Interviews and Profiles

Crossing the Steppes of Eastern Kazakhstan by Horseback and Walking: Interview with Jamie Bunchuk and Photos by Matt Traver Two young adventurers from England, Jamie Bunchuk, an award-winning travel journalist, and Matthew Traver, a documentary filmmaker, completed a...

Mark Melnyk If there is one indivudal who can make or break you fishing trip, it's obviously your fishing guide. Really, who else is there to blame when...

Warrior Hike - Helping Veterans Walk off the War Veterans face numerous challenges reintegrating with civilian society upon finishing their tours of duty. Sean Gobin wants to make it...

Hiking the Pacific Crest and Arizona Trails How far do you walk in a day? How about in a year? It turns out that the average American takes 5,117 steps (or walks roughly...

Walking 1,000 Miles Across "The Empty Quarter" Desert in Oman and UAE The late great British explorer, Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), made two crossings of  the Empty Quarter -- an immense swath of desert in...

Walk Across Africa My name is Julian Monroe Fisher. I am an explorer and adventurer. I am also an Anthropologist, a Fellow with The Royal Geographical Society(with the...

TransPanama Thru-Hike Rick Morales, of Panama, has done what very few trekkers would even dare to attempt, let alone imagine: mapping out a new hiking trail across the...

Peking to Paris in a '69 VW Beetle It was the dawn of the automobile age, when a Paris newspaper issued this challenge in 1907: "What needs to be proved today is that as long as a...

Photographing Vineyards Paul Kirchner mainly shoots still life in his studio, but he often spends a lot of time outside on assignment in vineyards. He explained: "I have...

The Long Rider Megan Gist Carter loves horses. And horses love her. The high-energy Oklahoma resident and ardent fan of RailRiders participates in an equestrian...

Walking Across Mongolia - Step by Steppe There’s no denying that the world is a crowded place, with the global population hovering around seven billion, but don’t tell that to...

The Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley Ian Adamson has shown up in numerous RailRiders catalogs, with his most famous appearance dating back to 2002 when he appeared on the cover with this...