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ArchiveAn intimate look inside one of the most successful Mount Everest expeditions ever.
Did James Franco’s film 127 Hours unleash a string of tragedies in Utah’s Blue John Canyon? Peter Vigneron investigates.
Skiers and snowboarders try to best each other with big air and high-flying tricks.
The safety rules to be followed when filming on mountains.
Award-winning director Michael Brown shares how and where to submit for success.
A look into the life of gear testing in the outdoors. By Kyle Dickman, Outside Serac Adventure Film School…
The team moves through wind and fog toward the summit.
Tino Specht prepares for a freestyle event.
Haunted by George Mallory's story, Conrad Anker heads to Everest to unravel the mysteries surrounding his disappearance.
Jonaven舗s season is nearing its conclusion, but before that happens he舗s got a statement to make.
A hysterical behind-the-scenes look at the making of Gone Missing.
Follow an expedition to ski North Africa's highest peak.
Go behind the scenes during our September Style Shoot with photograher Jeff Lipsky and some of the best adventure filmmakers at Mountainfilm in Telluride.
A photographer's cautionary vision of outdoor fun. By Paolo Marchesi, Outside Serac Adventure Film School…
The team learns the value of persistence on the mountain.
Pro kayakers Dustin Urban, Eric Jackson, and Specht land big tricks.
A new series by Fitz Cahill and Bryan Smith explores the lives of five adventure athletes as they push their limits. theseasontv.com…
Dr. Scott Petett is on the move. After a season of dialing it, it舗s time for the race up in Whistler.
A sneak peak at Gone Missing: Vanished in Papua airing November 2.
Climbers from all over the world compete for a world cup title. By Nick Hayes, Outside Adventure Film School…
Ed Lucero and other whitewater kayakers push the envelope for life. By Sam Bricker, Outside Serac Adventure Film School…
Advice on how to shoot a documentary interview.
A cruiser and a mountain biker team up to check out Vail's bike scene.
The film crew fights the Bering Sea to make Discovery's top-rated series.
Kayaker Paul Kuthe started canoeing as a small child with his father before graduating to whitewater kayaking and picking his own lines.
The Anti Cam is ready for testing. Matt is about to find out whether his vision is pipe dream or possibility.
Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray documents a wild ride down the Colorado River.
How to prevent the cold from wearing down your batteries.
Chinese climbers Zuda Ma and Xuhua Pan compete in the Bouldering World Cup. By David Harris, Outside Adventure Film School…
Outside's Ryan Krogh casts a line in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. By Troy Wong, Outside Serac Adventure Film School…
Advice on how to get a mixture of shots to give supporting footage context.
The cruiser and the mountain biker on what they've learned.
Photographer Jeff Lipsky on shooting Jack Johnson for Outside's cover.
Climber Anya Miller continues push the limits of bouldering despite nine surgeries on her left knee. theseasontv.com…
A year after her last surgery, Anya is back in form, sending hard, tall and proud problems.
This film documents an expedition into the spectacular pristine Corcovado wilderness in Southern Chile.
Advice on types of gloves to wear for cold weather filming.
Three surprisingly gratifying genre novels that take you away
The Outside Adventure Film School went to the Teva Mountain Games and spent a week filming climbing, kayaking, and mountain biking. Here are three videos Michael Brown's students came up with. Behind the Scenes…
Climber Matt Maddaloni works on pushing the limits of climbing with a new tool called the anticam. theseasontv.com…
Outside contributor Alan Arnette discusses his plan to climb the seven summits and raise more than $1 millon for Alzheimer's research—all within a year. To listen to the extended interview click here, or subscribe to our…
Go behind the scenes of photographer Nigel Parry’s May 2011 Outside magazine cover shoot with Stephen Colbert…
Courtesy of Rodale His middle name, Makalani, is Hawaiian for “skilled at writing,” so it's no surprise that Cincinnati Bengals' defensive captain Dhani Jones has a book out this month. In The Sportsman, he chronicles the…
Courtesy of Rodale His middle name, Makalani, is Hawaiian for “skilled at writing,” so it's no surprise that Cincinnati Bengals' defensive captain Dhani Jones has a book out this month. In The Sportsman, he chronicles the…
Mountainfilm is at once the most refreshing and exhausting event of the year. For four days 2,000 guests do everything they can to watch all 73 films, listen to the 18 panel discussions, and shake the hand of each of the 29 authors at the book signings. Between events everybody…
Mountaineer Conrad Anker discusses his new DVD The Wildest Dream, discovering George Mallory's body on Everest, and his plans to compete in the 2014 Olympics. To listen to the extended interview click here, or subscribe…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QAGxy85R380%C2%A0 The final pre-Mountainfilm trailer we're showing is If a Tree Falls, a film from Academy Award nominated director Marshall Curry. The feature documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of the violent anarchist group the Earth Liberation Front. The…
Bidder 70 from Gage & Gage Productions on Vimeo. Tim DeChristopher has been in the news since December 2008, when the former University of Utah economics student bid $1.8 million on 13 parcels of BLM land in Utah at a federal…
Kadoma_teaser from Ben Stookesberry on Vimeo. Telluride, Colorado's Mountainfilm is four days out and counting. To continue our trailer-a-day trend, here's Kadoma, a film from whitewater kayakers and filmmakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic. Kadoma tells the story of their…
This year's Mountainfilm, which starts Friday in Telluride, Colorado, features three films about happiness. Here are their trailers. The first, called simply Happy, is an 80-minute feature film from Roko Belic, who directed the Academy-Award nominated Genghis Blues. To shoot Happy, Belic…
A few months ago, I got an email from filmmaker Trip Jennings telling me Spoil, a film he directed and I helped put together, was selected to Telluride, Colorado's Mountainfilm festival, which starts a week from today. This is where I gush. Telluride's surrounded by…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NdAoLloMY9c American Rivers, the country’s foremost river focused nonprofit, released their annual list of the top ten endangered rivers yesterday. It marks the 26th year American Rivers has released the report, drawing attention to some 360…
One year after the spill, two books examine the causes and effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster.
They say that becoming a dad means your days of big trips and serious adventure are over. They are so wrong.
Journey of Hope 2011, Courtesy of Central Asia Institute Late last Friday, Outside obtained an advance copy of the Central Asia Institute’s annual Journey of Hope newsletter from Anne Beyersdorfer, the independent public relations specialist who has, for the past three weeks, acted as the…
Court papers filed today in the U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, claim that embattled Central Asia Institute founder and philanthropist Greg Mortenson defrauded both his donors and people who purchased his books, Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools. A copy of the complaint, which was filed by…
The Scene, the latest movie from filmmaker Chuck Fryberger, looks at the varied ways people send by traveling to four of the world's most vibrant climbing communities: the sandstone Mecca of Moab, Utah; the cutting-edge sport crags of Catalonia; the competition scene of Innsbruck,…
COLD – TRAILER from Anson Fogel on Vimeo. Anson Fogel’s new film Cold is a gripping edit of the footage photographer and mountaineer Cory Richards’s shot during his February ascent of Pakistan's 26,360-foot Gasherbrum II.
So many things happened in the Outside world this April that we understand you not keeping track of everything. Here are the highlights, including some wicked mountain-bike porn, Outside's best covers, a bit on the Greg Mortenson controversy, and a love letter. Number 10:…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hN2gMP3Q2Z4%C2%A0 Brace yourself for stupidity, but do watch this video of an armor-clad waterskier killing Asian Carp on the Illinois River near Peoria. His weapon is a samurai sword, and his intent is to accomplish what invasive species management teams have been unable to: purge Asian Carp, which now…
This is a big month for wild salmon advocates. On Sunday, May 1 at 8 PM Eastern, PBS will air a Nature special, Salmon: Running the Gauntlet, that offers a terrific broad-strokes history of the collapse of the fish in the once-prolific Columbia…
Last week, attempting to address accusations that he’d fabricated large portions of his bestselling book Three Cups of Tea, author and Central Asia Institute founder Greg Mortenson revised his story about stumbling lost into the Pakistani town of Korphe on his way…
A new memoir from a fire lookout makes a convincing case for quitting your job.
In case you missed it, Fitz Cahall and Bryan Smith put out another great video short about two weeks ago. The film is called The Love Letter, and its message is simple. Every once in a while it's good to…
Best-selling author Greg Mortenson came under fire this weekend when a piece on 60 Minutes called into question the veracity of Mortenson's books Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, and the financial management of his Bozeman, Montana-based nonprofit, the Central Asia Institute (…
Best-selling author Greg Mortenson came under fire this weekend when a piece on 60 Minutes called into question the veracity of Mortenson’s books Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, and the financial management of his Bozeman, Montana-based nonprofit, the Central Asia Institute (…
Sometime around World War II, synthetics exploded into our everyday lives. By some estimates, these materials—plasticizers, dyes, pesticides—have increased by a shocking 8,200 percent in the last quarter century. The upshot of that, of course, has been improved agriculture, economic wealth, and an abundance of…
Sometime around World War II, synthetics exploded into our everyday lives. By some estimates, these materials—plasticizers, dyes, pesticides—have increased by a shocking 8,200 percent in the last quarter century. The upshot of that, of course, has been improved agriculture, economic wealth, and an abundance of…
Geoelectric image showing electrical conductivity of magma plume beneath Yellowstone Caldera. Courtesy of the University of Utah. Geophysicists at the University of Utah have…
Geoelectric image showing electrical conductivity of magma plume beneath Yellowstone Caldera. Courtesy of the University of Utah. Geophysicists at the University of Utah have…
A cold day in Yosemite National Park. Courtesy of Fovea Centralis on Flickr Five months into the fiscal year, the federal government's inability to find common ground on the annual budget is…
A cold day in Yosemite National Park. Courtesy of Fovea Centralis on Flickr Five months into the fiscal year, the federal government's inability to find common ground on the annual budget is…