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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music.

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The books, movies, podcasts, music, and more that our editors couldn't stop talking about this month

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Citizens of the island nation Kiribati have already had to evacuate their homes due to sea-level rise.

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A troubled vet tries to raise his daughter off the grid, but the two don't always find easy answers in nature

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Even if you don’t own a dog! (Yes, this is possible.)

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Why do some of us flame out in our thirties while others are still racing in their sixties? And how can we reverse the effects of getting older?

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Shanti Hodges has written a new book to help motivate families to get on the trail—and find the one that's perfect for them

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The third annual International World Extreme Sports Medicine Congress confirmed our collective willingness to wreck ourselves in pursuit of stoke

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Elemental is a seascape film from photographers Armaand Djicks and Ray Collins who are creating their own medium called ‘cinescapes’.

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Spoiler: The world doesn’t end

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The author's latest book features stories that are just as mired in the contradictions of humanity as they are in the humidity of the Sunshine State

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The books and other time killers climbers take with them on expeditions (just in case they get stuck in their tent for a while)

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Encouraging children to race bikes would make the country—and the world—a better place

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The reality show features the eccentric son of a controversial wreck diver as he follows an astronaut's clues to salvage treasure in an increasingly murky ethical landscape

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It was a great adventure base camp even before the state agreed to cough up $10K for anyone willing to move there

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According to us, your highly subjective editors at Outside

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For toddlers and teens and everyone in between, these stories will ignite a sense of adventure

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The 33-year-old started running as a way to cope with depression. Then she launched Harlem Run. Now she wields the sport as a tool to help the whole country.

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In his debut novel, Joe Mungo Reed captures truths about the Tour de France, doping, and cyclists' obsessive natures. Cycling nerds, however, may notice a few discrepancies.

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Spitfire excels at the curious sport of dock diving, or, in other words, jumping really, really far. That skill has landed him and his owner, 13-year-old Sydney Mackey, five world records—and counting.

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Elizabeth Nakano and Paddy O'Connell, hosts of the new interview show 'Safety Third,' talk about their interviewing techniques and what they're listening to

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Mountain bikers Megan Walsh and Skye Nacel live a pretty idyllic life in their 250-square-foot Oregon cabin.

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Especially if you don't share the same interest and it involves lots of time, money, and travel

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We combed through nearly every one available (more than 50!) to bring you this curated, comprehensive list of animal-kingdom stars

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A new collaboration with The North Face will offer programs to earn badges in outdoor skills like backpacking, rock climbing, and trail running

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The problem isn’t dockless bikes. It's dockless cars.

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Many of us owe our passion for the outdoors to our fathers.

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Nonfiction works by John Branch and Eliza Griswold document changing ways of life in Utah and Pennsylvania

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Chas Smith's new book isn't really about cocaine and surfing. That's OK—it's still amazing.

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Dream big, work hard, be kind

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Skip the tie this year and go for one of these budget-friendly products instead

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In ‘Leave No Trace’ father and daughter are forced out of long-term camping on public lands by social services.

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As a reporter, I’ve been taught to keep my opinions to myself. But I’ve also visited Alaska's McNeil River—the world's greatest brown-bear sanctuary—and to hold my tongue about its possible destruction would make me complicit in the death of something truly remarkable and wild.

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Marinel de Jesus, writer at 'Brown Gal Trekker' and a CEO, invites outdoor industry leaders to take concrete measures toward promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion

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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music.

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Tami Oldham Ashcraft, the subject of the new Hollywood lost-at-sea film, describes what her 41-day ordeal was like in real life and how the movie compares

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'You Are Mighty' lays out ground rules for getting your kid to help change the world

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From missing cats to murder, these Outside stories explore the weird, wild, and terrifying corners of the outdoor world

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The Minnesota basketball coach launched Asiya, a brand with the goal of making playing sports better for hijab-wearing women everywhere

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Top-reviewed journals, manuals, and field guides that go deep on the subject of survival

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The Magnolia State's first high-school mountain bike team wants to build a cycling culture, one pedal stroke at a time

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Drivers think cyclists hold up traffic. It’s actually the other way around. How many bikes do there have to be in order for us to realize that?

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After a successful Kickstarter, the first issue will feature fat-identified women and nonbinary writers and artists

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Everything our editors couldn't stop talking about this month

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A new book goes deep into the history and significance of our country's 4,000-mile northern boundary

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Disappear into these five nonfiction beach reads

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Think the effects of a warming planet are only theoretical? If you spend any time recreating outside, they're suddenly everywhere you look.

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Or not climbing one, whatever you want to do

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Buy it once, get a lifetime of brownie points

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How to deal when your loved one loves risky hobbies

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Stories—from new to very, very old—to stoke your wanderlust

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Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts, on why smart, ethical immigration policies are required to keep ski towns healthy throughout the United States. Politicians, listen up.

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The founder of Native Women's Wilderness talks about how she developed her organization and how far we still have to go

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He may want to save the world, but the Tesla CEO’s distaste for traffic and clickbait could destroy us all

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We get strapped with more than just the logistics

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According to the people who are most obsessed with the Outside archive: Outside staffers

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Three new memoirs go deep on some big, existential themes—grief, life's meaning, creativity, and motherhood—while giving us inspiring examples of women chasing adventure with kids in tow

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If we truly want more women in this sport, it's time to change the system for entering races

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The WiFi is spotty

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From speed records to eco-anarchists, these reads explore the legend of an iconic place

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We know you want to catch everything on the schedule, but in case you get overwhelmed, here are the films we're most excited about

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Outdoor Afro is dedicated to bringing inclusion and diversity to the outdoor world.

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A 15-year-old who ignited a massive, expensive blaze in Oregon last year was fined $36 million. Does the crime fit the punishment?

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Cycling in the afternoon is totally gauche

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The Australian director of 'Sherpa' takes another look at high-altitude pursuits in the new documentary 'Mountain'

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Why do we push ourselves, anyway?

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Fieldwork in far-flung places is exciting and rewarding—until it's not. Only recently have insiders—mostly women—been able to start changing the culture.

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‘New York Times’ sports writer John Branch reports on everything from the Olympics to the World Yo-Yo Contest

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How to fill nearly every weekend this summer with nearly every genre of music

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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to bring you some of the year’s best new music.

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The sinking of the SS El Faro in 2015 brought forth ample media coverage and, now, three new books dropping within months of each other. That's understandable.

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A job applicant, Alison Miley, alleges that Craig DeLuca offered her work for sex, and that the company knew about this behavior but allowed it to continue

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What to do when you start dating someone who isn't ready to join you on dawn patrol?

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What the Bundy family's battle with the federal government really means for the future of public lands in the American West

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Does not being moved by a tremendous cycling effort make you some sort of sociopath?

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The Boy Scouts of America is dropping the gendered pronoun and allowing girls to be members. The Girl Scouts better adapt fast if it wants to stay relevant.

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Pro climber Joe Kinder lost his job for harassing fellow pro Sasha DiGiulian on Instagram. Where do we go from here?

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From his epic surf films to his iconic Instagram feed, Chris Burkard has redefined the world of adventure photography

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