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Outfarer is an independent magazine written by a team of friends who love the outdoors. Our goal: 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 backcountry camping, camper vans, biking, trail running, mountains, snow, water, and nature: planning a route, choosing your gear, knowing the rules of a park or protected area. News, too, when a rule changes or a product is recalled.
Who writes
Outfarer started 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 longtime 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 reviewed an article is named under its headline: you’ll 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 gets into the details. It lists its sources at the end of the page whenever a number, a rule, or a safety instruction calls for them, and it shows its publication and update dates. The full 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, local rules; information that applies to only one country is presented that way in every edition.
What you can expect from us
An answer first, then the explanations that matter; sources you can open; numbers explained; rules quoted in their current version. Gear is compared on the specs its makers publish, and a first-hand story is always told by the person who lived it. For activities you learn with an instructor, such as scuba 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 backcountry skiing, stay out of our pages. If the magazine ever carries commercial links, each one will be disclosed: our Funding page explains how it will make money.
Who publishes Outfarer
The magazine’s publisher and web host are listed in the legal notice. To reach us: .
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