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Brooks Range, purveyor of fine snow safety gear, has introduced a BYO–build your own–program so that skiers, sled heads, and anyone else heading into avy country can be prepared with a tool that fits their preferences. You choose the shaft, edge, blade, handle, and color, and then…
Activist Tim DeChristopher outside of a Salt Lake City courtroom, courtesy of 350.org on Flickr Last October, soon after Outside published a profile I wrote of Tim DeChristopher, the incarcerated climate activist who…
Watch live streaming video from cornellherons at livestream.com As I write this, I can hear geese and a Belted Kingfisher in the distance and I'm watching a Great Blue Heron sitting over her day-old egg. I'm thousands of miles away from…
Runner won majors; set U.S., world records
Matt Rutherford has fought off drunken fishermen, lost his favorite books, and sailed 24,000 miles alone in his attempt to become the first man to circumnavigate the Americas solo. After nine months at sea, he’s still not sure who will be around to greet him when he docks.
Last November, Garrett McNamara caught what may be the tallest wave ever surfed. Here are the songs he listens to before his biggest rides.
A highlight reel of the extreme skier, courtesy of Matchstick Productions.
Grand Canyon Photo: Grand Canyon NPS The East Rim of the Grand Canyon, where the Little Colorado River meets the Colorado River, is a remote, quiet area, especially compared to the crowded Southern Rim. But it might not remain that way. The 27,000 square-mile Navajo reservation…
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A great new kayaking flick from the French filmmakers at Original Production.
Team first to climb nine CA peaks over 7 days
Dallas Seavey [all photos courtesy of Loren Holmes; http://lorenholmes.com] Last week, 25-year-old Dallas Seavey became the youngest musher ever to win the Iditarod. A third generation musher—his father and grandfather (one of the race’s founders) are past Iditarod champions—Seavey…
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Four die skiing inbounds in California
Kathy Willens/ Associated Press The rancorous feud at New York’s 108-year-old Explorers Club has finally drawn to a close. Yesterday, the board of directors gathered at the club’s Manhattan headquarters and voted to oust controversial president Lorie Karnath in favor of Alan Nichols, a San Francisco-based…
Photo may show plane's wreckage in Pacific
5-year-old rescued by National Guardsmen
If you're that guy who is always complaining that the sleeves are too short, the legs are too long, or the torso is too tight when you buy other outdoor apparel, a company called Beyond is waiting for your call. The Seattle company makes custom technical under…
In the wake of a controversial ESPN interview, big wave surfers tell Laird Hamilton to put up or shut up
Officials hope tech will deter poachers
Austria's first overall title since 2006
Watch movies about climbers Ueli Steck, Alex Honnold, and Dean Potter Thursday March 22, at 8 P.M. EST. Then join the athletes and Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen of Sender Films for an online discussion about risk.
170,000-sq mile park links 5 African nations
Sticky approach shoes will get you to and from your projects, but they're not just for cragging. Approach shoes can have urban appeal—like when you want to impress your friends after a few beers by bouldering up the nearest sculpture/rock/tree. We don't necesarrily recommend this, we're just saying, we know…
Kroell seals downhill crown; Vonn gets win 12
Procedure raises hopes for species' survival
Boat crashes, capsizes with 200-300 aboard
I keep hearing talk about how exciting the beginning of the 2012 road race season has been. On Sunday, the season's biggest prize thus far, Paris-Nice, came down to the 9.6-kilometer uphill time trial on the Col d'Èze, with Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins…
There’s a downside to the increase in big-city bike traffic. Newbie riders, unaware of the rules, put others at risk. Our man offers a few pointers for the uninitiated.
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness shows you how every cyclist can benefit from an indoor bike trainer. PLUS: How to boost cycling performance with a few easy adjustments to your form. For more triathlon training videos, go to The Outside Challenge.
Watch how Teton Gravity Research’s camerament deal with extreme conditions during Jeremy Jones shoot in the Arctic.
Photo: Young Hoon Oh Young Hoon Oh, South Korean PhD candidate in anthropology at UC Riverside, is headed to Nepal at the end of the month to attempt his second Everest summit. But his itinerary extends well beyond the days he'll try to reach the top…