Latest by Steven John

When you buy Coast flashlights or headlamps, take your time and choose wisely; there's a good chance you're going to own it for the rest of your life.

The Mountain Khaki Commuter Pant: They're good looking, comfortable, and decidedly urbane, yet also flexible and resilient.

The perfect summit pack is lightweight, expansive, and strong. We review the Hyperlite Mountain Gear Summit pack to see if it holds up.

ScentLok makes socks that destroy odor molecules using science. They also happen to be comfortable and even rather stylish.

Riding the Adventure is like, well, riding a bicycle; an electric bike with a 250-watt motor with power supplied by a 36-volt Lithium-ion battery.

What was I doing hiking in South America-in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range near the coast of Colombia? I was there to write about it.

Sometimes you just have to take a journey into the unknown. Steven John shares his thoughts on traveling into the known before leaving for a mountain trek

Trousdale Estates is both the title of a gorgeous book by Steven Price and the name of a 410-acre development in a little place called Beverly Hills.

From Shenandoah to New Hampshire, the best way to enjoy fall is to hit the trail on one of these beautiful east coast hikes.

Yes, you can get a great cigar rolled in The Bronx with La Casa Grande Cigars from La Casa Grande Tobacco Company.

It was an era of glorious beards.

Coast to coast across the United States of America

So many ways to amuse your friends. Just be careful please.

Anyone from an NRA devotee to a peace-loving pacifist can agree it's crazy the weapons we're talking about today are legal right here in the United States.

The cross-country road trip is one of the most hallowed undertakings of American life. Here are three routes that will get you from LA to NYC in four days.

If you’re like millions and millions of mildly quizzical Americans, you have probably found yourself wondering: “Hey, just what is El Niño, anyway?” in the recent weeks or months. The scientific and meteorological communities are abuzz with chatter about this relatively rare weather phenomenon, and their excitement has leaked into the media and then into […]

If you want to hear the musing and rambling of this old mountain man, then read on, and I'll tell a tale or two. Tales of a mountain called Rainier...

History’s first mention of Scotch whisky can be dated to 1494. An entry in the royal Exchequer Rolls (basically a record of taxation and government spending, FYI) from that year reads: “Eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitae.” Recommended Videos Now before we go on with the history of things, […]