Tough Love: I Feel Self-Conscious Hiking with My Partner
Outside's love guide is here and answering your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss the power of vulnerability.
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This Guy Quit His Job and Became a Climbing Gym Pioneer
Gary Rall opened a rock gym 29 years ago. Then he helped invent indoor climbing.
CDC Contagion Alert: Mad Dude Disease on the Rise
Have a friend who is a bit too aggro while chasing the goods? They’re not just idiots—they may have a terrible disease.
The New Documentaries We're Most Excited About
From festival favorites to hidden gems, these are at the top of our watch list
The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
How could someone (or many someones) steal a single multi-ton ship—let alone three or four—without leaving a trace?
Meet the Marathon Runner Designing Your Trail Gear
Nancy Hoo is the woman behind your favorite Arc’teryx trail running kit
The Secret Cocktail Ingredient of the Pros Is…Hydration Mix?
Everything you need to play mixologist in the backcountry is likely already in your pack
Want to Get Underprivileged Kids Outdoors? Send Them to These Summer Camps
Seven camps working to expand access to the places we love most
Tough Love: I’m Married to a Serial Dieter
Outside's love guide is here—and answering your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today we discuss the marital pains of canned sardines, camp-friendly alternatives to engagement rings, and dating in a van.
Op-Ed: Reviewing the National Monuments Is an Insult to Us All
Trump has put 21 years’ worth of monuments under question. We can’t sit idly by as public spaces that celebrate diverse American experiences are put at risk.
‘The Lost City of Z’ and Hollywood’s Need for Likeable Adventurers
In its quest to make the audience care about leading man Percy Fawcett, the blockbuster gives us a duller, sanitized version of the real-life explorer
Your Photos Are Getting in the Way of Your Adventure
Want to make the strongest memories? Don’t touch the camera.
How to Reason with the Climate Change Denier in Your Life
A new book by two philosophy scholars imagines conversations with skeptics and deniers. Here are four lessons we learned from it.
Our Top Four Picks from the 5Point Film Festival
Some of the greatest videography from the tenth-annual Carbondale event
How to Turn a Vacation with Kids into an Adventure
There's a moment in a child's life when she's old enough to go on a real trip yet still young enough to want to hang out with her parents. These travel tactics and tools will help you seize that window.
