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Outfarer is an independent magazine written by a team of friends who share a passion for the outdoors. Our aim is to help you plan your trips by getting straight to the answer, then on to the explanations that matter.
What we publish
Practical guides to hiking, camping and wild camping, campervans, cycling, trail running, mountains, snow, water and nature: planning a route, choosing your kit, knowing the rules of a protected area. News too, when a rule changes or a product is recalled.
Who writes
Outfarer began as an idea from Erik Gauden, who loves nature and the night sky. He shared it with a few friends who each enjoy the outdoors in their own way, and with two long-standing partners in crime, Guillaume Hoarau and Julien de Jurquet. Nolwenn Bastide and Arnaud Couderc have since joined them. Everyone signs their own articles, and whoever has reviewed an article is named under its headline: you will find them all on the team page. Articles written collectively are signed ‘the editorial team’.
How we work
Every article answers your question first, then goes into the detail. It lists its sources at the end of the page whenever a figure, a rule or a safety instruction calls for them, and shows when it was published and last updated. The details are in our method.
Four editions
Outfarer is published in French, British English, American English and German. Each edition is adapted for its readers, with the right units, examples and, where needed, the rules of the country; information that applies to only one country is presented as such in every edition.
What you can expect from us
An answer first, then the explanations that matter; sources you can open; figures explained; rules quoted in their current version. Kit is compared on the specifications its makers publish, and a first-hand account is always told by the person who lived it. For activities that are learnt with an instructor, such as diving or sea kayaking, our articles are there to help you understand them and choose who to learn with, not to replace instruction; others, such as mountaineering or off-piste skiing, stay out of our pages. If the magazine ever carries commercial links, each one will be flagged: our Funding page explains how it will pay its way.
Who publishes Outfarer
The magazine’s publisher and hosting provider are named in the legal notice. To write to us: .
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