May 17, 2019
The Lives Claimed by 8,000-Meter Peaks This Season
Eight deaths, three missing climbers, six mountains—and the real Everest summit push hasn’t even started
Adventure
Latest
May 17, 2019
An Ode to the Disappearing Whip-poor-will
What do we lose when we lose the animals that make up the soundtrack of the outdoors?
May 16, 2019
Before His Murder, Ron Sanchez Sought Solace on the AT
The 17-year Army vet was stabbed to death when he and another hiker were attacked on a section of the Appalachian Trial last weekend. The trail had been his path to recovery from PTSD.
May 16, 2019
We Need Summer Camp More Than Ever Before
You're just as likely to build a robot as paddle a canoe at summer camp today, but the value of the experience is even more important for our screen-addled youth
May 16, 2019
The World's Best Summer Camps of 2019
Who says summer camp is just for kids? We rounded up seven escapes made for grown-ups (and a few for their families), plus seven more to entertain the kids while the adults are at play.
May 16, 2019
Buried Treasure and Duct Tape
The surprising answers to two critical questions that every adventurer has: What do you after you find buried treasure? And what can't duct tape fix?
May 16, 2019
The Human Antivenom Project
Since 2000, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured some 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a universal antivenom. For nearly two decades, few took him seriously. Then a gifted young immunologist stumbled upon Friede on YouTube—and became convinced that he was the key to conquering snakebites forever.
May 15, 2019
BLM Removed Sustainability Language from Press Releases
But the federal agency responsible for managing more than 245 million acres of public land kept the boilerplate about the economic value of these places
May 15, 2019
Kami Rita Sherpa Just Broke His Own Everest Record
The Seven Summit Treks guide has reached the peak of the world's highest mountain for a 23rd time