Peak Design

The last time we checked in with John Dunaway, he was captaining a 489-foot container ship through the Gulf of Mexico. This time he's driving a different kind of vessel, on a different kind of terrain, in a different part of the world. Other than that, same ol' same ol'.The re...

Liam Lonsdale. A great name for a Chevy dealership owner. Liam Lonsdale does not own a Chevy dealership. But if you met Liam, you can bet your ass you'd be ready to buy or lease a certified pre-owned 2015 Silverado Crew Cab (with the off-road package) from the guy after about ...

Avid readers of this Field Notes journal may recall us name-dropping Elizabeth and Jonathan Combs in a previous story about a grueling traverse of the "W" down in the depths of Chilean Patagonia. For the uninitiated, these two form two-thirds of a creative collective called Th...

If you read our previous Field Note, you'll know that we deeply believe in the protection of public lands. Our beliefs are so strong that we're willing to take action on them, action that might not even be supported by some of our most loyal customers.In this Field Note, we ce...

Patagonia did a big thing yesterday. They decided to boycott Outdoor Retailer, the most important event in the outdoor industry.They did this in response to the Bears Ears land conservation issue, the long and short of which is this: the state of Utah has been trying to protec...

For the most part, we're minimalists. Particularly when it comes to product design, company bureaucracy, and sleep. But there's one area where we have a serious collecting (if not hoarding) problem: friends. We freakin' love friends.We met Michelle Park (@trainsandplanes) thro...

Chile's Torres Del Paine National Park is one of Patagonia's most stunning landscapes, which is really saying something. That's like being one of San Francisco's most gentrified neighborhoods, or one of Bon Iver's most sleep-inducing songs. Through the park runs a giant W-shap...

Zach and Allie Leon are a couple with a lot of things going for them. For one, they've got an amazing couple name, Zalleon, which may or may not be a Star Trek planet. Secondly, their URL game is on point: www.zalleon.com. So right there, you've ticked off the two most importa...

The following story was written and shot by the one, the only, Kylie Fly. You may remember her from the time she and her two doppelgangers hit up the Grand Canyon. Well, she's back. And we (and you) are all the luckier for it. Take it away, Fly.