10 Dec
2025
China
Report 26
Chengdu Travel Guide: Sichuan's Capital Is Weirder and Better Than You Think
Spice, pandas, and navigating China solo
CitiesGuide10 min read
Nomad Research Lab — field plate 26
an index of 26 reports
All figures are photographs taken on the trip
they describe. Nothing here is stock.
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26 reports · 10 places · 8 topics
Flying, highlining, climbing, hiking, festivals, vanlife.
Written by someone who went — with the costs,
the bus times, and the gear that was wrong.
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30 Nov
2025
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Report 25
Long Highlines: What Actually Changes Above 300 Meters
Big lines aren't longer lines. They're a different sport.
HighliningHow-To8 min read
30 Nov
2025
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Report 24
Highlining Community: Why You Can't Learn to Rig Safely Alone
The best rigging knowledge isn't online. It's in the people.
HighliningStory6 min read
November 20252 reports
- Report 2329.11.25Highline Webbing and Hardware: Spider Silk, Silk 99, and the Sandwich SystemThe gear decisions that actually matter on big linesHighlining—8 min
- Report 2213.11.25Valle de Guadalupe: Baja Wine Country Without the PretensionMexico's best wine region, no attitude requiredCitiesMexico9 min
October 20252 reports
- Report 2122.10.25Speedflying in Salt Lake City: What a 5-Day Crossover Clinic Actually Teaches YouParagliding skills don't transfer the way you thinkFlyingUnited States12 min
- Report 2016.10.25Mexico City Food Guide: Eating Through Condesa and RomaWhere corn, fire, and ego collide in CDMXCitiesMexico10 min
September 20251 report
August 20253 reports
- Report 1820.08.25Houghton Festival Guide: What Actually Happens During 4 Days of Nonstop Music in Norfolk96 hours of music in an aristocrat's backyardFestivalsUnited Kingdom10 min
- Report 1714.08.25Amsterdam Festivals: Why the City Itself Is the VenueWhere bikes, ferries, and bass lines convergeFestivalsNetherlands10 min
- Report 1605.08.25Berlin's Underground Scene: Warehouse Clubs, LED Art, and What Makes It Actually DifferentWarehouse parties, LED art, and post-industrial freedomCitiesGermany4 min
July 20255 reports
- Report 1530.07.25Paragliding in Norway: What Flying Voss and Stavanger Is Actually LikeGondola laps, fjord XC, and the sea breeze problemFlyingNorway12 min
- Report 1422.07.25Romsdal Climbing Guide: Norway's Tallest Walls, Longest Days, and Best Strawberries1,100 meters of vertical granite and 20-hour daysClimbingNorway12 min
- Report 1316.07.25Southwest Norway Travel Guide: Stavanger, Voss, and the Fjords BetweenCliff hikes, honor-system huts, and a tropical gardenHikingNorway15 min
- Report 1216.07.25Norway's DNT Hut System: The Best Way to Hike Southern Norway550 cabins, one key, no reservations neededHikingNorway11 min
- Report 1109.07.25Amsterdam Local Guide: Thrifting, Biking, and the Music Scene Beyond the Tourist CircuitWhat Amsterdam looks like without the tourist scriptCitiesNetherlands12 min
June 20251 report
May 20251 report
March 20251 report
February 20252 reports
January 20254 reports
- Report 529.01.25W Trek Packing List: The Ultralight Gear Guide Most People OvercomplicatePack half what you think you needHikingChile12 min
- Report 428.01.25W Trek Preparation Guide: Logistics, Gear, and What Nobody Tells YouPlan the W Trek Without the Expensive MistakesHikingChile10 min
- Report 322.01.25The W Trek Is Not a Backpacking Trip (And That's Fine)Pizza, Beer, and Patagonia's Most Social TrekHikingChile10 min
- Report 215.01.25Everything I Got Wrong Building My Van (And What Actually Matters)Hard-won lessons from full-time van dwellingVanlife—14 min