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ArchiveGood times for all in the Whistler high country [Photo: Paul Morrison] Now that the snow is finally falling in the Pacific Northwest, Rockies, and Northeast, it’s time to start chasing powder. Given the steep costs and major schlep factor, family ski trips can…
Patrick Symmes baits and tracks down bike thieves with a cherry ride and a cheesy lock for his February feature.
Will America's best skier ever win his sport's most prestigious race?
Ali Carr Troxell talks to the Man Vs. Wild star about his new Craghoppers clothing line, his new book, and his new live stage show. Yes, you read that right.
Photo: Geoff Livingston/Flickr Jason Kruk and Hayden Kennedy nabbed one of Patagonia's most sought-after objectives on Monday when they made the first “fair means” ascent of Cerro Torre's infamous southeast ridge, bypassing the bolt ladders placed by first…
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A couple weeks ago on Raising Rippers, I wrestled with the dilemma we face when writing or posting about rad kids and their outdoor antics. Are we exploiting them for our own purposes or holding them up as inspiration to all? The answer is obvious when you…
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A group of skiers fly into British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains for a week of backcountry skiing.
As she spins 360s and grinds rails, keep in mind that Kelly Sildaru is nine.
Along with my annual coverage of Everest, I always update information on the climbing routes on Everest. I am surprised that there is always something new. For Everest 2012 season, I want to discuss an acclimatization technique that is becoming more common on Nepal expeditions, the climb of nearby Lobuche…
On the afternoon of December 26, 2011, surf forecasting guru and media mogul Sean Collins died of a heart attack. What will the loss of the sport’s oracle mean for the surfing industry and for the sport?
In the hunt for powder with snowboarders Xavier de le Rue, Anne Flore Marxer and Victor de Le Rue. The first video in a series from www.timelinemissions.comwww.timelinemissions.com.
In July, 2012, California will close 70 of their State Parks. Heath Hen Films goes from park to park to see what the closures mean for the state. Read more in Joe Spring’s article here.
How did a case about filming the world's most notorious recluse go all the way to New Hampshire's Supreme Court?
I'm constantly impressed by Iker Pou. It's not just that the Basque climber, who's sport climbed up to 5.15a and established big wall routes in Europe and Antarctica, is one of the world's greatest all-rounders at a time when climbers…
Photographer Tristan Gresko experiments (very successfully) with tilt-shift photography in his short ode to the world’s smallest ski resort.
This interview with Bill Burke is part of an ongoing series of interviews I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who have full time jobs, full time families in many cases and climb for the love…
On December 20, actor Gerard Butler was held down by a set of 10-12 foot waves at Maverick's. He was out surfing the break with Greg Long, Peter Mel, and Zach Wormhoudt…
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Watch Chris Bryan‘s incredible video of surfers riding Fiji’s infamous break Teahupoo. Many are calling it the biggest the wave has ever been surfed. Read more about it here.
In an interview from Sarah Burke's bedside, friend & fellow ski star Kristi Leskinen gives Grayson Schaffer the prognosis.
Nobody doubts that Garrett McNamara surfed a massive wave last fall. But was it really the biggest ever ridden?
A new body surfing doc goes to Tahiti, New Zealand, and Hawaii to tell the story of wave riding's most basic discipline
Australian Pat Farmer is on track to finish a ten-month pole-to-pole jog—without taking a single day off
Ski filmmaker Nick Waggoner talks to Caty Enders about losing two friends while producing Solitaire, the story of a ski pilgrimage through South America
By July 1, 2012, California plans to close 70 state parks. Gray Whale Cove State Park, Portola Redwoods State Park, Castle Rock State Park, and 67 other of the state's 278 parks will close. Twenty…
Highlights from this year’s ski mountaineering championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Don’t scoff. The fuzzy notion of socially responsible investing is being replaced by a truly green—and profitable—model.
When thieves stole his beloved commuter bike on a busy street in broad daylight, PATRICK SYMMES snapped—and set out on a cross-country plunge into the heart of America’s bike-crime underbelly. What he saw will rattle your frame.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q72uhQeTCmM Here's a survival story to wake you up on a Monday morning. On December 31, 22-year-old Australian tourist Erin Langworthy jumped from a bridge over the Zambezi River attached to a bungee cord. The cord broke and Langworthy briefly blacked out…
Whitewater paddler Aniol Serrasolses chases big waterfalls in Mexico. Read this story and learn how much higher waterfall-plunging kayakers can go. …