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This 16-year-old champ talks about what it's like to put your life on the line
Chris Foster, a 48-year-old teacher from Southern California, just completed Part 1 of a solo motorcycle journey around the world. We caught up with him to find out why he wanted to do it again.
Surf icon Dave Kalama is still riding 60-foot waves and winning Stand-UP-paddleboarding races two years shy of his 50th birthday. What’s his secret? Stephanie Pearson enlists at the waterman’s legendary North Shore camp, where he serves up nonnegotiable commandments for lifelong fitness—and lots and lots of crunches.
Learn how to start a one-match fire with this quick guide
A guide to getting the right people interested in your plan
A few tips from Dr. Luanne Freer, founder of the Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic.
If you ever find yourself submerged in icy waters, follow these tips
Don't touch that wild water until you've used at least one of these methods
It's rare to be thrown from a plane crash and survive. But for those who do, the stories are unforgettable.
In order to determine how 400-foot, 2,000-year-old Redwoods are fairing in our changing climate, this Berkeley researcher puts on his climbing harness.
The 12-year-old climber died after a July fall
Photographer Chris Burkard chartered a Soviet military chopper and four-wheel-drive carrier truck, gathered six of his toughest friends, and set off on a two-week exploration of the remote, wild 780-mile-long Russian peninsula. Guess what he brought back?
By the time 51-year-old Sacramento dentist Craig Stapleton jumped out of a plane on the afternoon of March 10 he had racked up more than 7,000 jumps, competed in 14 national skydiving competitions, and won one world championship. It took just one simple miscommunication to put him face to face with a grisly death.
The Deschutes River fly-fishing guide called Stealhead Joe was an angling master with a long list of devoted clients. But as Ian Frazier, who fished with Joe last fall, learned, off the water, Joe’s life was a tangle of troubles that ultimately overwhelmed him.
Starting this week, Sampson, a rescued Labrador with Conservation Canines, will sniff out a very rare and endangered salamander in New Mexico's Jemez Mountains.
Give your boots some extra stability for especially icy weather - all it takes is a quick trip to the hardware store.
With programs like the Biological Passport, the sport has made admirable progress. But more still needs to happen, including some bold new steps.
Like it or not—(not)—suspicion still clouds pro bike racing. Is there a way racers can prove they're clean? One wild plan to quell the critics.
Welcome to Deerlandia, where we kill deer and they kill us. Too bad it's not a spoof.
Does the National Park Service need to offer WiFi, cell service and RV hookups to survive?
Larry Ellison’s bid to convert America’s Cup sailing into a high-risk action sport was labeled a disaster before the first race. But it still might work.
Park City Utah has world renouned summer water ramps. Joe Discoe explains what it’s like to train in the summer.
In an exclusive interview, a Sherpa involved in the incident speaks out on the now infamous scuffle with Western climbers
Whether it’s fly-fishing all summer, or chasing powder all winter, Park City is at the top of our Best Towns list.
In this exclusive documentary, friends, family, and the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots speak out.
Animals are dying at a rate 7 times higher than usual
Officials fear it may draw people to island
