About While It Lasts
The world is full of extraordinary moments. The trick is knowing when to be there.
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While It Lasts is a travel magazine built around timing. We cover the wildlife migrations, natural phenomena, cultural traditions, seasonal flavors, festivals, sporting events and adventures that only take place during a particular moment in time.
Our topics
What we cover
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Natural Phenomena & Wildlife
Witness the migrations, blooms, celestial events, and wildlife spectacles that happen only when nature says it’s time.
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Culture & Food
Experience the traditions, harvests, and seasonal flavors that connect a place to a particular moment.
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Sports & Adventure
Chase the seasons, conditions, and competitions that turn an ordinary trip into an unforgettable adventure.
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Festivals & Events
Plan your journey around the celebrations, gatherings, and once-a-year events worth showing up for.
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Why While It Lasts?
We believe the why matters most.
Travel inspiration is everywhere. We believe travel can be so much more than a checklist of destinations. It should be experiential and meaningful.
Too often, we discover an extraordinary experience after it’s already happened, or get lost in endless stories about where others went, but not why.
So, we created While It Lasts.
This isn’t a magazine about collecting destinations. It’s about experiencing places when something remarkable is happening there, and giving travelers enough information and inspiration to actually make the journey.
The team
Meet the founders
Co-Founder · Editorial Director
Chantelle Kincy
Chantelle Kincy is a travel journalist, travel advisor, and podcast host from Washington State. Her bylines include National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Business Insider, and Matador Network.
She specializes in outdoor and wellness travel, with a particular interest in national parks, wildlife, and the ways nature and travel can change us. Whether she is kayaking among glaciers in Alaska, ziplining above Slovenia’s Soča Valley, or heading into the wilds of Guyana in search of wildlife and Indigenous-led conservation stories, Chantelle is drawn to experiences that make the world feel a little bigger. She believes the best trips are the ones that leave you different from how they found you.
Co-Founder · Editor-in-Chief
Gentry Hale
Gentry Hale is an environmental journalist, travel writer, and magazine editor from Salt Lake City, Utah. Her bylines include National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Business Insider, and Mongabay.
She holds a master’s degree in journalism and has dedicated her life to traveling far, trying crazy things, and teaching people how to do it themselves. Whether she is tracking musk oxen across the Alaskan Arctic, performing the Bush Dance with Sherpas at Everest Base Camp, or running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, Gentry feels most at home when she’s far from home.