Morgan (“Mo”) Sjogren runs wild with words anywhere she can get to with two feet and a pen. She is currently based in Northern Arizona but spends most of the year on the road. A runner at heart (and known as the “Running Bum”), Mo is on a constant quest for new human-powered adventures from ice climbing to canyoneering. A passionate activist for public lands, her first book, The Best Bears Ears National Monument Hikes, is available now.
Thousands of feet below the rim, the mighty Colorado River hints at the forces that created the Grand Canyon, an unprecedented confluence of rock, water and tim...
As the partial federal government shutdown nears the end of its second week, federal public lands, which include national parks, remain mostly open to the publi...
“They said if we didn’t succeed they would never hire women again.”
Ada Hatch’s smile reflects the brilliance of her yellow sundress when she says this. But ...
“You’re not going to finish.” The words came from a tall, wiry man in his 60s named Scott. Four hours into the hardest race of my life deep in Colorado’s San Ju...
My first slot canyon running experience was life changing—the intricate twists and turns of Utah’s Buckskin Gulch, one of the longest slot canyons in the world,...
On Jan. 21, 2018, Alex Honnold attended the Women’s March in Las Vegas along with thousands of others rallying in support of women’s rights and other issues. Dr...
Morgan Sjogren and Michael Versteeg explore whether staking a mining claim in former Bears Ears monument land could be an unusual public lands preservation tact...
After a breakout year winning Western States 100, setting the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim FKT and going pro, in 2018 Bradley is staying focused on her toughe...
Instead of “Did Not Finish,” think “Did Not F-Up.” Here's how to know when to throw in the towel—and how to get back on the horse.
A Did Not Finish (DNF) is...
A new wave of elite runners is embracing what diehard climbers have believed for decades: Home is where you park it.
“Sometimes it would be nice to take a bubb...
The Silverton 1000 is a 6-day mountain running event in which participants start and stop as they please, runners choose their own distances—and it's impossible...
We sent our writer to train for and compete in a historic donkey race.
My Jeep hangs at 45 degrees and creaks on its hinges on a steep pitch of road edgin...
