when you have it on because it swoops and curves where you do with no bulges or [...]

Gloves can be so capricious. Promising warmth with their fuzzy liners and impermeable skins, they’ll break your heart when you get too far from home to do anything about it. I’ve ridden in all sorts of weather here in Chicago and hands have to be the hardest thing to keep warm and dry. I ...

Laura
Some people remember exactly where they were when JFK was shot or when OJ went on his joy ride. It's fitting for me that I remember EXACTLY where I was when I first discovered Women's Adventure magazine. I was in the Patagonia store in Oxnard, California on vacation. I was ecstatic to find such a great magazine and hav...e been an unofficial promoter since then. So happy that there's a great publication out there for us outdoor women! THANK YOU!Read More

When I was four years old, I decided to pet a bumblebee. My sister shrieked and ran from her swing to stop me. All I could think was that I’d need to hurry and grab the fuzzy ball if I was to know what it feels like to hold it, all soft and furry in my hands. ...

Could've been worse. No this isn't my bike. I got hit by a car today. No, I didn’t get hurt, not really beyond a bruise or two. And my bike is okay, just a little askew. So I’m one lucky cyclist. It...

Ellington is a small bag company located in Portland, Oregon. While most of their bags are traditional leather handbags, they also make bags for active lifestyles and we don’t know anyone with a more active lifestyle than Women’s Adventure’s Assistant Editor, Kristy Holland. I’v...

By Brendan Leonard, Climb Coordinator Just below Misery Hill, we stopped on a ridge to see the sun popping out over the bed of clouds we’d been slogging up through since 1:30 a.m. ...

Submitted by Kathleen Vacek It’s day ten of an eleven-day, 500-mile bicycle tour on Lake Superior, and it’s the longest, toughest day yet. Trying to live out our ethic of simplicity, my husband and I are riding our everyday commuting bikes: 1970’s Schwinns converted to single speeds. Tha...














