Style Points - Ryan Wichelns and Trails Magazine (Part II)

About this episode

Ryan Wichelns discusses his journey in creating a print-only outdoor magazine and shares insights on various outdoor adventures.

Multi-genre adventurer and editor-in-chief of Trails Magazine Ryan Wichelns sits down with Doc in the studio to talk about a different journey. When outside magazines started going digital-only, Ryan made a decision that changed his life: create a high quality, print-only, upgraded outdoor magazine to hold in your hands and savor. Settle in and buckle up as Ryan discusses editorial decisions, gear choices, snail mail, skate packers, ice climbing, backpacking, first ascents, dirtbag showers, bisecting Adirondack Park, strange dudes in the wild, and the absolute importance of style points. Epic. (This is Part II. Be sure to listen to Part I.)

People in this episode

Host: Doc

Guest: Ryan Wichelns

Topics covered

• adventure
• outdoor magazine
• editorial decisions
• gear choices
• backpacking
• ice climbing
• style points

Keywords

• outdoor magazine
• Ryan Wichelns
• Trails Magazine
• backpacking
• ice climbing
• style points
• editorial decisions
• gear choices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trails Magazine

Places: Adirondack Park

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