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76 GoPro athletes converged on the Gold Coast of Australia for the 2016 GoPro Athlete Summit
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less
'Nepal Now' is a visual snapshot of the country more than a year after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake
The final word on what to pack it into for your summer getaway
Badlands National Park is home to impressive herds of bison and dazzling rock towers
No Reception is a short film from the folks at Taylor Stitch and Mission Workshop about a mountain biking adventure on the North Coast of California. Originally, the purpose of the trip was to test new gear designed collaboratively…
At these distinctive campgrounds, you’ll get a place to pitch your tent—and so much more
How to take your friends camping without killing them, or wanting to
Stop browsing #vanlife photos and get out of town fast
This spring, Italians Stefano Conz, Giovanni Testa, Davide Bozalla, and Vittorio Michelini—aka Team Rust and Dust—set out to cover more than 2,000 miles across India in rickshaws. Hosted by an organization called The Adventurists, The Rickshaw Run gave 69 teams the keys to two-cylinder, seven horsepower stallions to take on a free-form route across India through, as the event’s website put it, “whatever shit the road throws at you.” Getting lost, getting stuck, and breaking down are guaranteed. Here, Team Rust and Dust shares a few of their fondest moments. They came in last.
You're going to fill every free day—from Memorial Day through Labor Day—with wild races, delicious food and drink, good music, and an abalone or two
Ashley and Richard Giordano quit their jobs, sold their belongings, rented their condo, and hit the road in a Toyota pickup
Will Jackson, Wyoming, or Billings, Montana, be chosen as the Best Town in America? It's time to vote.
The best of the season—don't get caught on an impromptu escape without them
Load up the gear, grab your girlfriends, and get ready for the best summer ever
Staying safe, clean, and healthy while having the time of your life
Never get stranded with a dead phone again—take one of our six picks with you
Inside the revolution to reclaim city waterways for recreation
One phone call with native New Zealander Graham Zimmerman led to many more, and, in March 2015, we set off for New Zealand’s South Island with two other friends, Kyle Dempster and Jewell Lund.
Visiting Catalina Island is cheap, easy, and epic
In our ongoing series called Weekly Escape, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in 2 minutes or less
"There are few things that can match the overwhelming sense of wonder felt when you're looking up at a sky full of stars."
Filmmaker Oleg Zayanov traveled across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, taking in the colossal landscapes iconic of the region.
Our writer rented an Airstream for a week to see if he could overcome his doubts about RVing. He ended up falling in love—and buying a 2014 Flying Cloud 23FB named Artemis.
There’s a set of islands in the middle of the chilly North Atlantic, some of which are so sparsely populated that the residents wouldn’t even fill a classroom.
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
A year ago, Brandon and LeAnn Morris decided to quit their jobs in Seattle and hit the road. Not an uncommon premise for anyone that follows any adventurous Instagram accounts, but they actually did it. Six months of passport stamps from Nepal, Thailand, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, and the list goes on. Through all of their adventures, Peru emerged as one of the couple’s favorites and particularly the Ausangate trek, which led them to the striated Vinicunca Mountains and eventually their next job. The duo has since started the travel business FlashpackerConnect, which leads trips out of Cusco, with the rainbow mountains being their featured trip. Five days of high altitude trekking and you are rewarded with this view. Here, a preview of what you might see along this relatively undiscovered trail.
Maximilian Kempe traveled to Morocco with his brother and created this breathtaking visual time capsule of their trip.
Kit up for your next weekend—or yearlong—getaway
A photojournalist thumbs his way across America in the middle of winter. How many axe-murderers will he encounter?
Our 'Weekly Escape' series aims to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in 2 minutes or less.
We put together a bracket of our 64 favorite towns in the country. See how your pick stacked up.
Belgian photographer Johan Lolos spent a full year in New Zealand, posting pictures of his adventures on his Instagram account, @lebackpacker, working for the Lake Wanaka tourism department, and establishing a life where he gets paid to post. Here are his top shots from his year in New Zealand.
The 10 best spots in Mammoth Lakes to capture epic photographs
With its high peaks and pristine forests, there are few places more beautiful for cycling than Rocky Mountain National Park
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in 2 minutes or less.
Three days, sixty rides, and as much beer as you can (safely) drink
By European standards, Ireland’s County Donegal, tucked into the country’s far northwest corner, may as well be Mars. But for adventure travelers, it’s a hidden frontier packed with wind-bitten landscapes to mountain-bike, rowdy coastline to surf, and 500-foot sea stacks to climb. That is, if you’re brave enough.
Set to a John Muir quote, narrated by none other than mountain climber Lou Whittaker—outdoor films don't get better than this.
Our ongoing Weekly Escape series transports you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
Fueled by yerba mate, a five-man production team traveled 16,000 km by car and more than 500 km on foot through Argentina and Chile to capture Patagonia in impressive 4K resolution.
You can’t drive to these backcountry lodges. This is a feature in our book, not a drawback.
Think you live in the best town in America? Prove it by entering your town in our Best Towns tournament. All you need is an Instagram account.
Mention Switzerland to any skier and their reaction is nearly universal. Their eyes widen as thoughts of huge vertical, fluffy powder, and quaint villages filled with fellow snow seekers enjoying après fill their collective imaginations. When the opportunity presented itself to tag along with a few stellar skiers to the Swiss Alps, I eagerly jumped on the team. Skiers Sven Brunso, John Trousdale, George Koch, and I travelled via rail to Adelboden, Andermatt, Disentis, and Engelberg. Deep snow, stinky cheese, new friends, cold beer, big climbs, and massive descents were never more than a walk, tram, or train away. Photographer Liam Doran shares some highlights of their trip.
Our ongoing Weekly Escape series transports you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less. This week, hit the road in a Volkswagon.
Filmmaker Nicolás Bori spent 120 days following the ancient route of the Silk Road.
Here’s what to bring, what to avoid, where to camp, and most importantly, expert advice on how to embrace the chaos.
You like the idea of sleeping in a tent on a frozen glacier midwinter. But you also really enjoy beds and hot showers.
I traveled to Samoa in late March for a week of exploratory fly fishing with Australian professional angler Jonathan Jones. Both of us were hopeful about the fishery—it looked promising on maps, with wide, sweeping flats dropping off steeply past the reef edge to cuts that just look fishy.
Bring your board across international borders to reach one of these legendary locales
When filmmaker Rodrigue El Hajj told us that he captured the footage for this short film while traveling for eight days in Iceland, we didn't believe him—it's impossible that anyone could see so much of a country in such a short amount of time. Then again, it's…
At some point during your work day, productivity starts to lag, and you need a break. We get it.
Head to the desert, the mountains, or the coast to catch spring in all of its flowering glory.
The city gets a bad rap: flat, boring, concrete. The flat part? That’s true. But the rest couldn’t be more wrong.
Not ready to buy a campervan but still want to experience #vanlife? We’ve got you covered.
North of the Arctic Circle is a fast-changing and fragile environment and one that filmmakers Florent and Amberly dreamed of exploring since childhood. In June of 2015, the couple traveled to Ilulissat, Greenland, and then ventured out to Disko Bay to document the surrounding landscape and preserve the natural beauty…
This summer, a Los Angeles cruise company is sending 1,500 passengers on a month-long voyage through the Arctic
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less. This video from filmmaker Kalum Ko takes us to the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada, to stand on mountaintops, swim in the…
The only commitment required on your part: a reservation
In this short video from Runaways Production House, four friends plunge deep into Australia's Blue Mountains to rig the first highline across Kanangra Falls, roughly 730 feet above the ground. The steps that help each man walk across the line differ, but as one slackliner tells himself: “Calm…
For a decade, the African nation of Burundi was home to a unique phenomenon: group jogs involving thousands of people who hit the streets to sing, socialize, and sometimes protest the nation’s authoritarian president, Pierre Nkurunziza. In March 2014, he banned the activity. As conflicts threaten to boil over—and the body count continues to rise—runners have become both weapons and victims.
You can thank filmmaker John Duncan for creating this visual bucket list of Scotland's wilderness. From the Isle of Skye to Duncansby Bay, Duncan followed the golden light of dawn and dusk across the country with his camera and drone. Duncan features seventeen of his favorite escapes…
You can read about wild and remote places all you want, but nothing compares to experiencing them yourself. That's what filmmaker Hugo Perrin and the Fokus Outdoors crew realized during a trip with Quark Expeditions to Antarctica—their research about the wildlife and landscape of the southernmost point…
All the beauty, all the adventure, none of the tourists
The 60 towns that will go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all contest to find the best place to live in 2016
Whether you’re after a tropical boat ride or an isolated hike through the mountains, now is the time to plan your ultimate 2016 trip and pack your bags.
Addiction comes in many forms. For Jay Valley, it manifests itself by way of Atlantic salmon fishing on the Népisiguit River in New Brunswick, Canada. It means being on the river by the break of day to lay stake in the best pools and staying put until the sun sets.
Best Towns 2016: Prize Details and Official Rules
"Take your worst turbulence experience in an airliner and make it three to five times worse. I wondered if I’d stay in one piece."
Hidden in the Jura Mountains, a sub-alpine mountain range along the France-Switzerland border, are stunning sections of singletrack. To share his experience of riding these trails, filmmaker Joonas Vinnari rigged up a camera and drone—the controller strapped to his chest—and self-captured the incredible footage seen in this…
When we think of a small village on the Iceland coast, we think of a place like Vík. From sitting at the base of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which rests on top of the Katla volcano, to boasting an incredible display of the Northern Lights, Vík is quintessential Iceland, and it…
You can hang in Cancun with the rest of the world, or head to one of these less well-known spots for a real ocean adventure.
Baja: The ultimate weekend escape. And it’s way easier than you think to get here.