Abe Streep

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Tim DeChristopher Goes Free

Yesterday, on Earth Day, the climate activist Tim DeChristopher, who was incarcerated for 21 months for disrupting a federal oil and gas lease auction, was released from the federal prison system.

The Next Urban Sports Craze

Indoor climbing could soon replace spin class as the urban professional’s sport of choice—and that has marketers salivating.

If It Comes, It Comes

Outside's East Coast editor takes a walking tour of Freeport, Long Island, with Steven Townsend, lifelong fisherman and Long Island native, after Hurricane Sandy.

Waiting for Someone to Call

With Manhattan slowly coming back to life after Hurricane Sandy, Outside's East Coast editor joins the leader of Long Island Search and Rescue for a tour of places the cops haven't made it to...

Trouble on Coney Island

After sticking out Hurricane Irene, Maksim Charnyy didn't think Sandy would be any different. Ignoring mandatory evacuation orders, he stayed in his building with 70 or 80 percent of the other...

Letter From Nyack

Outside's East Coast editor visits the town he grew up in, situated on the west side of the Hudson River about 25 miles outside of Manhattan, in the middle of Hurricane Sandy.

Escape From New York

Outside fan Joe Sacaridiz, an ad-agency art director who lives in Hell’s Kitchen, spends spring and fall weekends climbing upstate and winters snowboarding in Vermont. Here’s how he breaks out of the ...

The Appeal of Bidder 70

Activist Tim DeChristopher, currently serving out a sentence for fraud in Littleton, Colorado, reacts to losing his appeal last Friday and responds to criticism generated by a post in which he...

The Overachiever

A former corporate lawyer whose back-of-the-napkin plan to kayak from Minnesota to Florida was so awesomely deranged, we decided to pay his way

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