BY: PILGRIM From the “sexual menu” of Tinder to the moral disposal of Ashley Madison, the online dating world has brought our generation some unique opportunities. Now is your chance to find that “bad boy/girl” type you’ve always been looking…
Life without Borders
74% of men say they’d have an affair if they wouldn’t be caught: this mistress tells all
BY: CHRISTINE CELIS Ashley Madison, an online dating site with the slogan “life is short, have an affair”, is a safe haven for the adulterous and like-minded. The site has attracted 22 million users, is available in over 16 languages…
In Nicaragua, Volcano Boarding Is A Real Thing
BY: PILGRIM Cerro Negro (Black Hill) is home to Nicaragua’s most intense boarding sport: Volcano Boarding. Imagine, smoke rising up from the crumbling rocks beneath your make-shift wooden board as you plummet 30 – 60 mph down the face of…
These Short Camping Trips Are A Way To Pursue Adventure Without Sacrificing Vacation Time
BY: DEXTER BROWN It’s not uncommon to find Grant Petersen asleep in the wilderness one night and then hard at work in one of the two stores he owns the next day. With a mere bike and whatever he could…
The True Hippie Died When Narco-Capitalism Hit Goa
BY: TJ MOREY Present day Goa—dancing away into the haze of a drug-induced delirium, you will find a stereotypical hippie clamouring to keep sense of reality, or to whatever he can perceive of it. Mind you, this doesn’t come for…
These Photos Of Exotic Pets And Their Owners Might Make You Reconsider That Golden Retriever
BY: KAILEE MANDEL Matt & Maura-Eurasian Eagle Owl Eurasian Eagle Owls are arguably the largest species of owls, with an average wingspan of 6.5ft. These owls usually build their nests on the edge of cliffs and prey on mammals the…
Filmmaker Devin Graham proves that failure is success in progress
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Devin Graham stands at the forefront of a shifting media landscape that takes filmmaking out of the hands of big-budget producers and instead makes it available to a vastly broader population. This democratization of filmmaking excites and inspires…
Iceland: Home Of Vikings, Green Technology and People Who Are Actually Happy
BY: HANNAH WRIGHT Iceland is a vast landscape of fjords, glaciers, lava fields, and beauty as far as the eye can see. Picture a country where schools still insist on teaching their students the ancient sagas. It’s a place full…
From Devout Catholic To Wiccan Witch— Why I Traded In A Cross For A Pentagram
BY: VANESSA NIGRO The moon hangs high over Toronto’s Serena Gundy Park, a thriving forest tucked away in Leaside, one of Toronto’s wealthiest neighborhoods. As people begin to file in, the tall trees that separate the woods from the street…
If These Photos Don’t Make You Dream of Burning Man, Your Spirit Is Wrapped In Safety Foam.
BY: VICTOR HABCHY Imagine standing in the 107-degree heat of Black Rock City as moisture begins to drip off your body like a melting candle. You see the silhouette of a woman twirling a rainbow parasol under a veil of…
Uruguay’s José Mujica is The Robin Hood Of Presidents; He Might Also Be The Most Radical
BY: DEXTER BROWN Uruguayan President José Mujica may have made headlines for allowing his country to be the world’s first to legalize marijuana outright. However, there’s much more than just marijuana to the feisty 79-year-old, affectionately known as Pepe. Mujica leads quite…
This Guy Traded A Paper Clip For A Two Story House
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In 2005, Kyle MacDonald made two critical decisions: First, he was going to own house. Second, he wasn’t going to pay a single penny for it. Like any true millennial, the idea of working a job to…
This man slacklined between two mountain tops without a harness (Video)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN You don’t know the meaning of fear until you’ve seen a man free-walk on a one-inch tight rope strung between two mountaintops, thousands of metres above the ground in the open air. Sebastien Montaz-Rosset captures this freedom-defining…
BASE Jumper Explains The Importance Of Accepting Death To Appreciating Life
BY: ROB HOFFMAN No matter how hard we try to live vicariously through their first-person footage, a GoPro simply cannot capture the feeling of participating in a sport where your primary competition is death. To some it seems crazy to…
This modern nomad has worked everywhere from Manhattan to Madagascar
BY: LAURA ROJAS Marianne Cantwell, as you may know is the liberated world traveler behind Free Range Humans– a project dedicated to helping people escape their unsatisfying careers for a more unshackling lifestyle. The idea of free-ranging is exactly what…
Romance Tourism: Kenya is Now a Love Fantasy Land for Middle-Aged Women
European travellers deserted Kenya’s beaches long ago, but, in recent years, you may encounter a new, increasingly familiar sight: mature white women surrounded by muscular Kenyan men. During a work trip to Mombasa, Kenya, Danish photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart accidentally…
This Photographer Captures The First Surfers To Ride Sub-Zero Arctic Swells
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Chris Burkard’s photography is a call to action for the traveler who refuses to see the world from the inside of a five-star resort, or overtop the latest edition of “Lonely Planet”. His catalogue of surfing, adventure,…
I moved to a remote cabin in Alaska. It was the best decision I’ve ever made
BY: HANNAH WRIGHT Some people shudder at the thought of living in the woods. For me, it was a gateway to another realm. In a society that bleeds technology, instant gratification, and convenience, many of us are left craving challenge…
The Life of a Street Magician – Performers of Dundas Square
BY: LILITH Matthew Stewart hasn’t been around as long as some of the other performers—he only started performing in Dundas Square in April. His act also isn’t as flashy or eye-catching at first, but the 20-year-old magician, who commutes in…
Communes Didn’t Die in the ’60s. They’re A Modern Substitute to Self-Centred City Life
BY: KATY WILLIS When people think of the British, they think of tradition, the “stiff upper lip,” and a nation that follows convention at all costs. That, of course, isn’t universally true. If you dig around, you can easily find…