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Emma Ingemann & Bea Hansson report to Field Mag on the wonders of mindful hiking from atop Sweden's fjäll, while pursuing their guide certifications. Despite the rigorous requirements of mastering 16 different skills to become a guide in Sweden, Emma and Bea found in the stillness of the outdoors a newfound appreciation for the smaller moments. What we truly have, when out in the wild of nature. Also featuring some sick gear courtesy of @klattermusen who aided the journey Full thing on fieldmag.com now Written and photographed by @ingenemma and @beahansson

Southbound 400 starts this Friday, but have you heard of it? One of the most unique racing spectacles out there right now pits teams of eight in an all-out 400-mile footrace across New York State. The race is the biggest and most competitive it's been in its short existence, starting with just 5 teams three short years ago, but it's now up to 12 teams this year, and growing. The full breakdown for @southbound400 is on the website now, in a ripping article by our own @danger_bowden and photography from @dhash and @hey_miya Unsanctioned and wild stuff, and completely its own thing. Check it out, fieldmag.com

Surfing, fishing, trail running, and going deep on outdoor design with UK-based outdoor brand @finisterre Eric Greene took Field Mag on a journey out to Cornwall, braving storms, big surf and wild conditions to give us the low-down on brand founder Tom Kay's coastal inspiration, the local sights, and all the things to do at the End of the Earth. Full interview, article and guide up now, and only on fieldmag.com Written and researched by @ericgreene for FM

There’s no shortage of fly fishing books out there Some focus on beginner education—rod weights explained, casting basics—while others dive into specific strategies like dry fly presentation or how to use entomology to sharpen an angler’s hatch-matching prowess. New York-based writer, artist, and angler Steven Weinberg takes a colorful approach to the subject in his latest title, The Fly Fishing Book: An Artful Guide to Angling, which combines water color illustrations with useful fly fishing tips covering gear, casting, fish species, fly patterns, and more... The full Q&A continues at fieldmag.com between Steven Weinberg and Bob Myaing for Field Mag @steven_draws @corkgrips

In his series "The Haunted Landscape," photographer Brendan George Ko returns to the region of the Four Corners, where he was raised, seeking to photograph its spirits and shapeshifters.

 The full photo essay is up on the site right now, and it's beautiful! Head over that way to check it out.

 Written and photographed by Brendan George Ko @brendangeorgeko

Slovenian alpinist Neza Peterca turned a lifetime of design, sewing, and repair experience into an all-custom technical backpack brand @whathappenedoutdoors Each pack is made to order out of ultralight UHMWPE fabrics suited for the critical needs of experienced mountaineers, but with easy to repair patterning and hardware, they're useable by anyone. The full story is up now the site, so head on over to read it. Written by Danielle Vilaplana @vilaplanet

Wool is touted as an endlessly renewable alternative to petroleum-based fibers—but how true are the claims backing up your favorite baselayer? Field Mag contributor Alex Tzelnic investigates the origins of merino wool, its surprising environmental footprint-per-garment, and how 'sustainable' it all really is. What we can do individually to keep the planet cleaner might be glaringly simple. Full story up on the website now. For the complete rundown, head on over there. Written by Alex Tzelnic @atz840

Far from the frequently visited stops on Japan's north island, the country's newest long trail is a 250-mile walk in Hokkaido parts unknown. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, is best known for the massive amount of snow it receives in winter and the legendary ski conditions that come with it. But what some visitors may not realize is that when all that snow melts, Hokkaido transforms into an incredible destination comprised of seven national parks, five quasi-national parks (parks that lie somewhere between a state park and a national park), and since 2024, a brand new long-distance hiking trail called the Hokkaido East Trail. Field Mag contributing writer and photographer Sam Godin reports in the full write-up at fieldmag.com on where to stop and what gear to bring to make the most of this underrated hiking gem. Written and photographed by Sam Godin @golden_godin

Every summer Shane Auckland and his brother Colby bushwhack their way through the remote Cascade Mountains on treasure hunts—not for gold, but for unbroken glass “I was introduced to bottle digging when I was 12 years old,” Shane tells Field Mag. Shane and his family would all load into their dad’s truck and head to the sites of old logging and mining camps from the late 1800s and early 1900s, sites that had long been abandoned. Using metal detectors, they’d locate square head nails indicating where the loggers' and miners' cabins once stood, searching for intact antique bottles, thrown out like garbage over one hundred years ago and transformed by time into treasure. Shane lives in LA, as a filmmaker and video editor in skateboarding. Colby still lives up in Washington where the two brothers connect over the summers on these bottle digging expeditions. Plotting out old survey maps, and GPS locating potential mining claims to hike to, Shane and Colby have taken friends and family with them, unearthing anything from whiskey and beer bottles, to rarer, more sought after stuff, like embossed medicine and poison bottles. Shane once found an fully-intact glass oil lamp; a treasure among treasures, but the real reward is seeing the joy on the faces of someone making their first find out there in the silence of the mountains. The full story continues at fieldmag.com Written and photographed by Shane Aukland @sk8rat

Photographing the Women of Svalbard with Catherine Lemblé The first thing photographer Catherine Lemblé remembers is the light. Arriving in Svalbard in late February 2017, she observed the sky shift through pink, orange, violet, and deep blue in the span of an afternoon. Then came the silence, she told Field Mag contributor, Maya Toebat. Surrounded by fjords, glaciers, and polar bears, Svalbard is as remote a settlement as it gets. Lemblé turns her Pentax not just towards the remoteness of the landscape, and its wildlife however, but towards the women who live there. Mechanics, researchers, guides from all over the world. Head over to fieldmag.com for the full article, written by @mayatoebat and photographed by @catherine.lemble

How Climbing Inspired Village PM: Skateboarding's Most Exciting New Shoe Brand Village PM’s box truck-turned-showroom at Paris Fashion Week 2025 turned everyone’s heads to a new outdoor-curious, but assuredly skating-first, footwear label, finds Field Mag contributor Leah Balagopal @leahmaya Taking important cues from climbing style shoes (see: the rubberized outsole wrap, and the asymmetrical and contouring lacing system), the “1PM” model borrows from outdoor sports to build on what a skate brand can be. More of the story inside, and the full story over at fieldmag.com Photos by Matteo Challe courtesy Village PM

Kluane Mountaineering: small-batch, traditional down gear out of Edmonton, Alberta 50 years of expedition-level down jackets and sleeping bags live on in the modern world, under the roof of an unsuspecting store front in central Edmonton city, writes Fieldmag contributor Amelia Arvesen @hi_amelia Kluane, pronounced ‘Kloo-AH-nee’, after the Canadian national park, has been in operation since 1970, and until relatively recently has existed in a state of expertly self-contained modesty. Advertisement and overall internet presence hasn’t changed much over the decades for Kluane, but its small and dedicated following of outdoors enthusiasts fawn anyway over the brand’s rich authenticity. Faded maps, black-and-white photographs, painted signs and taxidermy deer heads serve as commemorations of a brand history steeped in expedition firsts: Canada’s first team to walk to the North Pole were clad in Kluane Mountaineering puffies and sleeping bags. We talked to Dylan Lynch, @dylanjlynch owner and operator of Kluane in much greater detail in the full article on the ‘site, delving into his personal journey, Kluane’s 3-product offering, and made-to-order $950 USD jackets made to withstand negative 35 degrees Celsius.