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Having a better backpacking trip starts with a good list of essentials.

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Some of the industry’s best-known brands are doing whatever they can to aid those affected by the floods

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Why you can cut your mileage in half and still come out ahead

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Here's the stuff this well-known adventure photographer uses to help him nail the shot

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They're unobtrusive but handy as hell

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An electric version of the wildly popular Honda Super Cub.

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A telescoping cooking stick.

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Sometimes people are looking for more than a good belay

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A murdered out pocketknife.

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As light as a wind vest and as watertight as a drybag, this rain piece redefines "prepared" for cyclists

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A search and rescue veteran recounts some of the most nail-biting missions on land and water

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Over 99 percent of the people who commented on Trump's national monuments review supported the protected areas. Why did Zinke discount the public's voice?

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See and be seen

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From surf to city, these do-it-alls look as good as they perform

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Royal Carribean and Snapchat teamed up to develop a scuba mask with built-in Snapchat Spectacles.

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After an injury to his hand, climber Bernd Zangerl tries one of the hardest routes of his life, Into the Sun.

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Canada has a world renowned river wave. It's remote and less than dependable for its conditions, but when it's firing - well you be the judge.

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Whether you want to PR or just finish, this training plan can help you jump from a 5K to a 5-miler. Here's how to choose the proper effort.

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Six lessons in perspective and attitude running has taught me

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With so few women in ultrarunning, we should be doing everything we can to encourage female participation

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To see more than just paved roads and parking lots, a new breed of explorers are taking a cue from the Aussies

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Looking for a practical, versatile car that's luxurious and well-designed? Take the all-new 2018 Volvo XC60 for a test drive.

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Over the years, I've lost count of how many times this road has tried to kill me. And the worst part about it is that there's nothing I can do but rant in resignation.

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From $30,000 Airbnb rentals to animal sacrifices to 25,000 sometimes-naked umbraphiles, this is the weirdness that went down in the Wyoming resort town leading up to last week's astrological dance

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From hikes near town to the best place to grab a drink with a view, photographer and adventurer Elise Sterck shares her favorite things to do around her hometown

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Mike Olbinski is a dedicated storm chaser and spends weeks at a time on the road chasing mega storms.

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Filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov has traveled all over the globe creating exceptional timelapses, and The North is no different.

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From 9Mind Asylum, Lighting The Fire: Episode Two follow Jim Walmsley's bid at a new record at Western States.

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Last week, the United States was treated to a total solar eclipse.

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Split shorts, neon tops, compression socks—when will it end?

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The classic design hasn't changed much because it doesn't need to—it's darn near perfect

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The gear we're most excited about, on sale

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is creating a dream team to save our oceans

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To make a supremely comfortable women's backpacking pack, Osprey found, it needed to send its designers out on the trail

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Don't let a little weather keep you inside

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Loving your pet too much is putting people with real disabilities at risk

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Just please don't call them hacks

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

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A driven, patient, and injured Vanessa O’Brien becomes the oldest woman—and first American one—to summit the Savage Mountain

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Don't miss out on incredible savings this week

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Time does not have to equal a ton of money

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Making healthy meals while traveling doesn't have to be hard

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Free, a film from Machines for Freedom, answers the question of why we cycle.

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When Mountain Biker Jeff Kendall-Weed needs an escape from his home in Bellingham, he finds an oasis in the deserts of Hurricane, Utah.

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Andrew Bob Harris, also known affectionately as Ducky, is officially the first person with Down syndrome to summit the Grand Teton.

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August’s full solar eclipse is the first visible from the United States since 1979. Traveling over 14 states on its way east, from Oregon to South Carolina, the eclipse passes over the southern end of the Appalachian Trail - a 2,200-mile wilderness hike that winds from Georgia to Maine.

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What we’re most excited about, plus five runner-ups

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Your tires are as important as they are boring, which is why you're totally overthinking them

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In the end, what it comes down to is this: Choosing to have wonder in your life, or not

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Fall is almost here. Get your wardrobe ready.

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Sure, there's the never-ending mental math and having to deal with frozen pumps in brutal wind. But in the end, it's just one more factor in the complex calculus of a day in the mountains.

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Outside's love guide answers your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss how to make sure everyone has fun—from stoner to straightlaced, slow to speedy, risk-averse to reckless.

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The only stuff you need to hit the trail

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Start preparing for the season at REI's Labor Day Sale

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And what I learned from an island camping trip with a bunch of disadvantaged youth

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Tips on self-defense, BASE jumping, and how to make it out of a plane crash alive

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Making it through a catastrophic event is just the first step. Presenting five true case studies in survival.

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Why you should pay more attention to that thing that keeps your pants from falling down

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I pitted three models against one another to help you choose the right stove for your adventures

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This is how we survive office work

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Or in other words: Is it even beer after it crests a certain ABV? We asked the experts to find out.

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With the JetBag, flying with glass bottles no longer means risking the destruction of your luggage

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You don't have to strike it mega-rich to have access to an amazing private island—but it helps

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Andrew “Bob” Harris recently became the first person with Down syndrome to climb the Grand Teton

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My favorite do-it-all, lightweight shell

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When alpinist and photographer Cory Richards dug himself out of an avalanche in 2011, he emerged alive but scarred—an ascendant star in a community that tends to shun the very idea that trauma can have lasting effects. As his profile climbed ever higher, his career and personal life imploded. Six years later, one of the world’s best artist-adventurers comes clean about the panic attacks, PTSD, and alcohol abuse that nearly killed him.

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Despite overwhelming public support for preserving public lands, the Secretary of the Interior is still recommending Trump trim "a handful" of national monuments. He just won't publicly say which ones—or by how much.

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The Ptarmigan Traverse in Washington State’s North Cascades has had the word “classic” pinned to it nearly from the time it was pioneered in 1938. You don’t get much more high-n-wild in the Lower 48 than on this 35-mile-plus mountaineering trip, which starts in North Cascades National Park and immediately dives south into the Glacier Peak Wilderness.

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Sally Bergesen, founder of Oiselle and a running activist, asks why don't we have established women's equivalents of the four-minute mile or the two-hour marathon

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All the strategies, gear, and tips you need to cross the finish line

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Not Just Another Badass Adventure Trailer

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The World’s Best Whisky, Blended by You

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Eight exceptional new timepieces

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A mashup of a Tesla and Land Rover Defender.

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Trail runners that celebrate our National Parks.

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I'm as addicted to my phone as anyone. Could three weeks in Madagascar without service provide some sort of lasting digital renewal?

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The Arbor wallet ($40) looks and feels like it's made from leather but it's actually built from a thin and flexible, waxed and oiled wood.

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This teepee-style structure is bomber and brilliant, great for bikepacking or just regular backcountry exploring

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The people have spoken. In a study released Tuesday, over 99 percent of people said they support the 27 monuments up for review. President Donald Trump, are you listening?

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