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Sadly, if you haven’t bought tickets already, you’ll be at the mercy of scalpers
But sometimes the best way to restore diplomatic relations is a little friendly competition—and plenty of rum
Scrolling through that confounding mix of cinema will give us all carpal tunnel. Stop it this moment and check out our list of below-the-radar survival films.
Don’t feel like making friends with bears and raccoons? Keep your campsite locked down with these simple tips.
Jumping rope is for serious athletes, and a weighted, travel-friendly set is for serious rope jumpers
Fishing? Riding horses? Eating like a king? These destinations have it all.
In a time when “enduro” has become a tired epithet, the Nomad virtually reclaims the genre with downhill manners equal to any big bike and a weight that rivals many trail machines
James Lawrence completed 50 Ironman distance events in 50 states in 50 consecutive days to bring attention to childhood obesity.
High school runner Allie Ostrander is about to take the world by storm
San Fransisco-based startup Hipcamp is taking the camping world by storm. By offering an Airbnb-like interface for campsite reservations, the company aims to “get more people outside by making it easier to discover and book great campsites.”…
There's a growing number of professionals who elect to create their own paths toward the American Dream.
Riding from Durango to Moab on a mountain bike isn't easy: you cover around 215-miles, climbing 3,500 feet a day, some of it probably during a lightning storm or through thick mud, with temperatures ranging from forty to 115 degrees and plenty of route-finding involved.
What do world-famous pilots like Jeb Corliss and Joby Ogwyn have in common? They all wear suits sewn by Tony Uragallo, a garden-loving designer who helps daring men zoom through the sky.
Gear companies know how to make packs lighter, jackets more waterproof, and skis burlier. The only problem: young people couldn’t care less.
Chip timing: The practice of using a small wearable transmitter to track race participants’ times at regular checkpoints along a course.
Base-Camp Duffel: A large, 155-liter bag often seen loaded on yaks in Nepal’s Khumbu region for a few simple reasons: it can take a beating, it has straps that convert it into a backpack, and mountaineers know that it can carry all their gear.
Crowdfunding: A method of raising capital to launch commercial ventures in which small individual donations are made through an online platform.
Direct to Consumer: A business model in which a company sells its products via its own website, catalog, or store, reducing retail markup and passing the savings along to the consumer.
Dropper Post: A mountain-bike component that can be raised or lowered with a button mounted on the handlebars.
Lifa Shirt: The first commercially available base layer made from polypropylene, released in 1970 by Helly Hansen.
Bill Bowerman: A legendary Oregon track coach who cofounded the shoe company Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964; 14 years later, it became Nike.
Sports Bra: A groundbreaking invention that lets women participate comfortably in a range of vigorous athletic activities.
Camouflage: A varying pattern of earth-colored prints designed to obscure the wearer from view, worn by hunters and members of the U.S. military
Canned Beer: A usually cheap, thirst-quenching alcoholic beverage in a durable package, now commonplace on rafting and camping trips.
Royal Robbins: Climber, businessman, and archetype for the modern clean-climbing ethic, which espouses the use of removable protection instead of pounding pitons into rock.
Rollerblade: A roller skate with soft, linearly arranged wheels offering fast, smooth glide.
Jacques Cousteau: A French explorer and arguably the most prolific marine scientist and ocean conservationist of the 20th century.
Denali Jacket: A popular performance fleece garment made by the North Face and commonly seen on mountaineers and college students.
SUP: Short for stand-up paddle-board, a stable floating platform that combines the cool of surfing with the practicality of a spin workout.
Double Plastic Mountaineering Boot: A highly reliable style of footwear that prevents frostbite in alpine environments.
Tech binding: A lightweight binding system that transformed backcountry skiing and put telemarking on the path to obsolescence.
Tough-ass pants: A term for rugged work trousers that are particularly good at handling abuse.
Utility bike: A bicycle built for hauling children, gear, or grocery bags full of organic quinoa and local honey.
From the Sierra Club: The best way we have of maintaining recreation areas across the country is in danger of being cut off entirely.
The raw materials that make up the tools for hiking, running, paddling, skiing, and cycling. These 36 building blocks are indispensable to the design and function of gear, from mankind’s first wool layer to the latest lab-born membranes. (Some things just look better in print. To see this in all…
You can now use clipless pedals with sneakers when you want to ditch your bike shoes
Fourth American ever with first-place finish
From beer to bourbon, here’s how to cut loose (safely) while camping
A tubeless tire tool that will fix holes too big for sealant
Duluth pack: A heavy canvas rucksack, patented in 1882 by French Canadian Camille Poirier in Duluth, Minnesota, along the shores of Lake Superior.
To be an outlier in any sport now carries with it the taint of suspicion, but no matter how you put it, last weekend’s track meet in the tiny Mediterranean country is one for the books.
And how it's going to change the way you see all of your stuff
Blake Mycoskie: A 38-year-old philanthropist and entrepreneur who founded Toms Shoes (originally Shoes for a Better Tomorrow) in 2006.
A rapid sequence of radical innovations, such as appeared in cycling between 1984 and 1987, the sport’s Age of Enlightenment.
Nalgene bottle: A durable, wide-mouthed vessel originally designed to hold chemicals.
Double Vacuum: A technology dating back to 1892 that suspends one container inside another, leaving a small amount of air between the two to insulate the inner contents from external temperature changes.
Vasque Sundowner: A svelte hiking boot that serves as a testament to how well-made products can endure despite evolving design trends.
Jack O’Neill: A former commercial fisherman widely credited with inventing the neoprene wetsuit.
Garmin Forerunner 201: The world’s first all-in-one GPS-enabled running watch, released in 2003 by Kansas navigation company Garmin.
Pack Raft: A small inflatable raft that can be rolled up to fit in a backpack.
