Outdoor Recreation

Kyoto Nickels Too Busy for Bike Ride

Town For Sale

Saturday: Breakfast at Pemberton

More tips for hikers who don't want to be shot and killed

Books: Decibel Destroyer

One man’s war against 747s, leaf blowers, car alarms, and your iPod.

More With the Sand Already

Sand, salt. Salt, sand...will there ever be another Snowpocalypse to generate such intense road-maintenance debate? While writing recently about bike boxes, and the painted lane lines that have been sanded away on some streets, I mentioned that the piles of old sand can create problems for cyclists ... More >>

The Bicycle Diaries

Why should the average Seattle commuter get exercised about Bike to Work Day?

Stuff White People Like

Why should the average Seattle commuter get exercised about Bike to Work Day?

Greenway Days

Why should the average Seattle commuter get exercised about Bike to Work Day?

Tale of the Tracks

Taking in Seattle's locomotive landscapes.

Helmets in the Grocery Store. Seriously?

Taking in Seattle's locomotive landscapes.

Spokesong

Taking in Seattle's locomotive landscapes.

Selling danger

Upscale adventure has its hazards—or does that just add to the allure?

G-Spot 101

Upscale adventure has its hazards—or does that just add to the allure?

Wheels and Reels

A celebration of green commuting

The Wheelie Initiative

With the passage of Proposition 1, debate begins over how best to spend a small fortune in bicycle-amenity money.

Classic Platters

"I have feasted on classic Italian dishes...while watching a naked man writhe with his pet python on the dining room swing!"

Packing It In

A great Northwest pastime—backpacking—is getting a little too gray.

Breaking the Vicious Cycle

Seattle has a reputation as a cycling paradise, but there's a lot that has to be done before bike commuting is truly viable for regular folks.

In Gear

Celebrating bike-messenger style, accessorized by blood, bruises, and bandages.

It's Gridlock vs. Bike Lock

Drive times and density, not $3 gas, might be the tipping point for bicycle commuting.

Mountain Man

Mentor to Jon Krakauer, America's leading climbing writer has some new wisdom to share about his old hills and thrills. Just don't ask him to change any diapers.

Go Ahead, Climb a Rock

Statistics say mountaineering has actually gotten safer.

Boarding, Boating, and the Bite of REI

What to do outdoors this summer.

Adventure 101

Seattle gets about 40 good days of summermake the most of them.

Outdoorsman

Happy Trails

Raving in Klickitat

Black lights and naked yoga.

The road warriors

Just how safe is bicycle-friendly Seattle?

Outward bound

High steppin'

Outta site

Getting back to nature without getting even poorer.

Kayaking: Paddle me this

I am the best kayaker on earth.

Biking: Trail mix

Catapulting yourself through the woods on two wheels.

SEVEN WAYS to DIE OUTDOORS

Before you trek off in search of spiritual enlightenment, be warned: It's a jungle out there.

Down and out in Seattle

Meet Jack and Ernst, two of the hundreds of honest, hard-working citizens struggling to survive on this city's homeless margins.

Summer at the McKagan Tent

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. By Duff McKagan Summer is fast approaching, and parents everywhere are faced with the perennial dilemma: What are we going to do with the kids? My wife and I are certainly no different when it comes to planning summertime family activity. This p ... More >>

Mid-Summer Slush Pile! Part II

Score! Olympia journalist-turned-novelist Jim Lynch just snagged a New York Times review for his sophomore effort, Border Songs (Knopf, $25.95). Usually that's a privilege reserved for Northwest novelists whose names are Guterson, Alexie, or Raban. Along with the generally favorable NYT review ("amb ... More >>

Christian Lander Isn't Judging You. Really

​One of our favorite sly satirists appears Sunday at Bumbershoot, that being Christian Lander, the blogger whose wisdom is collected in Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions. Among his self-satisfied targets are NPR junkies, triathletes, Prius braggarts, ... More >>

David Byrne

​One of our favorite sly satirists appears Sunday at Bumbershoot, that being Christian Lander, the blogger whose wisdom is collected in Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions. Among his self-satisfied targets are NPR junkies, triathletes, Prius braggarts, ... More >>

Meth Lab Discovered in Tree House

The kids can't wait to spend their nights breathing in the fresh air only midly tainted by diluted hydrocloric acid.​A tree house is a special place where kids can go play house or throw tea parties or whatever it is that kids do. Or, if you're two not-so-bright drug dealers in Port Orchard, a ... More >>

Seattle Is Country's Fourth Most Bike-Friendly City, But Also Broke

This guy has to have bumped us into the top five.​The good news: Bicycling magazine just named Seattle the fourth-most bike-friendly city, behind only Minneapolis, Portland and Boulder.Seattle has a 10-year, $240-million bike master plan that seeks to triple the number of journeys made by bike ... More >>

Mike McGinn Says Build More Transportation Options While Larry Phillips Says Bus Routes Will Be Cut

We're building more transportation infrastructure! Wait... no... we're cutting it.​Politics tends to be rife with contradiction, though one usually tries to avoid drawing attention to it. But standing in the sun outside the Beacon Hill light rail station, Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Coun ... More >>

Bike to Work Day

We're building more transportation infrastructure! Wait... no... we're cutting it.​Politics tends to be rife with contradiction, though one usually tries to avoid drawing attention to it. But standing in the sun outside the Beacon Hill light rail station, Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Coun ... More >>

Sound to Mountains Bike Festival

We're building more transportation infrastructure! Wait... no... we're cutting it.​Politics tends to be rife with contradiction, though one usually tries to avoid drawing attention to it. But standing in the sun outside the Beacon Hill light rail station, Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Coun ... More >>

Like Everest CSI

Did Mallory make it to the top? That’s not the only investigation on Everest.

Bob Boardman Killed By Mountain Goat During Hike

​Bob Boardman was a nurse, a guitarist, a skilled woodworker and an avid hiker. Unfortunately, the 63-year-old man from Port Angeles is also now a statistic: the first person ever to have died because of an incident involving an animal in Olympic National Park.

Industrial Noise: West Side Connection

Ferry cuts could result in a happy by-product: Seattle bands forging a Kitsap County circuit.

Can You Ride an Electric Bicycle With a Suspended Driver's License in Washington?

​In Oregon right now the courts are trying to figure out at what point an electric-assisted bicycle becomes a moped and therefore requires a driver's license. This is because a gentleman, 41-year-old Paul McClain from Springfield, was given five separate tickets for riding his electric-assiste ... More >>

Uneeda Do It, Al Fresco Style

​Seattle is experiencing a burger boom. Among the best of the bunch is Uneeda Burger in Fremont. Uneeda is a casual new eatery from Scott Staples of Restaurant Zoe and Quinn's fame, so it's fair to expect something slightly upscale, but still at an affordable price. A "Classic" burger, made ... More >>

Lost and Found

A sit-down with Jeopardy! champ-turned-author Ken Jennings.

Guess Which State Has the Greatest Percentage of Cyclists and Walkers?

​The Alliance for Biking and Walking is out with its biannual report on the state of cycling and walking in America, and the results are surprising. Everyone and their mother probably assumes bike-obsessed Washington or Oregon have the highest percentage of walkers/bikers among states and Seat ... More >>