Adventure
ArchiveHi, my name is Katie and today I'm launching this blog, Raising Rippers, about bringing up adventurous, outdoor kids. Before our first daughter, Pippa (that's her below), was born, a friend of mine gave me the best parenting advice I’ve ever gotten: Start off as you mean to go on.
Thayer Walker arrives on Isla Pargo to see just how long he can survive.
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…
Outside's Micah Cratty shows you how to sabre a champagne bottle.
Bike Mechanic Frank Sotomayor dishes out rear derailleur tips.
The four-time ASP world champ chats about another great year while on an Outside shoot with photographer Robert Maxwell.
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 surfer and photographer talks about Maxwell's skills and influence.
Learn how to turn tricks from Stu Bilodeau at the Panorama Terrain Park. For more info, go to restlessjosie.com.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a The Survival Guru, shows you a primitive method of food procurement.
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.
Jake Chessum photographs the surfer for Outside's February 2008 cover.
Photographer Chris Buck shoots Wells Tower’s voyage across North Florida.
Outside editor Grayson Schaffer explores a secret stash of backcountry powder in the mountains above Santa Fe. Music by Stayton Bonner…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you the correct way to put out a camp fire.
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.
Canadian freeskier Dana Flahr catches big air in Mount Aspiring National Park.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer joins Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker and friends for some heli-skiing. Or not.
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, shows you how to carve food paddles.
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 Australian pro surfer rides 20-foot waves and boards down mountains.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, gives you tips on staying hydrated in a survival situation.
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.
Science be damned, a band of surfers and celebrities fight to save an iconic break
Outside’s Micah Cratty shows you how to instantly freeze a beer.
Go behind the scenes with photographer Robert Maxwell as he shoots the 10-time champ for our March issue.
A treasure trove of unpublished letters and never seen photos offers a fresh perspective on the adventures of Christopher McCandless
Tyler Hamilton, the Olympic gold medalist who recently confessed to doping and accused Lance Armstrong of using performance-enhancing drugs, spent the weekend leading bike rides for Outside in Aspen, an annual summit we host. Last night, Hamilton went to dinner with friends at Cache Cache [pronounced…
Earlier today, Outside obtained via e-mail a statement from the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office containing the official autopsy and toxicology reports for deceased surfer Andy Irons, whose body was discovered last November in a hotel room at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Accompanying the full autopsy report was a press…
Of all the great travel narratives the most epic are set at sea—tossed in the waves, lost in fog, pounded by storms. They traverse a world populated by leviathans and ghost ships and bizarre natural forces, the landscape itself so moving and alive it becomes a character in the book.
I'm thinking of buying the Koflach Arctis Expe for trekking and general mountaineering (some technical sections) in the Garhwal Himalayas. But I saw some comments about these being tough to wear when trekking for long distances. Is there another boot I could use for these mixed activities? John New York, New York
Which tent should we bring on a Grand Canyon rafting trip in August? And should we include a sun shade? Lindsay Durango, Colorado
The climbing scene at the Teva Mountain Games As a general rule, adventure-sports athletes and dogs get along famously. That wasn’t the case last Friday evening at the Antlers hotel in Vail, Colorado. Nicky de Leeuw of the Dutch National Climbing Team was one of the 2,500 athletes…
Whenever adventure goes wrong, more than 5,000 everyday heroes stand ready for wilderness search and rescue. Meet six of the best in the business: unsung pioneers, backcountry veterans, and saviors of last resort who will risk everything to bring you back alive.
A gaunt Refsnider at the finish of the 2009 Tour Divide in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. If you think the Tour de France is the hardest bike race on earth, consider the Tour Divide. On this…
Outside magazine is accepting applications for an Editorial Fellowship. The fellowship is a six-month, paid position in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Duties include fact-checking, reporting, research, proofreading, and assorted support chores for the editorial department. Fellows occasionally have the opportunity to write short pieces for the magazine and website, and…
Over the last few weeks we've updated our blog with some of the gnarliest whitewater videos on the web. It's time to switch up the paddling footage, just a bit. Here's a highlight from a freestyle canoeing festival, straight out of the…
“Old Man” Chris Horner decimates the field atop Sierra Road. via Flickr The 2011 Amgen Tour of California was one for the old men, and I’m not only talking about the GC. Yes, 39-year-old…
Alexandra Cousteau, Photo by Bll Zelman If Alexandra Cousteau could impart just one piece of wisdom, it would be this: Get to know your water source. Like her grandfather, Jacques, the legendary explorer whose 1956 film “…
Alan on the summit of Everest, 5:00AM May 21, 2011 I am back in Lukla on our 3rd of 3 days trek from Everest Base Camp. This is an important time for me to process any Himalaya experience. I love walking the Khumbu trails, sharing…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AV6NgCLWKdU%3Frel%3D0%C2%A0 Leading Dutch mountaineer Ronald Naar died on Sunday while descending Cho Oyu, Radio Netherlands has reported. Naar had given up his summit bid and was heading down with his team when he reported feeling unwell and collapsed unexpectedly at 26,200 feet. Naar, 56,…
Photo from ilkerender on Flickr Irish climber John Delaney died yesterday on Everest, according to 7Summits-Club, the team with whom he was climbing. The club's…
The fallout from the latest round of doping accusations against Lance Armstrong continues this week as key players publicly stake out their positions and investigations spin ahead. At issue is the tell-all interview with Tyler Hamilton that aired on CBS’s…
Climbers Ueli Steck and Don Bowie have given up their Mt. Everest summit bid after encountering cold and windy conditions high on the south side of the mountain. The pair began their final push from their camp at 25,250 feet at approximately 11:30 pm. According to a text message posted to…
RMI Guide and First Ascent Climber Dave Hahn summited Everest for the 13th time this weekend, adding another climb to his own record of the most summits by a non-Sherpa. Hahn posted an account of the summit on the…
2011 Whitewater Grand Prix from Tribe Rider on Vimeo. The inaugural Whitewater Grand Prix is over. For two weeks, 25 top kayakers competed on Quebec's biggest whitewater–and survived. Dane Jackson, the 17-year-old phenom and son of whitewater patriarch Eric Jackson, took…
Everest and Nuptse by Stevehicks on Flickr Nepali tandem paraglider pilot Babu Sunuwar, 29, and climber Lakpa Tshering Sherpa, 35, summited Everest on Saturday and descended via paraglider, according to flying magazine…
The route I took from the Balcony to the summit as seen from Lhotse on the same day I summited. I stood on the summit of Mount Everest at 5:00 AM, May 21, 2011. To say this event had a personal meaning is…
The family of Andy Irons has released a statement acknowledging that drugs played a role in the late surf champion’s November 2 death in a Grand Hyatt hotel room in the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. In the press release issued Saturday, the family said, “We know that Andy's life and death…
The New York Times reported Friday that former professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton has surrendered his 2004 Olympic gold medal after admitting to doping during his cycling career. The article states that the International Olympic Committee has been in touch with the United…
Today's reports that George Hincapie has flipped on Lance Armstrong don't bode well for the seven-time Tour de France winner (and frequent Outside cover subject). Unlike previous Armstrong accusers Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis, Hincapie didn't go public with his accusations—he reportedly told federal investigators, not a…
Texas court grants unusual request: Irons’s family and lawyers will get 30 days to review autopsy results, prior to their public release next month–Brad Melekian On May 19th in Dallas, state district judge Donald J. Cosby granted extension of a motion blocking the release of autopsy results for…
Well, we have slipped our summit day by one day to May 21st. We receive our weather report around 8:00 PM daily and once again after most of us had gone to bed, the report showed very high winds localized at Camp 3 for the time we would be there.
The family of Andy Irons filed court documents Thursday afternoon to further delay the release of the toxicology report that will reveal the cause of death for the three-time world champion surfer. According to an email sent by the courthouse clerk… “The family requested a day extension, which was granted…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=klkduuguvbs%3Frel%3D0%C2%A0 American Alpine Club Executive Director Phil Powers is in stable condition after sustaining severe injuries in a rock climbing accident in Colorado. The accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon while Powers was sport climbing with a group in the Highwire…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rGA1vI2HxTs%C2%A0 This Hulk has nothing to do with angry green superheros. It's the second installment of Big UP Productions and Sender Films' Origins series, where young climbers tackle famous routes with the pioneers who did them first. In this…
Willow Koerber (Photo by Gary Perkin) In 2010, all eyes were on Trek World Racing pro Willow Koerber. She finished second overall in the World Cup, won bronze at the World Championships, and made a sexy…
A mountaineer died on Friday while climbing Alaska's 20,327-foot Denali. The Italian climber, Luciano Colombo, 67, died of traumatic injuries after falling 1,000 feet during a traverse between Denali Pass and a camp at 17,200 feet. Colombo’s death is the second on Denali in…