Nick Offerman is an actor, a woodworker, and the author of five books, including, most recently, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play. His column, The Offerman Files, can be found here and in print editions of Outside.
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According to the actor, everything can be solved with one more useful piece of outdoor equipment
When you’ve spent umpteen hours crafting a museum-worthy cedar canoe, there’s just one thing left to do: bang the hell out of it while running a river through the heart of Los Angeles
Stuck for hours in a traffic standstill while on a comedy tour, it was only natural for him to long for the farm labor that makes him happiest of all
As a young actor, his first-ever trip outside the United States opened his heart to the astonishing power of the natural world
Nick Offerman’s annual family trip was always to the same lake in Minnesota, where he was taught things that really matter.
After dreaming about performing the works of the acclaimed author for decades, Nick Offerman finally got his shot—and realized he wasn’t worthy
In that low moment when he realized his far-flung journey wasn’t going to be what he imagined, there was only one thing to do: let out the gas
There are those moments when you think: maybe I’m no smarter than a trash panda. This is one of them.
In his inaugural column for Outside, the ‘Parks & Recreation’ star sounds off on Henry David Thoreau, emasculation, and bullying in the outdoors