The Outdoor Journal

5 min read 2021-12-28 19:57:55

The Outdoor Journal’s Biggest Stories of 2021

Media, and especially independent journalism, is getting harder than ever before. However, at The Outdoor Journal, we have endeavoured to bring you

5 min read 2021-12-17 00:28:33

Once found all over Africa, the number of African Wild Dogs have drastically declined over the last 100 years. Seen as pests by farmers and blamed

12 min read 2021-12-10 08:55:38

It’s 3 am. We’re suddenly awoken by the sound of something thundering towards our room. We sit bolt upright in bed, fumbling to the bedside

1 min read 2021-11-16 03:03:13

In Part 1 – Sleep Like the Dead we introduced Beau Miles’ introspective adventure films into the outdoors. In this installment, we dive deeper

1 min read 2021-11-08 21:23:57

Beau Miles likes the idea of people driving past him with absolutely no idea what is going on. Miles films contemplative adventures into the outdoors

1 min read 2021-11-01 16:43:34

It’s 2019 and ultrarunner Scott Jenkins has just completed 224 miles out of the 240-mile race which follows the Colorado River as it carves its way

1 min read 2021-10-27 21:42:52

In these days of consumerism, depletion of natural resources, pollution, global warming and more, travellers have started taking stock of the

1 min read 2021-10-12 02:33:33

Kyle Obermann is an American environmental photographer and conservationist based in Chengdu China. After learning Mandarin and studying

1 min read 2021-09-30 01:55:12

We wake to the cry of a fish eagle, and I’m reminded of what explorer and missionary David Livingstone, is said to have remarked in the Bangweulu

1 min read 2021-09-20 02:17:31

Many of us gaze out longingly from our office windows and dream of a more adventurous life, to live with more freedom and variety. But for the odd

1 min read 2021-07-30 20:32:18

The sun sinks low in the sky, slipping towards the horizon, and turning the sky from blue to shades of pale pink and orange. We’ve spent the

1 min read 2021-07-23 21:49:43

How important has photography been in your career? My sports are not spectator friendly, so I count on photographers to bring my world to the public.

1 min read 2021-07-23 02:01:04

When COVID-19 struck, tourists stopped coming to Africa and the once-thriving industry ground to a sudden halt. Floundering tourism business and loss

1 min read 2021-07-13 22:39:02

The founder of Sea to Summit, Roland Tyson has relentlessly followed the path of innovation to equip self-supported adventures all over the world for

1 min read 2021-06-28 13:21:18

Jimmy Nelson’s lens is a small window into the world of indigenous tribes who could disappear tomorrow if our globalized society continues in its