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Six skiers and snowboarders were buried alive last Saturday in an avalanche many called predictable. One survived. As details of the accident trickled out—their high level of experience and position in the ski industry—it became impossible not to ask: How did they end up in Colorado's deadliest slide in 50 years?
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Everest with 28 clients in the last four years and is one of the world's top expedition guides. He shares his first update of the Everest 2013 season from Base Camp.
Taking a close look at Avishek Sengupta’s death, and why water obstacles—not electric shocks—may prove to be the most dangerous
We still don't know exactly what happened between John and Ann Bender on the night of January 7, 2010. But photos of the couple give insight into their isolated lives and their lavish, ultimately deadly dream.
In 2003, Dan Bigley lost his sight when a grizzly mauled him on Alaska's Russian River. Ten years later, he's back outside, working to give his children the outdoor life that he almost lost.
Says he was 'unjustly enriched' by sponsorship
The climate activist was released yesterday after being incarcerated for 21 months
Dutch researcher crusades against pants
We may never know how 21-year-old rafter Kaitlin Kenney died on the Colorado River, but we will never forget why she went
While a federal agency works to remove the grizzly bear from the endangered species list, opening the population to hunting, conservationists worry
Washington snowpack still hazardous
Mined, dammed, and sucked dry: The annual list of of the country's most endangered waterways is out—and it isn't pretty.
The accident occurred in Alaska's Hoodoo Mountains
As ski season wraps up, we ask 10 big guns to predict the future of the sport
When the Florida Wildlife Commission offered $1,500 for the most Burmese Pythons caught in the Everglades in a month, they had no idea that almost 1,600 would-be wranglers and a cabal of journalists would flock to the cypress swamps for what turned out to be more of a reality-TV audition than a good ole-fashioned bounty hunt. Now that the dust has settled, what
I got doored by an oblivious driver. Thankfully I just bruised my leg, but it busted my bike pretty badly. Anyways, I’m about to receive some cash from the driver’s insurance company that’ll cover the x-ray bills and then some. Do I have to pay taxes on it?
Two American climbers started the Centro de Escalada Urbana with a vision: to give kids from one of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest neighborhoods a leg up by teaching them to climb the cliffs near their home. Before they were done, they would blaze new routes up Rio’s granite walls, weather the death of a friend, and see the social order of one of Brazil's biggest slums turned upside down.
In winning his third Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, Fabian Cancellara cemented his reputation as a legend
Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet is the world’s best at just 25. He’s also one of our Adventurers of the Year.