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On July 1, 2012, Davey du Plessis set off on a roughly 4,000-mile source-to-sea expedition down the Amazon. Two months and a third of the way in, he was attacked and left in the jungle to die. This is his story, as told to Joe Spring.
Dams removed from Western rivers get the lion share of attention, but nearly 100 dams have been removed from waterways in Northeast since 1991.
Man who visited every country sums up his journey
Will cease to sanction mountain bike events through the body
The big surprise about the return of great whites to the birthplace of Jaws? No one’s freaking out.
One of the worst massacres in mountaineering history happened this summer in Pakistan. Will it happen again?
Alejo Muniz wins $100,000 in a wave-less finale, and eight spectators are arrested in a riot.
How old are most Tour de France winners? At 34, could I even be a contender?
SeaWorld has called the new documentary Blackfish, about its treatment of orcas in captivity, “shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading, and scientifically inaccurate.” But the co-writer argues that the facts speak for themselves.
We go shoulder to shoulder in Los Angeles’s Marathon Crash Race, a 4,000-strong underground scrum
The Chokecherry/Sierra Madre wind farm promises to spin up enough electrons to power a million homes, but the project is also a poster child for the fears and anxieties renewable energy can bring to rural America— and to anglers.
Why is Europe dominating the United States in meteorological prognostication? Follow the money.
After Sandy, attention turned to fortifying New York City. But another location on the eastern seaboard faces a more immediate threat.
Australian surfer David Scard, 37, runs Kirra-based World Surfaris’ Stealth Travel Club, which whisks surfers to the biggest waves at a moment’s notice. His success rate: 100 percent.
Forget about Lance Armstrong. These ten scandals rocked cycling to its core.
A terrific new documentary about injured snowboarder Kevin Pearce takes a searing look at the dark side of action sports