Adventure

Impossible to Forget

Survivors of the 1996 Everest disaster share their memories of one of the mountain's deadliest days, and the fallout afterwards

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.

Weed Whackers

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.

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.

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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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