This survival school can help you survive the Australian wilderness

Share this article If you’ve ever watched those survival shows on TV and thought, “That looks easy”, you are wrong. Oliver Pelling went on a survival course deep in the Australian bush—and technically died twice. Janna is swearing at me. She doesn’t think I’ve been following the coordinates properly. I don’t think I have either. […]

These 26 national parks show the beauty of the American wilderness

Maridav/Shutterstock Travel + Leisure spoke with park employees at 26 of America’s 417 National Park Service locations for tips on traversing the natural surrounds. Each park has different peak times to visit — for instance, Yellowstone is best in the spring or fall as the crowds are smaller. There were more than 6 million visitors […]

Celebrating sparseness and solitude in the Jordanian wilderness

Share this article After hiking through welcoming villages where a cup of tea was always offered, our featured contributor Leon McCarron was struck by the sparseness of the landscape as he traveled the southern reaches of the Jordan Trail. “Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit.”—Edward Abbey So often, the […]

Photographing Britain’s wilderness ‘hotels’ (and the people who use them)

Nicholas JR White May 23, 2018 Share this article High in the hills across Great Britain, bothies serve as shelter for hikers, ramblers and wayfarers alike. But they’re so much more than just somewhere to lay your head, as photographer Nicholas JR White discovers. Cobwebs glisten in the corner of the room as the sun […]

‘Maine’ Review: A Wilderness Journey About Neither the Destination Nor the Journey [Tribeca]

If you see Maine features a woman hiking a trail alone and assume you’re in for a retread of Wild, think again. In upstart director Matthew Brown’s sophomore feature, we see people fleeing the burdens of their life in the great outdoors in search of escape and fulfillment – but ultimately finding neither. The answers […]

Meet the men who spent 46 days in the wilderness (on purpose)

Share this article One cart, two adventurers, and a desire to replicate explorer Wilfred Thesiger’s 1940s journey across the Arabian sands. Our featured contributor Leon McCarron describes his own 46 days in the wilderness with fellow adventurer Alastair Humphreys. “Hunger, thirst, heat and cold; I had tasted them in full …” So wrote the English […]

The Alaskan Who Could Lead Progressives Out of the Wilderness

Welcome to The Wilderness, an OZY original series charting how Democrats are trying to climb out of their historic hole. Read more. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is known to run marathons up mountain trails for fun. He once climbed Argentina’s Ojos del Salado, the tallest volcano in the world, to definitively prove it was higher than a […]

‘Miracle’ woman survives in wilderness for 28 days, loses 50lb

Published time: 15 Aug, 2017 18:14 A woman who survived a month in the wilderness by eating berries and mushrooms has been reunited with her family in what authorities are calling a “miracle.” Lisa Theris was lost in the Alabama wilderness for 28 days and lost 50lb (22kg) during her ordeal. Her family said she […]

Antarctica: Photos from Earth’s last wilderness

Kellie Lafranchi June 5, 2017 Share this article What’s life really like at the end of the earth? Follow photographer Kellie Lafranchi’s memorable journey aboard the expedition ship Polar Pioneer as it cruises to the frozen continent of Antarctica. Some places leave an indelible mark on your soul. I learned this first-hand when I visited […]

‘Wind River’ Trailer: Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen Hunt a Killer in the Cold Wilderness

After writing the acclaimed films Sicario and Hell or High Water, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has tried his hand at directing a suspenseful thriller of his own. Wind River follows Jeremy Renner as US Fish & Wildlife agent Cory Lambert working on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. When he finds the body of a […]