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…
Tour De France Preview: Doping scandals or no doping scandals, we still love the Tour. Here's why you should, too.
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…
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.
Bike Mechanic Frank Sotomayor dishes out rear derailleur tips.
David de Rothschild takes you on a behind the scenes tour of his new boat.
Surfing is not just a sport, it’s a lifestyle that expands way beyond those brief moments of wave riding. Shot on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Behind the Seen showcases surfing in a different way. Photographer Matt Shepherd and filmmaker Francesco Campello joined forces to show…
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 the correct way to put out a camp fire.
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…
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 how to carve food paddles.
Thayer Walker arrives on Isla Pargo to see just how long he can survive.
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.
A bird's eye view of drilling's effect on the Western landscape.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, gives you tips on staying hydrated in a survival situation.
Outside's Micah Cratty shows you how to sabre a champagne bottle.
The Australian pro surfer rides 20-foot waves and boards down mountains.
Billy Meyer of Ancient Pathways shows you how to start a friction fire.
Walker finds his first steady supply of food: raw mollusks.
The surfer and photographer talks about Maxwell's skills and influence.
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.
Jake Chessum photographs the surfer for Outside's February 2008 cover.
Photographer Chris Buck shoots Wells Tower’s voyage across North Florida.
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.
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…