Downshift Adventures
Do Not Go Gentle — Adventure & Challenge Yourself This Year
I'm confident each of us is born with a desire to explore and be adventurous. It's in our DNA.
Downshift Adventures
Articles and guides for pursuing a downshifted approach toward adventure. Trail running, gravel cycling, and paths less traveled.
Field Notes
We Did A Thing - Aging Awesome This Autumn
It's been an eventful couple months. Our plan going into the trail running season was to tackle the Mammoth Trail Fest 50K at the end of September. We had to pivot due to some personal issues and an extended trip to Bend, Oregon. Smoke from forest fires put
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How To Bikepack Like An Amateur
What could possibly be more wonderfully uncomfortable, more pleasantly basic and more fringe-of-society-ish than living in a 1993 van, often on the side of Hwy 6 with the semi trucks on a hot July weekend? If you know me, it’s a half-planned bikepacking trip, McGyver-ing packs together to carry
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Bikepacking California: The Eastern Sierra
Susan and I embark on our first bikepacking adventure.