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The outdoor industry is mourning the loss of the athlete and PR professional who emitted coolness and compassion in every situation
A competitor learns another way to appreciate the sport when she’s confined to the Boston sidelines instead of running with her friend.
They're exploding in numbers and having a massive impact on our favorite trails, yet the short-shorts crowd almost never pitches in when it comes to trail work
How to take full advantage of your 640 million acres
Watch the waves, watch your children, and, above all, keep it fun
This technique might just revolutionize physical therapy
Silicon Valley’s latest foray into fitness tech offers a new way to measure up
Healthy and convenient or too good to be true? Our writer sampled a dozen of the most popular brands to find out.
Our new active-lifestyle festival brings the best new road-tripping rigs and outdoor gear to the windy city—along with demos, adventure films, inspirational speakers, and rockin' live music. Get your tickets here.
It's the third death of the Everest climbing season
A new book argues that specialization—in sport and life—is overrated
These five important knots can serve you well on your next outdoor adventure.
In 'A Long Day Out,' the viewer follows Kilian Jornet on a 56-hour adventure through his home mountains in Norway
An elite runner comes to grips with training amid other life priorities and still racing hard even when the goal is to have fun.
Photographer Christian Vizl documents the ocean’s beauty to show us what we’re ravaging
Here's a guarantee: if you show up to Overland Expo West, you'll of course see some incredible Jeeps and Toyota Tacomas. But the real way to take in this annual gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona, is to walk past the cliché Sprinter van build-outs and keep your eyes peeled for the trucks, vans, and other four-wheel-drive campers that are one of a kind. We spent all weekend tracking down some of these gems.
How you organize your gear is just as important as the gear you take
When Alex Honnold tells you the thing you're doing is a little crazy, it warrants some self-reflection
Get a doggie backpack, like Kurgo's Baxter, and your pup can lug its own gear along the trail
Step into the pricey, aspirational world of custom-built adventure rigs with Tactical Application Vehicles
'Surf Therapy' profiles surfer Alex Gray, who's starting a community of surf-therapy meetups for people who are experiencing loss
Lindsay Flanagan details the hilly long runs she did to build the strength and speed that got her 9th at Boston.
After an especially brutal winter in Colorado, Independence Pass needs a team of seven heavy-equipment operators, an avalanche forecaster, and a surveillance crew to make the road passable
I prefer to not have to choose between looks and capability
The famed ski mountaineer on what she thinks about when she looks down
From detailed designs to brands looking to make a social impact, these are the hats you can find us in all summer
At 1.1 million acres, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is one of the largest and most popular backcountry destinations in the U.S. and a longtime proving ground for adventurers. But now the region is facing the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining. Stephanie Pearson paddles into the wild.
French authorities brought the man to safety after he made a 528-foot free ascent
How did I ever function without Heretic's Dirty Grass wafting from my pulse points?
The keys to maximizing performance in this decade: establishing good routines, taking training risks, and finding your group
Nine poses that will help mitigate and prevent persistent lower-back pain
'A Different Perspective' is a film that's designed to showcase nature photography in a lens that's unique
This video recaps the Tuck Fest's deep-water solo competition at the U.S. National Whitewater Center
Running with a group is the best way to train.
The 1,900-mile-long thru-hike winds through the southern Andes from Santiago to the climbing mecca of Mount Fitz Roy. To complete it, adventurers need a lot more than physical stamina.
It’s not a miracle, and it’s not a secret, but the link between fitness levels and the risk of lung and colorectal cancers is impressively strong
Move beyond the book bag with these sport-focused models…
Necessities? No. But will they make your weekend more fun and comfortable? Absolutely.
The 17-year Army vet was stabbed to death when he and another hiker were attacked on a section of the Appalachian Trial last weekend. The trail had been his path to recovery from PTSD.
These runners-up to the 2019 Outside Summer Buyer’s Guide will help you make perfect casts to perfect fish
What do we lose when we lose the animals that make up the soundtrack of the outdoors?
Alysia Montaño’s story is yet another reminder of how contracted endurance athletes often have to choose between having a career and a life
Eight deaths, three missing climbers, six mountains—and the real Everest summit push hasn’t even started
Chris Burkard shows us how to make his favorite non-alcoholic Mojito, with a little help from his wife, Brea
When one of your best buds is getting married, it calls for something truly epic
We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music
The surprising answers to two critical questions that every adventurer has: What do you after you find buried treasure? And what can't duct tape fix?
Stuff to keep you comfortable for a day (or a month) on the trail
Stuff to keep you comfortable for a day (or a month) on the trail
From backyard to backcountry, precision instruments to help you get the job done
There’s no painful mortgage, but a few key factors should guide your decision when shopping for a tent
Gear for next-level adventure, no matter how far afield you’ll be
Since 2000, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured some 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a universal antivenom. For nearly two decades, few took him seriously. Then a gifted young immunologist stumbled upon Friede on YouTube—and became convinced that he was the key to conquering snakebites forever.
*these tactics also work if you climb 5.11, or 5.10, or 5.8
You can set up your own, off-the-cuff version of summer camp in one of these stellar settings
No vehicle is more maligned, yet no vehicle is more useful
Meet the newest trend in full-service trip planning: surprise travel. You won't find out where you're going until it's time to go.