Adventure
ArchiveThe 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…
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Slopes at Squaw Valley and Mt. Bachelor to reopen July 2-4
(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…
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…
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 Swede carves long lines around outcrops on South Island slopes.
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.
The Salt Lake City gap-jump honcho skies over outcrops…
Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shares some rules on eating in the backcountry.
Bike Mechanic Frank Sotomayor dishes out rear derailleur tips.
A look back at how Kelly Slater surfed to his 10th ASP World Tour victory.
The Austrian pro snowboarder carves up the backcountry.
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, demonstrates three types of fire starters.
Thayer Walker arrives on Isla Pargo to see just how long he can survive.
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…
Cold-water distance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh looks to set another record by making his way across a glacial lake. By Grayson Schaffer…
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, shows you how to build a survival fire.
Outside's Micah Cratty shows you how to sabre a champagne bottle.
After its dam is removed, kayaker Kyle Dickman and co. head down Trout Creek. The Epicocity Project…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to signal help without a mirror.
Walker finds his first steady supply of food: raw mollusks.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a The Survival Guru, tells you the essential items for your survival pack.
Sand ants and crabs nibble on Walker as he struggles with sleep in the jungle.
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…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Gure, shows you how to signal for help without a signal mirro.
Friends, family, fellow dirtbags, and the man himself on one of the world's best aerialists
It ain't easy to eat a coconut, as the castaway discovers.