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Benedikt Böhm on Manaslu. Photo: Dynafit Roughly a week after the deadly avalanche that claimed at least 11 lives on Manaslu, German climber and skier Benedikt Böhm summited and skied down the world's eighth highest peak without the use of supplemental oxygen in less than…
Photographer Chase Jarvis was sailing about an hour south of Cape Town, South Africa, when he first saw the fins. They broke the surface of the ocean dozens at a time. The fins belonged to common dolphins, and soon Jarvis noticed hundreds, and then…
In the latest episode of “Curiosity,” airing October 14 at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. a team of investigators go deep into the Bermuda Triangle.
A few facts on the cheetah, via Not Exactly Rocket Science. Go to Jacob O'Neal's website for a larger gif. The best articles, videos, and photos I didn't post this week—until now.
In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form magazine and newspaper articles, collecting them here and on Longreads and Twitter. This installment focuses on kidnapping vacations, archaeological vampire scares, and the wonderful magic of leaves.
Explaining four of the most common threats in the outdoors
Unlike traditional snowboard bindings that use two ratchet straps to secure your boot to your binding, K2's National uses Auto, a new device that tightens both front and rear straps with a single ratchet. Auto saves weight and ups the speed and ease of…
Rememberances at the Dempsey Challenge. Courtesy of Rousseau Photography. With all the controversy swirling around Lance Armstrong, it's tempting to turn your back on it all, including LiveStrong. I'm as disgusted with the drama as anyone—the lying, the cover-ups, the…
Quiksilver Pro France, Hossegor, La Graviere 2012 - Semi Final 1 (© ASP/Cestari)Slater on the way to his tour victory number 51. Photo: ©ASP/Cestari Surfer Kelly Slater nabbed his second straight ASP World Cup Tour victory of the…
Cornthwaite playing for the camera. Photo: DaveCornthwaite.com On August 10, British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite hopped into the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota, with a 40-pound, gear-filled raft and started swimming south. Since then, he has stroked for roughly 12…
Photo: Joe Bell/Flickr On Thursday, Adventure Ethics published a story based on our investigation of the outcome of a solo fatbiking-packrafting expedition, launched this spring by Andrew Badenoch and based on a…
Katie Heaney walks into the longest cave in Wisconsin and, despite the bats, the darkness, and the bats, makes it out alive
Ever wondered how to survive a volcanic eruption? Not sure what to do when zombies inevitably take over? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
A chill is in the air, and it feels like my morning jaunts are under threat. How should I prepare to keep running through the winter?
Andrew Badenoch raised nearly $10,500 via Kickstarter to fund his zero-fuel Arctic adventure, but he abandoned his trip and left his backers in the dark. Andrew Badenoch. Photo: Joe Bell Back in February, I wrote about Andrew Badenoch, an ambitious…
Gannets. Photo: Winged Planet When filmmaker John Downer was in elementary school, he got down in the dirt of his parents' garden so that he could film the insects, frogs, and toads using a Super 8 camera.
First country on the American continent to pass such a law
ext_script = "//player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=5lMGIzNjoWddYOMDD281bMCiSeUUCOus&deepLinkEmbedCode=5lMGIzNjoWddYOMDD281bMCiSeUUCOus&height=360&width=640&video_pcode=1jZG06vQqWlGOe2jr1WK6VaYFHtK" The world's first 5.15c route is here—and it's not in Spain. Adam Ondra pushed the grade scale a little higher this morning when he sent his project Change, a severely-overhanging 180-foot sport line in Norway's Flatanger Cave for which…
It seems like every time I complete a race that lasts longer than a few hours, I get sick afterward. Why is that, and is there any way to prevent it from happening?
Tips for surviving seven of the world's deadliest adventures
Outside readers love to lend a hand. Here, a longtime subscriber and former energy executive shows us how to take it to another level.
The obstacle course craze is taking over America. This year some 1.5 million people will enter an event. But behind all the dirty fun is a nasty business and legal battle between entrepreneurs looking to cash in. Here, in a preview of Outside’s November cover story, is a glimpse at just how far they’ll go to sell you their brand of pain.
Boyscout blades are a dime a dozen, but SOG’s Blade Light Folder (BLT-50N) takes camping knives to a new level. This steel-blade folding knife has six LED lights, three molded into the handle on either side of the blade, to…
We’re still digging through our notes from Interbike. In addition to our Gear of the Show picks, a flurry of cool new bikes, and stacks of interesting-looking…
Trying to deter increasingly aggressive mountain goats
The video doesn't show the spark, the inciting moment that led the impala herd to bolt across the road directly into the path of a leopard crouching in the tall grass. But it does show the climax, the predator exploding from the brush into an esophagus-targeted leap that lands…
Surf filmmaker Nathan Oldfield's quiver of videos features everything from a short about a family of surf shapers to a personal chronicle about grieving for his stillborn daughter. His feature…
This new show from the Discovery Channel offers a bird’s eye view of life on Earth. For more on the making of the show, check out our interview with director John Downer.
We’ve all got that buddy—the one who executes an epic ski or raft mission every year. Reader Keith Pearen is one of those guys. For the past 10 years, the 32-year-old Boulder, Colorado, aerospace engineer has been organizing trips for groups of up to 20 friends. Here’s the formula he applies.
A look at ten of the silver screen's oddest, most entertaining, and occasionally even accurate techniques for living through disaster
I live in the Midwest and want to get to another part of America for some epic road biking. I’ve ridden in the Colorado Rockies a bit. Where else would you recommend?
When Los Angeles-based chef Ludo Lefebvre traveled to the Big Island to open up a pop-up restaurant, he got some help gathering ingredients from a few surfers who know the surrounding waters well. Mark Healey,…
On May 30, 2012, at 3:00 P.M. MST, a series of thunderstorms formed over central and south central Kansas. They dropped golf ball-sized hail before lining up into a dark vanguard that barraged the countryside ahead with 70 mile…
Husband's remains found after wife was stranded for weeks on mountain road
It's not that we thought you were all a bunch of tweeting vegans. But the number of you who wield power tools and have had sex in awkward places outdoors is still a little disconcerting.
You're an honest, hard-driving bunch. A third of you have run more than 10 miles at a go and have no qualms about leg shaving. But few of you would use performance enhancers—even if they were readily available.
Not that surprising: nearly all of you care about the health of the planet, and you're making lifestyle choices accordingly. Not surprising whatsoever: you're really tired of Al Gore.
Warning: Many of you aren't wearing a helmet, you're taking big risks, and you lack basic first-aid training. At least you're responsible parents.
David Page gets a crash course in foraging and learns to appreciate nature's bounty (and the flavor of a good fire-roasted grasshopper) along the way
We weren't surprised that you guys go far afield and are polite to harried airline ticket agents when things go badly. But the list of what some of you have smuggled across a border—impressive!
I see people using increasingly high-tech hiking poles. What’s the deal?
I always get sausage fingers and puffy hands whenever I go on day hikes. My friend says it’s because I’m not eating enough salt. But doesn’t salt cause bloating? What’s going on here?
Wild Things was founded 31 years ago to provide alpine climbing apparel and hardware for the world’s most extreme expeditions. The co-founder, Chamonix-born Marie Meunier, wore Wild Things on the first ascent of the South Face of Chacraraju, Peru,…
Climbers looking for funding help on fast and light alpine expeditions can now apply for a Mugs Stump Award. This year’s winners will receive a portion of $25,000 in total funding. The grants will go to “individuals and teams whose proposed climbs present…
Though the complete bikes are the lowest hanging fruit at Interbike, the show floor is full of parts and components bling. Here's a collection of small bits and pieces that we're most psyched to try out in the coming months.
Chilean Patagonia is home to some of the wildest and most stunning rivers in the world. The largest, the Rio Baker, is renowned for its clear, turquoise water and Class V rapids and has become a magnet for expedition kayakers from around the world. But perhaps no one knows it…
Manaslu. Photo: Switchback Travel/Flickr Multiple expeditions reported Monday that they summited Manaslu. The successful bids come a little more than a week after an avalanche swept through Camp III and…
Here's one thing that will increase the attention paid to competitive longboarding: a deer crashing into a rider. During a run in the Buffalo Bill Downhill, near Golden, Colorado, a skateboarder flying down Lookout Mountain Road captured footage of a deer bounding into…
Makalu. Photo: Ben Tubby/Flickr Mountaineer and journalist Billi Bierling drops a pretty impressive list of names while witing about her attempt to climb Makalu, the world's fifth highest mountain. She regularly assists…
“Out Living It” will play at the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, which begins October 4. The best photos, videos, and articles I didn't post this week—until now. If you only click on one…
King of the streets? Photo: Steve Rhodes/Flickr On a September afternoon in 1992, roughly 50 San Francisco cyclists pedaled together down the middle of Market Street, leaving congestion in the wake of…
The Klean Kanteen Classic is a water bottle that's solid, simple, and easy to drink from—and that's what counts
In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form magazine and newspaper articles, collecting them here and on Longreads and Twitter. This installment focuses on bicycle etiquette, the art of body building, and the religious nature of ivory.
The heart of the Solar JOOS Orange is a quick-charging, high-efficiency, mono-crystalline solar panel meant for people who see more sunlight than fluorescent light
Odyssey Marine's archeological discoveries from the ocean floor
Bold, fun, functional, hot. That’s what Shredly is all about: performance sports shorts—and tops—that women will reach for first when they're heading for their bike, skateboard, paddleboard or backpack. Good looks and functionality are the anchors of the Shredly brand. Each Shredly fabric is painstaking created for athletic women. Designs are…