Adventure
ArchiveTim 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
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…
Tour De France Preview: Doping scandals or no doping scandals, we still love the Tour. Here's why you should, too.
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.
Billy Meyer of Ancient Pathways shows you how to start a friction fire.
Walker finds his first steady supply of food: raw mollusks.
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 26 year-old Hawaiian surfs frigid waves and then heli-boards.
Ron Walline of Ancient Pathways demonstrates how to make a fire with flint and steel.
Photographer Jeff Lipsky shoots Torah Bright, Courtney Conlogue, Jenna Shoemaker, Sara Mancuso and Alex Puccio for our October issue.
Sand ants and crabs nibble on Walker as he struggles with sleep in the jungle.
The surfer and photographer talks about Maxwell's skills and influence.
The Swede carves long lines around outcrops on South Island slopes.
Our panel runs down the challenges, including the unwaveringly white face of adventure media
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.
Why did Alex Puccio become so successful as a climber? A move to Boulder had something to do with it.
It ain't easy to eat a coconut, as the castaway discovers.
Jake Chessum photographs the surfer for Outside's February 2008 cover.
Photographer Chris Buck shoots Wells Tower’s voyage across North Florida.
The Salt Lake City gap-jump honcho skies over outcrops…
Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
In 1999, Camille Seaman gave up her seat on a one-hour flight from Oakland to L.A. and scored a round trip ticket anywhere in the world. She chose Alaska. Once there, she decided to walk from a coastal town named Kotzebue across the ice…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shares some rules on eating in the backcountry.
Combine a 55-gallon drum and shopping cart to make the ultimate grill.
Fire eludes Walker as he uses the bow and drill method.
The Austrian pro snowboarder carves up the backcountry.
The Spanish rider has IOC-head Rogge's approval, but he's not out of the woods yet.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, demonstrates three types of fire starters.
Photographer Michael Lavine captures an intimate video portrait of Kick Kennedy. For more on Kennedy, check out her climb of Kilimanjaro on summitonthesummit.com…
To catch a fish, Walker resorts to some sketchy – and ineffective – methods.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to build a survival fire.
Read Tim Neville’s profile, Speed Freak, of the Swiss Machine. Join us here tonight at 6 p.m. to watch three climbing flicks from Sender Films and chat with Ueli Steck, Dean Potter, and Sender’s producers.
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.
New rules about SPF can help you decide what to buy now.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to signal help without a mirror.