Riding in a pickup truck with Robert “Skip” Johnson along a ridge in Estill County, we get a history lesson on life in the ...

I’m standing waist-deep in a chocolate-hued, jungle-fringed tributary of the Congo River, watching my guide wade further downstream, with his hands cupped to his ears to amplify the sounds of the ...

I learned so much from tackling this gnarly thru-hike. Here’s why I left feeling complete—and why someday, I'll go again.