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You don't need to get kitted up before every ride

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They hit the sweet spot of warmth and wicking, with zero chafe

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Honing our kit for backcountry hunting and food harvesting

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We're partnering with the Los Angeles-based company to help you (and us) finally get fit

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Researchers at the University of Montana found that nearby towns dependent on tourist dollars stand to lose millions

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Olympic runner Lopez Lomong grew up in a small village in war-torn South Sudan. As one of the lost boys of South Sudan, he often found himself chased by armed militia once running for three straight days.

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From Happy Handgrenade Productions, Dogs of War follows fly fishing guide Lionel Song as he pursues the annual catfish migration which sends Okavango Delta in Africa into a frenzy.

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In Teton Gravity Research's film, Rogue Elements, Casey Brown and Cam Mccaul sent Corbet's Couloir - on bikes.

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Red Bull and the aerialists at Soul Flyers linked up to pull off this insane maneuver—guiding their wingsuits into a plane's cargo hold.

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Follow Navajo teacher and running coach Shaun Martin as he explores the Canyon de Chelly National Monument and talks about the Ultramarathon he created there.

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Want to change people's minds about cycling? Start with the school drop-off and go from there.

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The diversity expert keeps essential oils and her kid’s sci-fi novel close by

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For those who are always on the road—or just like to keep their closet spartan—we built an outfit that works as well on Friday as it did last Monday.

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Crappy weather doesn’t mean you should stay inside

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New documents suggest that President Trump's Monday announcement will involve downsizing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly a million acres each

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It’s time to organize your pockets

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Want to ride around the world? Start here.

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The books, movies, music, and podcasts we couldn't stop talking about in November

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Give them something that will inspire a lifetime of adventure

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You can't be super-lean all the time, so pick your moments—and watch your health

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The new three-row car is the largest Subaru has ever made

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The Himalayan Database has long been considered the place to find stats about climbs on the region's big peaks. Now, for the first time, that data will be free to the public.

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It’s long overdue that we started talking about it, and it affects all of us

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The association that manages the West's premier national trail just paid $1.6 million to prevent a property owner from putting up a fence 150 miles shy of the Canadian border

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Athletes are looking for whole-food options to replace their chemical counterparts. We asked one writer to test high-end baby food and report back.

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In the final installment of Stio’s A San Juan Story, skier and narrator Oliver Sutro takes us through his process of leaving Telluride which involves skiing all his bucket list lines. 

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From filmmaker Jon Glassberg and writer Caroline Treadway, China Doll follows climbers Heather and Chris Weidner as Heather attempts to climb China Doll in Dream Canyon.

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When you picked some mushrooms off the forest floor, you planned to make a nice risotto. But now you're in the hospital, fighting for your life.

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On the road, the window to the soul is more of a one-way mirror

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One of the more time-consuming challenges of public-land Airstreaming? Locating good sites. This app helps.

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In this excerpt from Annette McGivney's book 'Pure Land,' the author investigates the brutal killing of a Japanese tourist—and things get complicated.

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Sure, it's early season, but book these mid- and late-winter vacations now and you'll save big

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When she was in college, Jack Kerouac’s book The Dharma Bums helped the author find her place in wilderness and in life. She hoped it would do the same for her 16-year-old son as they embarked on a mother-son California road trip retracing Kerouac’s adventures.

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Part actual book club, part place to explore outdoor culture and media

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Photographer Dennis Schmeltz spent this past July cruising along the icy fjords of Greenland aboard a Russian sailboat.

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In the Kakamega region of Kenya, Kennedy Yamame is working with Biolite to bring power, education, and hope to some of the 335,760 homes that don't have electricity. 

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The stuff we want, on sale

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Use the hashtag #readingbravely to show us where you go with Outside

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From making movies to giving conservation grants, learn how this specialty outdoor retailer has evolved into so much more than a gear shop

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Risking fingers and grease stains to determine the most capable blade for your bird

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Bobby Kennedy Jr. has spent a lifetime protecting rivers, an ethos born on childhood expeditions

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Two new studies remind us of what we already know but sometimes forget

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Arguments against opening the last great American wilderness to oil companies tend to get emotional, but the best argument may be the cost

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For thoughtful holiday gifting, these are our no-fail, instant-gratification picks

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Because sometimes during the holidays you'd rather be skiing, even if you don't want to say it out loud

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Being able to call for help from his watch helped saved John Zilles, but will wearable tech be a help or burden to search and rescue?

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Filmmaker Adrien Mauduit will always remember October 2017. For three consecutive mornings, from October 17 to 19, he captured the sun rising over France's Jura Mountains to create this film Rise.

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For mountain biker Patrick Noonan, he's been used to many solo rides at 5 A.M. Sometimes it's lonely, but most of the time he finds peace and serenity in the quiet.

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Official Outdoor Recreation Industry Offices are blooming across the U.S. How can you—and your state—become part of the movement?

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This past fall, local Vermonter Joe Cruz and I designed and scouted a bikepacking loop weaving together a selection of dirt roads, flowy New England singletrack, and rugged historic woodland paths to create a majority off-tarmac circuit of some of the world’s best and most coveted craft beers. The result is the Green Mountain Gravel Growler—a 248-mile loop that links 13 breweries.

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A team of scientists entered a glass bubble in the desert to live for two years cut off from society. Things didn't go as planned.

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None of this will disappoint

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The podcast star and bestselling author sent the same 11 questions to more than 100 of his dream interviewees. He shares their answers in his new book, 'Tribe of Mentors.'

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Or a movie, or a game of spoons. The alpine racer isn't dusting the competition by slacking off. She's putting in the work, and then she's taking a nap.

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Is riding with headphones really such a big deal?

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Ultrarunner Clare Gallagher says that while Cat’s been making a name for herself in trail running, this goal has always been at the top of her list

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Putting together an emergency supply kit

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Fantasizing about the open road

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How a rug turned a pensive undergrad poet into a writer

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Before Amazon and big-box stores, mountain shops like Eastside Sports dotted the West. Now, it's one of the last survivors.

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Our 40 favorite wild places, big ideas, foolhardy exploits, stiff drinks, trusty tools, and history-making, crazy-ass mofos

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Because the map application on your phone cannot give you the big picture

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Meet Ray Verseau, widely known as the world's best belayer. Not only has he created a career out of belaying, he's made it into a lifestyle.

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Our columnist, Bryan Rogala, breaks down the components of what makes up a great sleeping pad.

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Our columnist Bryan Rogala walks through some easy steps to ensure a long healthy life for your hydration pack. 

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Over the past four decades, Outside has told a lot of incredible stories. It’s something worth celebrating, so when our 40th anniversary rolled around this year, we went big.

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Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright are known for sending incredible routes in remote regions around the world.

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The nicest item of road-bike clothing you'll ever buy.

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Ten pro tips for reaching—and maintaining—peak performance

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Hunting fights habitat loss and poaching, even in unstable countries

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We asked local bartenders for their most famous recipes

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Whether you're trying to qualify for Boston or just see improvement, these principles will get you there

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As frame and component weights continue to fall and suspensions improve, bikes are getting slacker and more capable. But who really needs such big, beefy bikes?

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Riding bikes may be green, but the manufacturing behind them can be far from it

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We taste tested 15 meals to see if the road to culinary and nutritional bliss can start in the microwave

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And don't let anyone make you believe differently

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As online shoppers demand ever-swifter delivery options, vendors and retailers must work together to compete with the likes of Amazon. When they do, the “last-mile” distribution problem disappears for brands while local stores land the sale

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As mountain towns in the West struggle with the soaring cost of real estate, tiny Stowe, Vermont, remains an affordable bastion of outdoor living. It’s a place where ski bums aren’t an endangered species, good food and beer are plentiful, and everyone puts a premium on playing outside. Welcome home.

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It's legal too, believe it or not

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Artificial intelligence is making its way into fitness apps

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