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ArchiveSticky 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…
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…
Watch how Teton Gravity Research’s camerament deal with extreme conditions during Jeremy Jones shoot in the Arctic.
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.
Nobody climbs faster than Swiss superman Ueli Steck, whose rapid ascents of classic routes are just as demanding as three-minute miles. Now Steck is taking his death-challenging act to the Himalayas, which have a way of slowing even the best men down.
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…
A new film from Carson Garner about the life work of ski patrollers around the Rocky Mountains.
This past Wednesday, an avalanche in the Wyoming backcountry killed the creator of the popular backcountry skiing blog, TetonAT.com. A few days before he died, we spoke with Romeo about the growing popularity of backcountry and sidecountry skiing.
Ben Lecomte will attempt to set the long distance swimming world record by swimming across the Pacific.
Surfer Mark Visser has a can’t-miss formula for becoming cable’s next action hero: crazy stunts, against-the-odds luck, and a growing Internet fan base. So why isn’t it working?
Kelly Slater and an Australian engineer are battling one another to create the world’s first shreddable artificial break
Photo: Flickr/gailf548 A study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how ecotourists, researchers, and others who are lucky enough to step foot on Antarctica might be leaving more than footprints. Seeds and other plant material hitch-hikes there by way of…
Skate time with the Telluride Snow Leopards The author's little rippers have fun on the track [Emily Shoff] In his spare time, Scholtes helps coach the Snow Leopards, a local Nordic ski group for school-age kids. The only drill…
Discover what a passion for winter really means by schussing in the shadow of the Eiger, chowing down on five-star fondue in a slope-side farmhouse, or partying in Kitzbühel with the world's best skiers.
Bombing singletrack in the Himalayas–Anthill Films latest teaser highlights trails and travel in Nepal. The film will be released on April 20th in California.
After a 13-day cruise to Antarctica to ski virgin powder with 22 of the world’s best guides, Kim Havell has some advice to share
In June, the world’s best paddlers will coverge on Idaho’s notorious North Fork of the Payette for a two day race down Class V whitewater. Get more info here. The teaser is from Forge Motion Pictures.
Does a “3-in-1” jacket seem like a gimmick that can't possibly deliver on all fronts? 3-in-1 jacket means that the inner insulating layer and the outer jacket shell can each be worn individually, or they can be worn together for a third dual layer option.Columbia shows that…
Black bear scavenges at a dump. Photo: Flickr/Mr Emprey As the debate rages over the environmental costs and benefits of oil derived from the tar sands in northern Alberta, wildlife near a major extraction area is already coming out on the losing end.
Wildlife photography’s best new tool rolls. Check out these breathtaking close-ups of lions from Will and Matt Burrad-Lucas.
Researchers wield the collection trawl Photo: Stiv Wilson Despite what you might have heard, there are no huge, visually striking debris fields of plastic shopping bags and PET bottles swirling around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But if that's the good news, the bad news is much worse:…
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We hear a lot about young people climbing big mountains. However, we rarely hear about the steady-handed partners climbing alongside them and keeping an eye out for them. In 2010, I covered 12 -year-old Matt Moniz as he set a High Pointer record by standing on the…
A recent spate of avalanche deaths near ski resorts sparked a flurry of media reports, many declaring that so-called sidecountry skiing is becoming an increasingly dangerous pursuit. It's just not that simple.
The world's top alpinists continue to push the boundaries of human suffering and exposure with climbs of ever more technical peaks. Gear companies like The North Face, Mountain Hardwear, and Marmot don't sell a lot of high-end, alpine gear, but they need to keep their athletes happy. Clients willing to…
Photo: Christinamari/Flickr The Bureau of Land Management is in a pickle. And wild horse advocates are fuming. At issue is what the BLM considers unsustainably large herds of wild horses on 26 million acres…
One Step Beyond is a profile of snowboarder and BASE jumper Geraldine Fasnacht. You can buy the film on March 8 at director Seb Montaz’s site.