Adventure
Archive The Emakumeen Bira doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But this hilly five-stage, four-day UCI-sanctioned race through Spanish Basque country, held annually since 1992, is one of the most important events in women’s professional cycling—the last big race before the Giro d’Italia Femminile, the Tour de France…
Tim DeChristopher has to wait just a little longer to learn his fate. Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that DeChristopher, the Salt Lake City-based activist who disrupted a federal oil and gas auction in December 2008 by bidding $1.8 million on parcels of land in eastern Utah, would be sentenced…
West Buttress Route on Denali After Everest, Denali was the climb I was most concerned about for the 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything. You see, it’s complicated. Dedicating my Everest summit to my mom and all the Alzheimer’s moms out there will…
Slopes at Squaw Valley and Mt. Bachelor to reopen July 2-4
Tour De France Preview: Doping scandals or no doping scandals, we still love the Tour. Here's why you should, too.
Admit that you’re taking your 10-month-old baby rafting and most people will look at you like that’s the craziest idea they’ve ever heard. And between the water and the wilderness, it can seem majorly daunting to pull off a DIY river trip with young children in tow. But…
(Noa Ginella on his way to 1st place in the SUP cross.) Last week I went to the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado, to standup paddleboard in whitewater rapids. It’s hard to explain why whitewater SUPing is so…
On August 18, 1992, Chrisopher McCandless died alone in a bus in the Alaskan backcountry. Before his stay in the bus that others now visit as a pilgrimage, he journeyed all over North America. This gallery features some of the photos and notes from his ramblings. To read more notes and view more photos from Christopher McCandless, go to christophermccandless.info.
Before heading up to Alaska, Christopher McCandless spent time exploring the Western U.S. The following video clip highlights some of that journey, with narration courtesy of Hal Holbrook. For more about Christopher McCandless, check out the Back to the Wild DVD.
The Australian pro surfer rides 20-foot waves and boards down mountains.
To catch a fish, Walker resorts to some sketchy – and ineffective – methods.
Ron Walline of Ancient Pathways demonstrates how to make a fire with flint and steel.
New rules about SPF can help you decide what to buy now.
The surfer and photographer talks about Maxwell's skills and influence.
Bike Mechanic Frank Sotomayor dishes out rear derailleur tips.
The 26 year-old Hawaiian surfs frigid waves and then heli-boards.
It's huge. It's nasty. And it's a beast to get up. Guide Peter Whittaker talks about what it takes to get up Mt. Rainier.
There's nothing so sweet on Isla Pargo as the sugar cane Walker's discovered.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to build a survival shelter with a tarp, sticks, and rope.
Jake Chessum photographs the surfer for Outside's February 2008 cover.
Photographer Chris Buck shoots Wells Tower’s voyage across North Florida.
Shannon Galpin and Nick Heil mountain bike through the Panjshir Valley during a recent fundraising effort for Galpin's nonprofit Mountain2Mountain. Footage is from the new short Waking Lions, Read the Story…
The Swede carves long lines around outcrops on South Island slopes.
Kayaker Brad Ludden teaches young adults with cancer to take on whitewater.
Walker offers a blow-by-blow of slime nugget preparation.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shares some rules on eating in the backcountry.
Was it a not-so-cordial conversation, or witness tampering?
The Salt Lake City gap-jump honcho skies over outcrops…
Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
Filmmaker Allison Otto came back with a highlight reel from Outside in Aspen weekend. smalldogonthego.com…
Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Ivo Ninov guide Dave Hahn on El Capitan.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, demonstrates three types of fire starters.
The Austrian pro snowboarder carves up the backcountry.
Outside's Grayson Schaffer, Abe Streep, Justin Nyberg and Stayton Bonner join Roaring Fork local Kara Armano for a bit of fishing. Music by…
Journalist and Army veteran Brian Mockenhaupt talks with Outside Adventure Film School about his experience with the Soldiers to the Summit climb of Nepal’s 20,075-foot Lobuche, which he wrote about in Outside‘s April issue.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to build a survival fire.
Grayson Schaffer and Mike Stewart of Wildrose Kennels offer up another training tip. Outsidek9.com…