Abe Streep is a contributing editor at Outside and a contributing writer at The California Sunday Magazine. His journalism has also appeared in Wired, Harper's, The Atavist, The New York Times Magazine, Men’s Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Popular Science, NewYorker.com, The Southern Review, and elsewhere.
One recent day, I found myself up near Seeley Lake, Montana, an empty vacation community. The air was, officially speaking, "hazardous," or, as an air quality specialist memorably put it, a "hideous...
Wildfires have burned more than a million acres in the northern Rockies—and it could get even worse.
How does a town go from logging and livestock to bits and bytes? Tiny Prineville, Oregon, is finding out as huge data centers from Apple and Facebook transform the timber town into a recreational hub...
The iconic brand has long been the conscience of the outdoor industry, forsaking hefty profits to do the right thing. Now the company is going to war against the Trump administration over protections...
This is a grim spring for those concerned about our warming planet. Last year was the hottest in recorded history, eclipsing 2015, which in turn beat out 2014. In December, climate scientists...
The attacks started more quickly than anticipated. On January 3, 2017, the first day of the 115th United States Congress, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that changed the manner in...
A new documentary tells the other side of the growing labor dispute at the top of the world
After two years of unimaginable tragedy, everyone from outfitters and Sherpas to would-be climbers and the Nepalese government is questioning the future of commercial mountaineering. And then there’s...
They may not bring rain, but they could help us better use the water we have.
The rules: Pilot a boat 750 miles from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska—no motors allowed. The prize: $10,000 nailed to a piece of wood. The result: Seven capsizings, four lifesaving...
Spring in South America means snow, whitewater, and adventure everywhere you look.
If you've ever enjoyed any outdoor activities, there's a good chance you've made use of the innovations created by these four men. On behalf of them, you're welcome.
The best stories aren't just on paper anymore. Our (totally subjective) ranking assembles the millenium's new classics.
Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo announced in a statement on Tuesday that he will step down from his post by the end of the year in order to return to South Africa, his home...
Human-rights superhero Kumi Naidoo has a tough assignment: lead Greenpeace into 21st-century relevance. But after a year that saw activists lionized (imprisoned in Putin's jails) and then vilified (...
