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It's rare to be thrown from a plane crash and survive. But for those who do, the stories are unforgettable.
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.
Whether it’s fly-fishing all summer, or chasing powder all winter, Park City is at the top of our Best Towns list.
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
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
At age 14, Zak Noyle took his first photo at a Hawaiian shore break. By 25, he was a senior staff photographer at Surfer. We checked in with him several accolades and awards later, on his 27th birthday.
These sports aren't necessarily deadly, but they certainly instill an imminent sense of death—which is what makes them so thrilling and why we can't look away.
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