We go to the outdoors to find healing, to find resilience. But how resilient is the natural world on its own? I often think of Gerard...

Can time in the mountains make you a better person? I think about this question often. My time in wild places—on peaks, in the beautiful...

When we started the Open Container podcast, we had a clear plan. We wanted to show that the outdoors isn’t just a niche, that it’s part...

All too often, I find myself saying that as an environmentalist, a conservationist, and someone who cares about the planet and the...

If you’re in the outdoor industry, you’re a dirtbag. And that’s something to be proud of. It means your primary drive is being outside:...

Explaining why he wrote Walden , why he walked away from society to live in a cabin by that now-infamous pond, Henry David Thoreau wrote:...

I barely got to know my grandfather, but the strongest memories I have of him are of his smile, and of days that seem like dreams, on the...

When we talk about roads, especially in our forests and on public lands, one thing is clear: we have a lot of them. Probably more than we...

by: Wes Allen, The Rock Fight's Retail Correspondent Years from now, when I look back on however many Trump administrations we end up...

She built her own cabin, split her own firewood, and smoked her own smokes. Virginia Slim is an independent outdoor woman of the 1970s ,...

by: Wes Allen, Guest Contributor I just listened to the most recent episode of The Rock Fight ( "Will Sierra Take Out REI?" ) and found...

In the ever expanding Super Shoe market, Rock Fight's Colin True misses the simplicity of the minimalist movement. Did you hear about the...

Proof that no sector of the outdoor lifestyle is safe from boa constriction, introducing the new Boa Bag by Mountain House ! These...

by: Wes Allen, Guest Contributor If you made a list of the products you’d expect to see in a local outdoor store based on the most...

After spending the weekend hearing from many in outdoor media about last week's layoffs at Outside, Inc, Rock Fight founder Colin True...

The Rock Fight's "Producer" Dave takes center stage for a look at tariffs and the outdoor industry. Nothing like a trade war to douse any...

The host of Open Container , Doug Schnitzspahn, takes a deeper look at the topic that inspired his most recent episode: how our public...

Behold! Jerry Bum™ The Ultimate Super Jerry! Behold Jerry Bum™ , the only action figure that captures the legend every Jerry thinks they...

by: Wes Allen, Guest Contributor In outdoor retail, how a brand chooses to distribute its products says a lot about what they prioritize....

Friend of the Rock Fight Shawnté Salabert , who lives in the Los Angeles foothills, sent us this powerful piece about being an outdoor...