From The Field

Trail of Tears Update Three: Together We Walk

Trail of Tears Update Three: Together We Walk

Ian Finch and Jamie Barnes are currently on a 1,200-mile journey to retrace the steps of the Cherokee. In this update, Ian tells of the final brutal stage of the journey....

Mountain In The Sea – BikingMan Corsica

Mountain In The Sea – BikingMan Corsica

Known for its steep mountain passes, stunning vistas, impossibly beautiful beaches, ancient villages, and an abundance of wildlife, this can only be Corsica – truly one of the most amazing places on Earth, and aptly named ‘the mountain in the sea’....

Natural Highs

Natural Highs

Photographer Johny Cook documents a team of highliners rigging up and attempting the highest-altitude highline in the UK....

Trail of Tears Update Two: Where Rivers Collide

Trail of Tears Update Two: Where Rivers Collide

Ian Finch and Jamie Barnes are currently on a 1,200-mile journey to retrace the steps of the Cherokee. In this update, Ian recounts the canoe phase of the expedition...

BALKAN RIVERS TOUR 4

BALKAN RIVERS TOUR 4

Balkan River Defence (BRD) is a kayaker-founded river conservation movement fighting to protect the last wild rivers left in Europe. Watch the trailer for The Undamaged....

The Silent World: The Arctic Whale project

The Silent World: The Arctic Whale project

Andreas B. Heide, a Norwegian marine biologist and adventurer, and the man who freedives with wild orcas, is a champion for the ocean and its inhabitants....

Arco Rock Star Announces Winner

Arco Rock Star Announces Winner

German photographer Klaus Fengler announced as this year's Arco Rock Star climbing photography competition winner....

New Israel National Trail FKT

New Israel National Trail FKT

American ultra-runner Michael Wardian departs the Israeli town of Eilat to attempt the fastest known time (FKT) of the 631-mile Israel National Trail (INT)....

Yukon Dreams

Yukon Dreams

Over 7 days, amateur canoeists Oliver Bailey and Mathew Bennett paddled 1,000 miles through the wilds of Canada’s Yukon Territory and Northern Alaska in the bi-annual Yukon 1000 event...

Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker

Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker

Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker is a film by Ben Johnson who went on a bikepacking trip around the mountains of Peru. ...

The Story Behind VSSL

The Story Behind VSSL

VSSL Outdoor Utility Tools takes a durable torch and packs it full of everything you'd need for an adventure, from first aid kits to fire-starting material. We spoke to VSSL founder Todd Weimer about how it came about.   ...

Trail of Tears Update One: Smoky Mountains

Trail of Tears Update One: Smoky Mountains

Ian Finch and Jamie Barnes are currently on a 1,200-mile journey to retrace the steps of the Cherokee. In this first update, Ian and Jamie cross the spine of Great Smoky Mountains....

Artifishal

Artifishal

Artifishal is a new film from Patagonia about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them...

Row for the Ocean

Row for the Ocean

British team Row for the Ocean became the first all-female crew to reach the finish line of the 2018/19 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge...

Unexplored Territories – An Interview with Kirill Umrikhin

Unexplored Territories – An Interview with Kirill Umrikhin

Photographer Kirill Umrikhin has recently ventured to a sparsely populated and largely unexplored part of the world: the Commander Islands in Russia....

Capsized

Capsized

An Excerpt from 'The Sun is a Compass' by Caroline Van Hemert...

Paddle against Plastic

Paddle against Plastic

A veterinary surgeon, environmental campaigner and brand ambassador for Klean Kanteen, Cal Major speaks to Sidetracked about the Paddle Against Plastic campaign and her journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats....

Review: Polar Eskimo by Alex Hibbert

Review: Polar Eskimo by Alex Hibbert

Alex Hibbert’s account of life among the Polar Eskimos is a worthy addition to the literature of Arctic exploration – and at a time when this traditional way of life is threatened by climate change, the book’s message is more important than ever....

Out of Eden Walk: A 10-Year Odyssey

Out of Eden Walk: A 10-Year Odyssey

Paul Salopek is following the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age and populated the earth. ...

Summits of my Life

Summits of my Life

Long distance and ultra marathon champion Kílian Jornet recently broke the record for the Bob Graham Round. Sidetracked spoke to the runner about training and the Lake District's running heritage. ...

From the field: Ash Dykes

From the field: Ash Dykes

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