For the past 18 years, I've used the same hefty lock—even when I'm riding cheap clunkers around town. Here's why.

The Hornbein Couloir poses a fantasy ski descent that only two parties have ever attempted. Neither was successful.

M. John Fayhee has been writing for Backpacker since 1986. His 13th book, “A Long Tangent: Musings by an old man & his young dog hiking every day for a year,” was released last fall by Mimbres Press.