Adventure

Breaking the Rules of Summer

Break the rules of summer vacation! A guide to beach lounging, beer, surfing, and food that will make your summer unforgettable.

Things have gotten crazy violent in the dark, dense forests of California’s Mendocino County, where pot growers from Mexico run elaborate plantations they’ll defend to the death. DAMON TABOR saddles up with Sheriff Tom Allman, head of a helicopter-riding, rifle-toting paramilitary strike force determined to take back the woods.

Caballo Blanco in Mexico's Copper Canyon

On the Trail of the White Horse

On Tuesday March 27, ultrarunner Micah True set off on a 12-mile run in the Gila National Forest and didn't return. Days later, writer Christopher McDougall took off on a not-so-unfamiliar quest, joining a crew of ultrarunners to search for the ever-wandering man nicknamed Caballo Blanco.

The 2012 Adventure Bucket List

Float the Grand Canyon in a Dory. Bike across America. Tie your own fly. And 47 more essential items for the ultimate adventurer.

The Outside Classics

The pill is small, purple, cylindrical—about the size and ominousness of a .38-caliber bullet.
"G.I. Joe and the House of Pain", By Christopher Solomon

Martin Schoeller

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Everest: The Veteran Sherpas

Exposure 06.26.03

ANG NORBU SHERPA, 70, holds his Himalayan Club recommendation book open to the page devoted to his first Everest expedition as a climbing Sherpa, an unsuccessful Swiss attempt in the spring of 1952. He lost seven fingers to frostbite on his final mountaineering trip, a 1971 Japanese attempt on 24, 455-foot Gangapurna.

Robert Maxwell

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Exposure Special: Surfers

Exposure 01.14.11

Paddleboard champion Keoni Watson and his son, Koa.

Jeff Lipsky

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Surfer Malia Jones

Exposure 04.22.08

Malia Jones heads down to the Malibu shore with her board.

Johann Wall

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Skier Sarah Burke

Exposure 01.13.11

"I've wanted to compete in the Olympics since I was a kid, when I didn't even know what sport I wanted to compete in."

Marc Hom

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Skier Julia Mancuso

Exposure 01.05.10

"I really don't care what other people predict or who's favored."

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