17 WAYS TO GIVE ORDINARY ADVENTURE THE HEAVE-HO

Nevada has a way of sneaking up on you… it has a way of hitting you with surprises that will turn you into a Nevadaphile in one fell swoop. All you gotta do is let it in so it can do its thing. The cultural scene is on point… the wild history can pull you down an insane rabbit hole from nearly anywhere you stand… but there’s something else that’s always a front runner: outdoor adventure, baby. 

For me, it’s almost a weird guilty pleasure—feeling like you’re getting away with something you shouldn’t in a state that’s stereotyped as flat, barren and empty. When you’re basking in one of the dozens of off-grid hot springs under the milky way, hundreds of miles away from everything except that deafening silence. Or when you’re summiting one of Nevada’s 63 summits over 11,000 feet. Or working a line in the world’s best outdoor climbing gym. Or bagging tigers in Lamoille Canyon. Or ramblin’ on two-wheels in the off-grid Mojave. It’s sexy, freeing, and maybe even a little dangerous. Safety third, right? Nevada adventure begs for the taking—all you gotta do is grab onto it and not look back. #DFMI

1. CHASING THE BUZZ THAT COMES WITH RIPPING NEVADA’S NEWEST TRAIL SYSTEMS

2. GIVING BUTEO BABES THE ONCE-OVER, THEN PUTTING THEM BACK ON THEIR FLIGHT PATH IN THE GOSHUTES

3. GRABBING A BELAY BUD TO HIT THE BEST OUTDOOR CLIMBING GYM ON PLANET EARTH

4. EARNING YOUR RANKING ON THE I.G.F.A ROYAL TROUT SLAM IN JARBIDGE

5. DIGGIN’ UP YOUR VERY OWN TURQUOISE NUG, BLACK FIRE OPAL, OR GARNET IN THEM THAR HILLS

6. CATCHING A CHARGE OFF THOSE STORIED WASHOE ZEPHYRS, AND DISCOVERING THAT EVEN TWAIN’S QUIP COULDN’T ARTICULATE THEIR EXHILARATING FURY

7. REALIZING THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO LET THE MOJAVE SHOW HERSELF TO YOU THAN GETTING A LITTLE SAND IN THOSE CHOMPERS

8. DELVING DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE GOLDEN WEST AT NEVADA’S TRUE WINDOW INTO HISTORY

9. KAYAKING FROM THE BASE OF A MODERN MARVEL TO THE CAN’T-BE-REAL EMERALD CAVE

10. EMBRACING ULTIMATE EUPHORIA ON AN UNTOUCHED DROP IN THE RUBIES

11. TWO WHEEL RAMBLIN’ IN AMERICA’S ROAD TRIP SUPERDOME

12. KNOWING THE ADDICTION TO SUMMIT FEVER IS REAL, FROM CHARLESTON ALL THE WAY TO THE MATTERHORN

13. TAKING VIEWS OF BIG BLUE TO NEW HEIGHTS

14. JETPACKING THROUGH THE BACKBONE OF THE DEATH DRIVE

15. KICKING YOUR IDEA OF A “SUNSET PICNIC” INTO HIGH GEAR

16. LIVING YOUR BEST SNOW WHITE MOMENT FOR REAL AT THE MT. ROSE MEADOWS

17. UNLOCKING OFF-GRID NEVADA MAGIC, AND REALIZING YOU LOVE THIS STATE LIKE IT’S A PERSON