Interviews & Profiles

This Wilderness Survival Expert Will Keep You Safe and Alive
Dave Canterbury's wilderness survival videos have attracted a loyal and exceptionally popular following on YouTube. His Wilderness Outfitters... 
This Wilderness Survival Expert Will Keep You Safe and Alive
Ultra-running in Death Valley
It takes a special breed of runner who races in marathons. It takes an even more special breed who prefers ultra-marathoning. So what should we make of... 
Ultra-running in Death Valley
Down on the Farm in Maine
The picturesque Blue Ribbon Farm in central Maine is home to several dozen Dorset sheep and their caretakers, Bob and Mary Burr, who have been raising... 
Down on the Farm in Maine
Wild at Heart
Wildlife photographer Carol Polich is as patient and observant as the big-game animals she stalks with her watchful eye behind the Canon. After years... 
Wild at Heart
Modern Medicine Man
Mankind has been in search of new medicines since the dawn of time. We found our first drugs in nature and we\'ve continued to rely on such natural... 
Modern Medicine Man
My Visit to Easter Island
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) was the dream trip of a lifetime. I have wanted to visit Easter Island since I was seven-years old and saw my first television... 
My Visit to Easter Island
Behind the Scenes with Search And Rescue:
A nose is a nose is a nose. But with dogs, its most important sense is smell. "A dog's nose is as important as our eyes are to us," says Dr. Brian... 
Behind the Scenes with Search And Rescue:
The Gear Junkie
The Gear Junkie: Interview with Stephen Regenold\"I like to think that I walk the walk and talk the talk,\" says Minneapolis-based journalist Stephen... 
The Gear Junkie
Fighting Malaria with Bednets
To most of us, economists seem like ivory-tower academics who spend their waking hours analyzing national income and employment figures. Yet a growing... 
Fighting Malaria with Bednets
Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Let's just say that you're one of the 300 really committed, perhaps even foolhardy, outdoor types who decide each year to attempt to hike the entire... 
Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
The Well-Centered Centerfold
Looking good in front of a camera is one thing; feeling bad is another. With her body temperature redlining at 104° Fahrenheit, a sprained ankle... 
The Well-Centered Centerfold
Wild at Heart
His television career has aptly followed a serpentine route. As series producer for \"Reptile Wild\" for the National Geographic Channel, filmmaker,... 
Wild at Heart
Mountains to Sea
For long-distance hikers whose magnetic direction veer towards the longitudinal, with sunrises at their front each morning, there\'s a new trail that... 
Mountains to Sea
Come Fly with Me
Chris Jopp usually has water on the brain. The sea is his friend and companion. He studies its molecular properties in the lab, he teaches its... 
Come Fly with Me
Adventurer of the Year and the Toughest Man on the Planet
You won\'t see him playing smash-mouth football in some upstart, testosterone-addled pro league. Nor will you ever watch him swapping spittle and... 
Adventurer of the Year and the Toughest Man on the Planet
Sandstorms, Heat, Blisters, and 150 Miles of Running
Running the hilly trails in Marin County didn\'t seem enough of a sporting challenge for Kory Helean, 28, who once was a competitive gymnast and is now... 
Sandstorms, Heat, Blisters, and 150 Miles of Running
Overcoming Cancer is Like Adventure Racing
Every adventure racer will inevitably confront that white-knuckle moment of truth when it seems that ones life is precariously held in balance. A... 
Overcoming Cancer is Like Adventure Racing
Hiking the 2,169-mile Appalachian Trail
Each spring, the Appalachian Trail seductively attracts a small army of hikers whose goal is to trek its 2,169-mile length. But AT love is tough love... 
Hiking the 2,169-mile Appalachian Trail
Adventure Warrior and Navy SEAL
Don Mann is The Man, a consummate adventure warrior with a lean, muscular physique and ten-thousand-yard athletic stare. Well-known throughout the U.S.... 
Adventure Warrior and Navy SEAL
Adventure Racing Couple
Adventure athletes Tracyn Thayer and Norm Greenberg, of Bryson City, North Caolina, have an interesting 24/7 marriage. These wilderness enthusiasts... 
Adventure Racing Couple
Super-fit Adventure Athlete
With her infectious smile, hair-trigger laugh, and girlish charms, it is easy to imagine that adventure athlete Cathy Sassin is the sweetest and most... 
Super-fit Adventure Athlete