Adventure
ArchiveWarning: We can not be responsible for your reaction to the song lyrics in the video above. Your wait is finally over—almost. Jetlev says they are now taking orders for Phase III of their jetpack rollout, with products to…
The 76-year-old artist Christo has sunk two decades of work and $11 million into hanging 6 miles of translucent canopies over the Arkansas River. Yet he’s still fighting local opposition and waiting on a decision from the Bureau of Land Management. Will his Over the River project ever go up?
Ice climbing season is coming up and I need to decide whether to buy a hardshell or a softshell. Which do you prefer for climbing?
When winter and darkness settle on Norway, the locals go skiing. Watch them rip from summit to the sea in the Fjords of the Sognadal region.
Courtesy of CBS Sunday Morning CBS Sunday Morning profiled Kelly Slater earlier today and in between the requisite stills of a young Slater surfing and video of him tearing up ASP events they nabbed a preview of…
Feeling pessimistic about the environment? If so, here’s a cure—or seven. Earlier this week in San Francisco, the Earth Island Institute doled out its annual Brower Youth Awards to seven of the country’s boldest young environmental leaders, teens and early 20-somethings who aren’t sitting…
Ok, maybe that's a bit overblown. But if you love your Chacos as much as we do, we're pretty sure you're going to think this is pretty cool. Today, Chaco announced a new initiative, MyChacos. It's a custom order service that lets you pick your Chaco sandal style, choose your…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UJv3dPZ5Eco%C2%A0 Alberto was late for dinner. It was quarter past seven at San Francisco's Café des Amis, and eight of us, including Specialized founder Mike Sinyard and a couple of other bigwigs from Contador's bike sponsor, were silently wondering if the biggest name in cycling…
More than a decade ago, Mike Fay’s epic Megatransect walk across Africa spurred the creation of a string of national parks and made him a conservation superstar. So why, after a lifetime of fighting to protect wild places, is he questioning the very foundations of his work? And why is he looking for answers in a cabin in Alaska?
Recording engineer Jeff Rice is on a mission to preserve the sounds of nature. Why? Listening to them might actually make us healthier.
Our exclusive interview with embattled three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador
Following last Saturday's Giro di Lombardia, the one-day Italian classic known as “the race of the falling leaves” that traditionally marks the end of the pro season, the peloton turned its attention to 2012 at the official presentations for next year's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. Both races will…
This is what six seconds of Salomon’s week-long Jib Academy looks like at 1000 frames per second. We recommend watching the whole video.
DPS' Stephan Drake tests the Spoon behind Alta, Utah. from DPS SKIS on Vimeo. If you've cracked open your Outside magazine Winter Buyer's Guide, available on newsstands everywhere and on your iPad as part of…
British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite spent almost three months stand-up paddleboarding the length of the Mississippi River. We break his trip down by the numbers.
Our plan. Take the 2011 Quidditch World Cup home to Santa Fe, New Mexico. All we need is you.
Ok, maybe I'm reporting about the mountain lion that was tranquilized on the University of Colorado campus because I'm an alumni. But come on, a mountain lion on a college campus is kind of amazing, right? (Yes, they come down into Boulder often, but…
Hidden waterfalls? Kayaker Heather Herbeck on what the removal of Washington’s Condit Dam may bring to whitewater paddlers. A film by Andy Maser.
At just 16, Mikaela Shiffrin is already being called the fastest skier the U.S. has ever produced. Can she back up that hype on the world stage?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M%C2%A0 You hear stories of mountain bikers' close calls with wildlife—like the mountain lion that leapt on some poor schmuck's back from high ground or the mother bear that chased off a hapless rider when he startled her cubs—but I've always written them off as urban legend. I figure that…
With a new Hollywood movie taking aim at birders, Michael Roberts steps up to defend his kind
La Nina’s back. Salomon Freeski TV gives us a taste of the powder the West can expect again this season.
Recently, the argument for the Keystone XL pipeline has been framed as the economy versus the environment. BILL McKIBBEN takes a hard look at the job creation numbers and calculates a different reality—stopping the pipeline could lead to a brighter economic future.