Outside Magazine, Apr 2002

To film Valhalla, the cinemaniacs at Teton Gravity research went to great lengths—of rope, that is

CHERRY Poets on the Peaks: Gary Snyder, Phillip Whalen and Jack Kerouac in the Cascades, by Jon Suiter (Counterpoint Press, ) illuminates these beats’ little-documented time tending fire lookouts in the north Cascades—summer pockets of productive A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard BY SARA WHEELER (Random…

At the First Church of What Happens Next—MIT— a NASA-trained engineer and his stable of whiz kids are jump-starting the future of outdoor gear

Hop on (HUH?), rev up (WHAT?!), and take a trip (I can't HEAR YOU!) deep into the hillbilly heart of West Virginia, where gas-huffin' ATV motorheads churn through the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area—a private preserve devoted to the joys and sorrows of four-wheeling. (ARRRRGHHH!)

In our lifetime, the outdoors has been reinvented by visionaries who opened new worlds for explorers, athletes, travelers, and dreamers. And the adventure is just getting under way—so take a closer look at the bright minds creating the next frontier. Jake Burton, son Timmy, and Ruby the retriever at…

Trailblazers Who Put the Up in Downhill

A History of Modern Gear, From 1875-2002

Diving on lost ships is one thing. Exploring the boat that shadowed your life is a murkier adventure entirely.

Backpacking's Upright Evolution

ONCE THERE WAS A WORLD WITHOUT SNOWBOARDING. A world where mountain biking was a strange and obscure cult, kayaking fiendishly inaccessible. A world without fleece vests, single-walled mountaineering tents, down sleeping bags, or GPS. In fact, until the late seventies—around the time this magazine was born—the universe of outdoor recreation…

Ten lodges where you can take it all in, and then launch an expedition out the back door

Camp overnight or camp all week. We've got the gear to let you go fast and light under blue skies or gray.

Stymied by the dark side of sport? Don't panic. Mastering fear, fatigue, and pain is easier than you think.

Big Wheels in Biking's Off-Road Stampede

As lawmakers accuse seven government biologists of fraud, the truth is drowned out by the headlines

After a dark year, Nepal offers up a trove of glittering new prizes: 103 peaks and miles of virgin terrain

When the weather turns ugly and conditions get rough, every mountaineer must make the ultimate choice: storm the summit, or call it quits.

To make his mark in Europe's toughest races, George Hincapie needs more than guts. He needs an old friend.

HELP ON THE WAY THANK YOU for your cover story on search and rescue (“Masters of Disaster,” February). I’m a member of Deschutts County SAR in central Oregon, a close-knit volunteer group that completed 112 missions last year. Your article will help make people more aware of…

How does a caffeine-loaded energy drink become a billion-dollar brand? RED BULL's creators inject their product with the adrenaline-by-association of extreme sports, and they never stop in the quest for buzz.

The New Faces Revolutionizing Adventure Sports

The Brightest Stars of Stage and Scree

Paddlers Who Set the High-Water Mark

WILL GADD is a world-class adventurer who wants his exploits to pay off. He tackles breakthrough climbs all over the planet (sounds good), makes so-so money doing it (less good), and could easily get killed every time he goes to work (sounds bad). Is this any way to make a living?

Joe’s hand began to tingle, and he called the group together. The toxins would leave his system in 48 hours, he said. He’d be conscious the whole time.