Adventure
ArchiveClimber Jake Norton began tackling mountains at the age of 12 with an ascent of Mount Rainer. Since then, he has bagged that peak 98 times, climbed on six continents, and traveled to Everest six times. He has summited Everest three times. He helped discover Mallory's remains on Everest…
David de Rothschild is paddling Brazil’s Xingu River with a totem pole to stop the proposed Belo Monte dam
Senior editor Grayson Schaffer heads to Colorado’s C.S. Irwin Lodge for some cat skiing outside of the classic Crested Butte Mountain Resort. …
I've been in the office all week, choking on phglem from an early fall cold, cursing the onset of winter, wanting to get out and ride but not quite ready for the frigid temps. (My first test ride of the new Turner Sultan on Monday,…
The author and his young teammate complete a human-powered circumnavigation of a remote island in Nunavut
The ASP issued a press release today announcing that it has accepted the resignation of Brodie Carr as CEO, effective December 31. Carr offered his resignation after the premature crowning of Kelly Slater as champ earlier this month. “It is my duty to accept responsibility for the recent calculation error…
Climber Aaron Tague taught Tom Cruise how to scale a climbing wall for a scene in the upcoming film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
The other morning I had breakfast with Dean Cummings, a veteran Alaska heli-ski guide and all around big mountain badass, who was coming through Santa Fe to promote his new line of skis, H20 Outdoor Gear. That Dean has lived to see 46 is no small feat.
No GPS or weather reports—just a sailboat, the wild open ocean, and the constellations. Think you could find your way across the South Pacific? James Campbell rides along with a master navigator in the Caroline Islands, where they’ve been sailing this way for thousands of years.
The Solyndra solar debacle has some in Congress arguing that government needs to get out of the renewable-power business. Don’t tell that to the Marine Corps, the bravest new recruit in the clean-energy revolution.
Word is spreading that Garrett McNamara surfed a record 90-foot wave off Portugal. In 2008, Mike Parsons surfed a wave estimated to be 70 feet at Cortes Bank.
How does a visionary marine biologist convince brain researchers to help him revolutionize ocean conservation? With lots of hugs, a million blue marbles, and one very unorthodox conference.
In 2004, freeskier Josh Dueck was paralyzed from the waist down. Watch Dueck hit 15-foot cliffs in B.C.’s backcountry in this inspirational story from Salomon TV.
The coolest case for technological collaboration we've seen in a while involves turning rapid-speed surf action turned into slow-motion footage straight out of The Matrix. “We wanted to look at surfing in a whole new light,” says Rip Curl creative director James Taylor. “And ultimately…
With La Niña back and the East Coast on a five-year blizzard streak, we devised the ultimate ski calendar to help you and your family take advantage. From a boot-deep New England Thanksgiving through spring-break corn snow in the Southwest, the outlook is decidedly epic.
Thousands of protesters, including environmentalist Bill McKibben and actor Mark Ruffalo, encircled the White House to voice their opposition to TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline
Jeremy Jones gets into some “bottomless epic pow” in Japan. Behind the scenes of TGR’s latest film, Further.
Gage & Gage Productions‘ latest film tracks Tim DeChristopher’s rise to notoriety. Check out this profile by Abe Streep. …
Here's a video we've already posted on our tumblr (visit it for more videos) and facebook page, but it deserves another call out. Yes, it's 11-minutes long, but it involves a high altitude collision, a life-threatening struggle,…
Last May, while most normal high school students were out breaking curfew or killing time until summer, 17-year-old Alec Loorz from Oak View, California, had other plans: He was suing the federal government for global warming. His lawsuit is part of a nationwide surge of youth-led litigation, filed in every…
Kelly Slater, Photo by Steve Sherman/Quiksilver *This title has been changed after a press release from the ASP. Due to a calculation error, the ASP prematurely awarded Kelly Slater his 11th title. They have since apologized and offered the following explanation: OCEAN BEACH, San Francisco/California (Friday,…
Former U.S. Ski Team moguls skier and director of K2's Backcountry Ski division Mike Hattrup picks his favorite mountains
The 1964 Olympic silver medalist picks his favorite ski mountains
After the story "The Trials of Bidder 70" went to press, Outside obtained several e-mails, sent between current and former officials with the BLM and the U.S. Attorney’s office, that had been requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
You're ready to act on those good intentions, but how do you know the organizations you're backing deserve your trust? Here are the 30 best—smartly managed groups with transparent financials, efficient spending, and track records of on-the-ground success.
Freestyle skiing legend Glen Plake picks his 5 favorite places to ski
On the ground with an anti-poaching unit working to save the last of Africa’s black rhinos. To see the whole six-part series, narrated by Robert Redford, click to this TV schedule.