Adam Roy

It's like that joke goes: How many Dragonball Z characters does it take to screw in a light bulb? Only one, but it takes 10 episodes and Krillin dies.

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

Buddy you are in for a wild ride.

The Biggest Myth About Hiking Shoe Tread, Busted by Science More teeth equals better grip on the trail, right? Not so fast. We paid a visit to the Outside Lab at CU Denver to learn more about what makes some hiking shoes perform better than othersl

If you would like to find out that answer to this and other fascinating questions, watch here: www.backpacker.com/gear/footwea...

Adam Roy: What percentage of this outsole do you think you could eat before you had to go to the hospital? Adam Trenkamp: Ooh, 1 percent? Well, before I had to go to the hospital or what would actually make me sick?

Shoutout to our video editor, who told my colleague and I to "just talk about whatever" so they could check levels, then promptly used that footage as the intro.

everyone says it for a reason: really important to lock in when it comes to fitness and health. just establishing good habits — regular exercise including strength training, eating a balanced diet — will pay huge dividends

You're gonna pay for your bad sleep habits in a way you didn't in your 20s.

when I tell you I would not have written these words with a gun to my head

I had no idea how close I came to human sacrifice wandering through those woods as a child. Wiping sweat off my brow.

This is a story about the forest preserves I grew up hiking in, published a year after I was born.

Continental Divide Trail Hikers Now Need U.S. Citizenship, Background Check to Access Southern Terminus The first 1.1 miles of the CDT are now only available to US citizens who apply for permission to enter the National Defense Area.

Hikers now need to be U.S. citizens and apply in advance for an Army permit to access the southern terminus and first 1.1 miles of the CDT: www.backpacker.com/news-and-eve...

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

CHOTINER: So eating well is important to you?

ME: Yes, extremely

CHOTINER: In 2019 you tweeted a picture of yourself loading a whole box of Honey Buns into a ski pack.

ME: OK, so—

CHOTINER: You wrote in 2022 that "Swedish Fish rule because they're wax-coated so you can put them in your pockets."

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right?

IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If—

CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother?

IKARI: Look, let me answer the question.

CHOTINER: Sure.

knight: have you come for me?
chotiner: i have been walking beside you for a long time.
knight: that i know.
chotiner: are you ready?
knight: my flesh is afraid, but i am not.

Hello, would you be interested in doing an interview for the New Yorker?

This too is Torah.

Two absolutely massive loaves of bread in an oven

My boys. My beautiful, giant boys.

OH I FUCKED UP. THIS RECIPE WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SIX LOAVES, NOT TWO.

I AM ABOUT TO BE THE PROUD OWNER OF EITHER THE LARGEST CHALLOT ANYONE HAS EVERY MADE, OR A KITCHEN FIRE.

Lifted the towel and let out a "bwaaaa!" like a Jewish Hank Hill.

overflowing bowl of dough

Is this good? Is this what challah is supposed to look like?

This is an absolute tragedy. Crosscut did incredible work.

Tori Avey...save me Tori Avey Save me Tori Avey

POV: It's T-2 to the Rosh Hashanah meal and you're trying to remember how to braid a round challah

I would not change a thing about my autistic son. OTOH if my kid grew up to be the kind of person who went on TV and said shit like "Tylenol causes autism" I would go mad like King Lear.

Nice. My grandfather made sweet cold beet borscht, and one time I told him I liked it even though I really didn't. From then on, he'd bring an empty pickle jar of it every time he came to visit. I continued to not like it but I ate it constantly because I loved him.

Lyla Harrod Becomes First Trans Woman to Set FKT on the Appalachian Trail Harrod hiked an average of 41 miles per day for nearly two months to break the 10-year-old record.

New: @backpacker-mag.bsky.social interviewed Lyla Harrod, thru-hiker extraordinaire and now the first trans woman to notch a fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail. “It’s a celebration of all the things that have made my life what it is today."

Million-dollar question: sweet or savory borscht?

My 6-year-old, about to list his favorite species of tuna in descending order.

I don't especially care about most of this story, but there could not possibly be a funnier way to serve someone court papers than via mariachi band.

cg image of utopia

Would love to see what the press could look like if it could afford to just fight the government/rich people/corporations of its choice in court indefinitely.