Slow Down to Go Further
The hikers who cover the most ground and finish the biggest trails aren’t the fastest ones. Here’s why hiking longer at a controlled pace beats going hard — every time.
Skills
Surviving the Storm
Storms in the mountains are rarely a single threat. Rain brings flash flooding. Wind turns branches into projectiles. Cold and wet conditions push even summer campers toward hypothermia. And threading through all of it — lightning, the most immediately lethal hazard you’ll face outdoors.