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Kamchatka, east of Siberia. As the curtain rises on the new frontier of adventure outfitting, attendees include your guide (he's the one with the armored vehicle), the local businessman (he's the one with the machine gun), the UN environmentalist (he's the nervous-looking one), and your fellow tourists (they'll be arriving any moment now). Please enjoy the show
BRANDED CONTENT: Peter Metcalf has transformed his company, Black Diamond, into one of the fastest-growing and innovative outdoor-gear and apparel makers in the world. Here he talks about their most radical product yet, a next-generation avalanche airbag-equipped backpack.
Scientist study 1.8-million-year-old skull
In the southern Appalachians, one man found that he could stoke a new generation of trail workers with some very old technology.
The Substantial Media House crew, lead by Evan Garcia, Fred Norquist, and Anton Muller paddle through some of Norway’s gnarliest water in their latest episode.
Canadian man has visited more than 190 countries
Stormchasers are risking everything to get closer to tornadoes than ever before. Last spring, during the deadly Oklahoma City outbreaks, they got more than they bargained for. Read the full story.
Roadie Tom Vanderbilt was curious about the branch of his sport that resembled equal parts Crossfit and Tough Mudder. So when a cyclocross clinic came to a nearby town, he was among the first to sign up, and one of the last to realize that mastery wouldn't come easy.
Motivated by adventure, science, and awe at the power of nature, stormchasers are risking it all to get closer to tornadoes than ever before. Last spring, during the deadly Oklahoma City outbreaks, they got more than they bargained for.
In 1962 in Haiti, Clairvius Narcisse was certified dead and buried. Days later, he was raised from the grave by a sorcerer and became a will-less zombie slave. In 1980, a Haitian psychiatrist found him. In 1983, a Harvard ethnobotanist discovered the secret of his poisoning. And in 1985, a reporter traveled to Haiti to (literally) unearth the true story.
We hit up the experts for their ski-season predictions. Will it be a blower year?
A new documentary features scientists, policy makers and activists who are all wrangling for a cleaner, clearer lake. Watch the full film here.
Meth-like substance in Craze and Detonate
Warming, polluted waters and increasingly acidic ocean chemistry are landing a one-two punch on marine ecosystems and reef colonies. A new database brings dying corals to the surface.
For years, Bob Shacochis was obsessed with a fish, South America's fighting golden dorado. But when he followed that dream to Argentina's Iberá Marsh, he found that he wasn't the only one with a vision that could pull him under.
Victor Kovats was an experience wingsuit flier
Appeals court upholds ruling that evidence is “flimsy and speculative”
Joel Tudor's longboard revival is showcased in a new documentary
Les Stroud, the most trusted name in survival, has seen it all—and lived to tell about it. Next time you’re up a creek, you should probably do what he says.
State lawmakers pulled a bill that would have require cyclists to register their bike and restrict when and where cycling is allowed.
Budding explorer Sonya Baumstein becomes the first person to SUP across the Bering Strait
5 stories by our editors about near-death experiences and how they survived.
New Jersey’s post-Sandy strategy: massive resistance to rising seas
Geologist Orrin Pilkey predicted exactly what a storm like Sandy would do to the mid-Atlantic coast and New York City. On a tour of destruction after the deluge, he and David Gessner ponder a troubling question: Why are people rebuilding, as if all this isn't going to happen again?
The billions in federal Sandy relief will mainly be used to rebuild what was there before
