Why become a Member?

Members have a variety of benefits that are unavailable to users who don't bother to sign in. Among these benefits are:

• Your own personal user profile which you can customize to your liking.
• Your own forum or forums (or join others) to share your innermost feelings and experiences.
• The ability to define Friends, Favorite Contributors, and Favorite Forums.
• Notification if Friends or Favorite Contributors publish something new.
• The ability to publish your adventure travel stories.
• The ability to read the daily details of trip reports from other members (not logging in allows you to read story summaries only).
• Get info for your upcoming trips.
• Find upcoming Events in your area or sport.
• Contact like-minded people.
• Read detailed product reviews.
• Automatic participation in our monthly random drawings.
• Participate in our photo contests.
• Upload, store, and share your trip photos.
• Participate in the Wilderness Film Festival (2009).
• Upload & download GPS tracks (coming soon)

So sign up here! Share your adventures, meet people that share your interests, read about their journeys and collect valuable information.