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Filmmaker Will Christiansen set out to capture the essence of adventure in Iceland in his latest film, 'Origin.'
Watch the crew as they find incredibly big lines, open barrels, and solitude.
What a standard day will run you at 20 different hills
Like the idea of traveling the country, making bank, and setting your own schedule? Travel nurses are in high demand just about everywhere.
Take your pick from yoga retreats in Tulum, farm-to-table bounty in Baja, Pacific surf, and tequila from the source in Guadalajara
Enter the wild mustangs. For more than a decade, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has worked with inmates in the Nevada Department of Corrections to train these horses for adoption. This spring, managers of Hells Canyon and Eagle Cap Wilderness areas approached the BLM about using the mustangs on their trail crew. (The Wild Horse and Burro Act allows for exchange of horses between federal agencies.) Last spring, 11 mustangs joined the Eagle Cap Ranger District herd.
Tucked between the United Arab Emirates and Yemen on the Arabian Sea, the country is chock-full of deserts, beaches, and mountain vistas.
In Guadalajara, mariachi echoes through the streets, tacos are a staple provision, and barrels of tequila are made at the nearby Patrón Hacienda.
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
Next year will bring massive delays to passport issuing and renewal
There are very few words that adequately describe Iceland.
Filmmaker Jessica Peterson traveled to the falls with her husband ten years ago and was determined to come back and film it and the mile-high mist it emits, and this was the result.
While editing Haywire, Cheyne Lempe escaped to Kalymnos, Greece to decompress. Awake in Me is an attempt to reevaluate and relearn how to move forward from such a traumatic experience.
Andrew Upchurch lives in Yosemite Valley and works as custodial staff for Yosemite Hospitality. With the best granite in California is his backyard, his time off is spent climbing.
For decades, the Property and Environment Research Center has extolled the virtues of free-market environmentalism. Could their ideas save our parks?
Mountain Biker Matt Hunter and his son Robbie ride some laps in Kamloops, BC.
Part time filmmakers and full-time digital nomads, Sara Izzi and Timur Tugalev author TheLostAvocado. This duo travels and documents the stunning landscapes they encounter.
People are drawing closer to nature with every visit. Nature's Lament from photographer Aaron Keigher, asks the question "What will be nature's lament?"
'Road 2 Adventure' highlights Joe and Kaity who have been traveling Australia in their adventure bus.
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
On New Year's Day in 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia. For decades conspiracy theories abounded as the wreckage remained inaccessible, the bodies unrecovered, the black box missing. Then two friends from Boston organized an expedition that would blow the case wide open.
The best runs, rides, climbs, and places to refuel in the Windy City
It’s easier than you think to find a quiet trail in the concrete jungle. To prove it, we asked our Instagram followers how they find nature in their cities. Here are 10 of our favorite shots.
As the Category Four storm threatened landfall last week, dozens of Urban Search and Rescue teams were deploying from around the country, mobilizing at lightning speed to save residents from the wreckage. Our man embedded with one of these elite squads—and soon learned the logistical nightmare involved with disaster aid on a massive scale.
Stringing a hammock across a canyon above a waterfall just screams summer fun. For filmmaker Ryan Harris and friends, Gibbons Whistler was the perfect spot to shoot "British Columbia: Adventure is Waiting".
This summer, photographer Fredrik Norrsell and his wife Nancy Pfeiffer set out to explore a simple question: Could they live solely off the land for three months? The pair covered 566 nautical miles in Southeast Alaska in sea kayaks, surviving off whatever they captured or found. Between fresh crab and salmon, and foraged mushrooms and other vegetation, the couple lived like kings. Here, Norrsell explains how they did it.
For filmmaker Andrew Watson and his guide Emanuel Motta, hiking Kilimanjaro during the low season provided a rare chance for solitude.
For two months, filmmaker Tomi Rantanen cycled two thousand kilometers across Northern Norway.
On a 4 week long journey, filmmaker Dave Dworkind assembled Western Canada.
In honor of the National Park Service's 100th birthday, Huckberry paid homage to Yosemite.
In the heart of the Northwest Territories, Ted Grant operates the Nahanni Mountain Lodge. The Northern Lights in this area are far from the reaches of light pollution.
Beyond the Offseason, takes us into the unlikely duo of pro baseball player Daniel Norris and adventure photographer Ben Moon.
The best runs, rides, climbs, and places to refuel in the city that never sleeps
Rising Tide, from filmmaker Alex Goetz, explores the Meso-American reef around Roatan and Utila in Honduras.
Often confused with the set from Avatar, Zhangjiajie National Park offers the world's most extensive limestone pillars.
Daniel Norris is one of the most interesting players in baseball. When he's not striking out major league hitters, he's on the road in his van, Shaggy.
A peaceful 5 day float down the Klarälven River shakes off the work mode blues.
Light Between The Trees is brought to you by the collective behind Mile, Mile & A Half. For that film, the group of filmmakers, artists, musicians, and photographers gathered to spend a month walking the John Muir Trail. This time, the crew gathered for…
Filmmaker Jacco Kliesch beautifully captures Sri Lanka in this fast paced journey that takes us from the busy streets of Colombo to remote beaches and ancient Buddhist temples.
In August, our online gear editor, Jakob Schiller, headed south to Portillo, Chile to make some turns in heart of the Andes.
The whales frequently flock to the fjords for herring fishing, allowing guide Jeff Allen and his guests to experience the food chain first hand.
Five surprising pieces of gear that make road life even better
Want to learn a new skill and visit a faraway locale? You can now do both, thanks to a boom in instructional outdoor clinics worth traveling for.
For his latest timelapse project, filmmaker Mike Zorger wanted to find a spot East Coast with Western-like light pollution, despite major metropolitan areas and condensed population
Luckily for you, these involve no slot machines—only glassy waters for paddling and natural playgrounds for climbing
Three years ago, Cyrus Sutton and company traveled to Russia to find hidden surf spots. What he found was a rumor of an undiscovered left break only accessible by helicopter or tank.
Spend ten days ripping singletrack and fly fishing through Colorado’s San Juan Mountains with a group of your best friends and you might just have a dream vacation
Whether you're looking to escape LA or explore New Mexico's open roads, the new Porsche 718 Boxster is the ultimate companion.
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington take us on a visual tour of Northern New Mexico's high-alpine desert playground.
Offshore brings you along with Ventura, California native, surfer, and Patagonia ambassador Mary Osborne as she shares her favorite place to escape
Filmmaker Francis Gagnon and his brother set out on a 12,000-mile road trip around eastern Canada. This timelapse is the culmination of their summer in 2015.
These days, adventure is all about packing as much excitement as possible into every hour.
As far as adventure couples go, it’s pretty tough to top Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington. Adrian is a world-class mountaineer, skier, and mountain guide who has led expeditions on five continents, while Emily is one of the accomplished female climbers in the world. They’re also up for just about…
Wander to Washington highlights a remarkable road trip taken by Jeir Lazo and Guada Melicor.
In this video, the filmmaker gives us a unique perspective on what a perfect day looks like
Fit in a last-minute camping trip at one of these iconic parks before summer ends
We often think of Ireland's rugged aesthetic and harsh conditions, but what makes it truly special are the days that bring soft sunshine and the best sunsets
How to power your life and work from the backcountry
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington show us around Yosemite National Park.
During the Summer Solstice in Northern Norway, the sun never sets.
How does a city turn itself from a backwater to one of Outside's Best Towns? Libby, Montana, is trying to figure it out.
In an attempt to avoid the crowds, they took off on their boat Bulan Baru for far-flung Indonesian islands in hopes of finding a lineup filled only with friends and clean lines
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place.
Looking for a road-trip excuse? the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have some of the best oysters in the country.
Filmmakers, Alexander Brown and Mascha Blome, took off to circumnavigate the Southern Alps in New Zealand.
It’s wildfire season in the West, and we’ve seen a lot of terrifying and dismaying scorched-earth photos, but none that are quite as stunning as Stuart Palley’s. The 28-year-old photographer, based in Newport Beach, California, has spent much of the summer chasing that state’s drought-fed blazes and shooting hard-working hotshot crews, gut-wrenching property destruction, and night shots that are just as eerie as they are beautiful. To find out more about how Palley works, we caught up with him late last week while he was coming back from the Blue Cut Fire near his home.
This week we travel with Wheelie Creative of Whitefish, Montana as they ride some local trails.
On a mission to expose his family to some of the most beautiful places is the world, he took to New Zealand in a classic VW Camper.
How to build a huge fire while staying on the right side of the law
In 2016, Billings, MT beat out the likes of famed mountain towns like Jackson, WY and Bend, OR to take home the top spot in Outside's annual Best Towns contest
Dixie is bursting with adventures, hip breweries, and a new river to raft (we’ll explain). And it hasn’t lost any of its down-home charm.
We talked to climbers, Olympic mountain bikers, musicians, and award-winning chefs about what exactly makes their hometowns so special and fun