Not all hikers want the same thing from the woods. A growing divide between comfort-seekers and purists is reshaping trail ...

I have a friend who is very zen, almost annoyingly so. One time I asked him to describe what his mind is like at rest, and he likened it to waves of thought gently lapping at a beach. My mind feels ...

The impetus behind travel is often a desire to see a new place, visit a loved one, or experience another part of the world. It is not, for most of us, to journey into the wilderness. But that may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whitewater Falls in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest. Bilanol/Getty Images The impetus behind travel is often a desire ...