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The books, movies, music, and podcasts we couldn't stop talking about in July
The teenage phenom on reaching the summit and knowing when to give up
Three new films take on conservation, climate change, and doping
Turns out the former Secretary of the Interior is a total book nerd
Hollywood screws up a lot of action-sports sequences, but rock climbing continues to make pivotal appearances in films both lousy and excellent. From Christopher Nolan epics to overlooked Disney films, here are our top 10 on-camera climbing scenes.
Whether you're a child getting your first bike or a new commuter, you need a place that's going to stoke your excitement and indulge your imagination
Talking with the founders of Luvmother about how to start your own kid-related outdoor business
In the fairy-tale-esque village of Ostrov in the Czech Republic, women are gathering to progress their skills in the sport of slacklining
Let's Be Nomads started as a humble idea and an Indiegogo campaign to turn a school bus into a pow-chasing, wave searching, hostel.
Outside's love guide answers your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss dating as an outdoorsy high schooler and dealing with sensitive men.
Even the elites turn to the web to scour for new trails, recipes, and old-fashioned inspiration
Because why are you even riding if you can't haul your family, your dog, your friend's dog, and groceries for the next year on a bike?
This week, we've got Mount Moriah performing "Precita."
The definitive guide to being the definitive expert in any situation
Women have come a long way since they were banned from running marathons and competing in ski jumping for fear of damaging their wombs. But pros are still fighting the pay gap on the slopes, trails, and surf breaks.
Living the dream has never been easy in the West's most beloved adventure hamlets, where homes are a fortune and good jobs are few. But the rise of online short-term rentals may be the tipping point that causes idyllic outposts like Crested Butte, Colorado, to lose their middle class altogether—and with it, their soul.
At the recent Women's Outdoor Summit for Empowerment, we talked to outdoor enthusiasts and change-makers about the future of the industry
These five standout communities are working to make sure underprivileged communities have access to green spaces
Two new books explore the lengths we've gone to engineer America's most celebrated "wild" resources
He's not just the greatest climber on the planet—he may be the greatest person, period
Andy Samberg and Murray Miller's new mockumentary, complete with a strange supporting role for Lance, tests tortured fans' sense of humor
It's too long, too male, too boring, and in desperate need of a rethink
We tried to have a serious conversation with the SNL alum about his new HBO cycling mockumentary. We mostly failed.
We tried to have a serious conversation with the SNL alum about his new HBO cycling mockumentary, Tour de Pharmacy. It sort of worked.
From 'Jaws' to the creatively bad shark films of 2013, we revisited them all for you
Outside's love guide answers your most pressing questions about dating, break-ups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss significant others who are scared of insects and intimacy.
Working as a reporter in Central America, I've gotten used to men asking if I'm married and offering unsolicited advice about how to live my life. While it's usually framed in some well-intentioned way, the subtext has been obvious: If you're a woman, you shouldn't be traveling alone.
The books, movies, music, and podcasts we couldn't stop talking about in June
A new documentary bears witness to the last days of a dangerous and respected tradition in remote Nepal
More than 396,000 people have spoken up so far about the Trump administration's desire to shrink or abolish the national monuments. Will the White House really read all of them?
Bear spray, plus a few other simple precautions, should keep you perfectly safe
Saying you care about diversity isn't enough. Seven outdoor professionals sound off on what real change means.
Meet the 16-year-old working to end discrimination in the nation's largest youth outdoors program
Surfing in Cuba is a legal gray area; it's illegal however very loosely enforced. As their government strives to stabilize, a few surfers are making their case to compete in the 2020 Olympics.
Take your pick from several mystery books set in the wild, best read by headlamp
From Carhartt Handmade Films, Fathers Talking Fatherhood features actor/climber/father/badass Jason Mamoa and a group of exceptional fathers as they reflect on what it means to be a dad.
This is the best of what we wrote and read
Before he became known as the boyfriend on Felicity, Scott Speedman was nearly an Olympic swimmer. Now the star of TNT's Animal Kingdom just wants to have fun in the mountains.
Outside's love guide answers your most pressing questions about dating, break-ups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss dating Instagram influencers and what to do when your significant other plans a great trip—but doesn't want you to come along.
Whether it's skiing or mountain biking or camping, these guidelines will make sure you and your child get to enjoy a lifetime of adventure together
Still don't know what to get dad? We've got you covered.
The BSA's latest policies are a step toward including other genders. Inclusiveness can't come soon enough.
If you exchange money for a dog, you’re doing it wrong
This is the best of what we wrote and read
This Spring, we've partnered with Portland, Oregon's Pickathon Music Fest to showcase some of the year's best new music. We're bringing you the Pickathon Old Growth Series, an ongoing series that showcases musical acts live from the Pickathon Stage in 2016. This week, we've got The Easy Leaves performing…
Outside's love guide is here and answering your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss dating as a climber and how to handle breakups when there's a dog in the mix.
Spend enough time in the backcountry and you're bound to have a scare, as our writer recently discovered. Here's how to teach kids what to do when that happens.
Marc Peruzzi—a small-business co-owner, the parent of a child with a congenital heart defect, and avid skier and mountain biker—on what Trumpcare could mean for outdoor athletes, and the healthcare travails his family has already faced
Better learn Lanie Szuch's name, because you're about to start hearing it—a lot
Each year millions of visitors flock to the Grand Canyon to witness its magnitude and sheer awe-inspiring size. However, there's a phenomenon that few people get to experience that's called "cloud inversion".
The iconic film festival has quite the spread this year, from a Nepalese man who gathers poisonous honey on high cliffs to a couple of pro climbers tandem-riding a scooter in an ode to 'Dumb and Dumber'
For professional slackliner Mickey Wilson, the next adventure is wherever he can park the RV.
One company's plan to give adolescent girls bras to help prevent them from dropping out of the outdoor world
'Every Other Day' is a film from The Noble Lab that shares the story of Rode Lewis who is a father and rancher in West Texas 180 miles outside of Ft. Stockton.
A new book profiles people who have devoted their lives to protecting the world’s at-risk animals
Plus, Outside staffers' favorite survival books of all time
We've partnered with Portland, Oregon's Pickathon Music Fest to showcase some of the year's best new music.
Ever since the 1950s, our books, movies, and songs have contained fewer and fewer references to flowers, birds, trees, and the outdoors. What does it all mean?
Can Baywatch the movie succeed in carrying the sad torch of the generation-defining nineties flesh fest?
A new meetup group is helping hordes of young urbanites get into nature
'The Way It Should Be - Where We Live' from Stone and Wood Brewing Co. features Dave Rastovich as he reflects on what makes this area so remarkable.
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.
The Department of the Interior is soliciting public input on the 27 monuments Trump ordered to review. Now’s your chance to speak up about what happens to them.
Mike Dalton and his now-fiancé Emily made a pact in their relationship; travel somewhere new every year. On this trip to Portland, Oregon Dalton had a surprise in store; an engagement ring.
This Spring, we've partnered with Portland, Oregon's Pickathon Music Fest to showcase some of the year's best new music. We're bringing you the Pickathon Old Growth Series, an ongoing series that showcases musical acts live from the Pickathon Stage in 2016. This week, we've got Golden Rules…
From festival favorites to hidden gems, these are at the top of our watch list
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.
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.
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