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**The Adventure Journal Podcast**

Adventure Journal brings their expertise to geek about gear, share their adventures, and chit chat about the outdoors.

Latest Episodes:

We Respond to Your Comments | AJ Podcast 010 Dec 08, 2023

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Thank you to everyone who has written in. You can send us a voice memo to our email mail@adventure-journal.com.

Episodes we discussed are linked below.

Kicking Cairns: https://youtu.be/2hhwRL5IceE
Canvas Tents: https://youtu.be/4wTKoefl4-A
Backpacking: https://youtu.be/_yMcrgw_bm8

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:12 Cairns Episode
10:39 Canvas Tents
15:58 Backpacking
33:45 Outro

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Local Adventures with Alastair Humphreys | AJ Podcast 009 Dec 01, 2023

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:00 Welcome Alastair
10:17 The Book's Project
24:56 A Stronger Connection to Local Land
29:07 Sitting Still for an Hour
33:12 Right to Roam
42:51 Tensions on the Land
52:33 Coffee!
56:03 Lessons from the Project
1:03:52 A Reading from the Book

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Is Overlanding the new Weekend Cabin? | AJ Podcast 008 Nov 24, 2023

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:09 Google Trends
4:11 What is Overlanding?
9:17 Affordability
11:47 Sense of Ownership
18:08 Sense of Freedom
35:00 The Future
46:55 A Closing Story

Watch this episode’s video: https://youtu.be/glyw4jvhIwg

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Adventure Journal is supported primarily by readers who subscribe to our printed quarterly and from small commissions received when you purchase through some of these links. AJ's reviews are not influenced by affiliates, nor do we accept sponsored content or paid placements or reviews. Opinions expressed here are solely our own.

My Summer with the UBCO eMotorcycle | AJ Podcast 007 Nov 17, 2023

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Check out the UBCO: https://ubco.com/discount/ADVJOURNAL250

Electric bicycles are taking over the world. That might make some trail users grumpy, but from a climate perspective, it’s a good thing. Electric motorcycles...there are a few, but it’s not exactly a revolution. Now, filling the gap between bikes and motorcycles, comes the UBCO, a two-wheel drive that combines the best of both. Today, we’re talking about how this is about the most fun you can have in the saddle and why bikes like that can be the future of backcountry mobility.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:39 Stephen's Bike History
3:45 Specs of the UBCO eBike
10:18 Where does it fit in?
16:17 Using it for Errands
22:07 Where can you ride it?
31:39 The Drawbacks
36:26 Charging
37:45 Applications
45:39 Comparison to Other Bikes
48:25 Closing Thoughts

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Real World Apple Watch Ultra Review | AJ Podcast 006 Nov 10, 2023

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

4:37 Our Watch Collection

7:44 Stats about Tech

12:01 Why the Ultra Changed Everything

20:05 What's New on the Series

21:18 Can it reduce your phone use?

34:58 Navigation on the Watch

45:36 The Elevator Pitch for Smartwatches

Is Backpacking in 2023 Overrated? | AJ Podcast 005 Nov 05, 2023

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From the 1970s on, backpacking reigned supreme. Every outdoor person backpacked, or so it seemed. In a 2012 AJ poll, readers told us they preferred backpacking to car camping 9 to 1. But in the last decade, something changed. Car camping rebranded itself as overlanding and was suddenly cool. Today, backpacking seems to have lost its vibe. But has it? In this episode of the Adventure Journal podcast, we’re taking a stand on a pursuit loved by millions. Is backpacking overrated? Underrated? Let’s go down this trail and see where we end up.

Chapters:

0:00 Our First Backpacking Trips

8:57 Colin Fletcher: The Birth of Modern Backpacking

23:30 Ray Jardine: Backpacking Goes Ultralight

33:56 Is Backpacking Overrated?

56:54 Conclusion

View the blog post: https://adventure-journal.com/blogs/news/the-aj-podcast-is-backpacking-overrated

Cairns: Stack 'Em or Kick 'Em? | AJ Podcast 004 Oct 27, 2023

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Chapters:

0:00 Justin's Controversial Shirt

2:13 The Origin of Cairn Kicking

22:20 Environmental Impact of Cairns

29:15 Are Cairns Necessary for Navigation?

47:19 What Do the Parks Say?

51:33 Conclusion Subscribe to our beautiful printed quarterly, whose stories are only found in print, at http://www.subscribetoaj.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/adventurejournal/ Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/adventurejournal Pinterest — https://www.pinterest.com/adventurejournl Tiktok — https://www.tiktok.com/@adventurejournal/ Adventure Journal is supported primarily by readers who subscribe to our printed quarterly. AJ does not have affiliate relationships, nor do we accept sponsored content or paid placements or reviews. We are proudly independent, and opinions expressed are solely our own.

The Mysterious Deaths of 9 Russian Ski Tourers | AJ Podcast 003 Oct 20, 2023

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In February 1959 in Russia, nine young ski tourers failed to return from an expedition to the Ural Mountains. Weeks and months later, when searchers finally found their bodies, the evidence—their tent, manner of dress, footprints in the snow, and strange injuries—didn’t come close to offering a logical explanation. After 64 years, the mystery has only deepened. Did the KGB kill them? Was it a Russian weapons test gone awry? UFOs? In this week’s Adventure Journal podcast, we try to solve the eerie case of the Dyatlov Pass event.

Chapters:

0:00 Spooky Season

4:33 The Dyatlov Pass Story

54:47 Recap

57:47 The Theories

1:11:21 The UFO Angle

1:18:47 Closing Thoughts

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Adventure Journal is supported primarily by readers who subscribe to our printed quarterly. AJ does not have affiliate relationships, nor do we accept sponsored content or paid placements or reviews. We are proudly independent, and opinions expressed are solely our own.

Does Hardcore Matter?, Neoprene-Free Wetsuits, and More | AJ Podcast 002 Oct 13, 2023

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“Well, you’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore,” sang Jack Black in “School of Rock.” In this episode, taking a cue from our pal Jack, we tackle core-ness: What does it mean to be core? Why do we care if we’re perceived as hardcore or not? Does it signify anything? In Book Club, Stephen Casimiro takes us on a trip through Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness. It’s a semi-post-apocalyptic tale of a group of people chosen to live in the last stretch of wilderness in the country, as urban civilization decays. Post-apocalyptic mindbenders are catnip for Stephen, and maybe this one will be for you too. In a trip to the Gear Shed, Justin Housman talks up Patagonia’s new line of neoprene-free wetsuits. Even if you don’t surf, it’s a fascinating look at how Patagonia is trying to clean up the toxic wetsuit industry, a business that is surprisingly dirty. Plus, it’s just a great wetsuit. All that and more general outdoor talk goodness. Chapters: 0:00 School of Rock 3:01 Does Hardcore Matter? 25:58 Book Club: The New Wilderness 42:51 Patagonia’s Neoprene-Free Wetsuits 55:28 Closing Thoughts Subscribe to our beautiful printed quarterly, whose stories are only found in print, at http://www.subscribetoaj.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/adventurejournal/ Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/adventurejournal Pinterest — https://www.pinterest.com/adventurejournl Tiktok — https://www.tiktok.com/@adventurejournal/ Adventure Journal is supported primarily by readers who subscribe to our printed quarterly. AJ does not have affiliate relationships, nor do we accept sponsored content or paid placements or reviews. We are proudly independent, and opinions expressed are solely our own.

How Adventure Can Change Your Life | AJ Podcast 001 Oct 07, 2023

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Did you have one seminal experience that set you on a life of adventure? Or did you come to your adventurousness gradually? Adventure Journal founder and editor Stephen Casimiro and senior editor Justin Housman unpack their first major adventures, tackling how and why the restless hunger to explore gets under our skin. Also, in Over/Under, they take a stand on whether the American Northeast is overrated as an adventure destination. In gear, Casimiro’s new canvas tent is a game changer for him—can it be for you, too? Plus, a review of the new novel by one of our favorite authors, Peter Heller, The Last Ranger. And probably lots more we’re forgetting.