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Archivehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=KRgiIrHRoHM The driver who ran into cyclists during a Critical Mass Demonstration last Friday has been charged with attempted murder. The police changed the charges from 'criminal negligent injury' to attempted murder after testimony from the 47-year-old defendant, Ricardo Neis. Though…
The following is the second in a series of dispatches from South America sent by kayaker Chris Korbulic. You can read the first post here. Manaus Airport Photo by Chris Korbulic 2.28.2011Our plane was on time to…
Back in December 2008, before President Obama took over, Tim DeChristopher was attending the University of Utah and spending his free time at a Bureau of Land Management auction for oil and gas lease sales. To say…
Yogi bear was born in 1950 and weighs 490 pounds, at least, those are his vitals according to the Provo, Utah police records. The Utah County Sheriff's department apparently uses the name to show rookies how to book in their computer system. What they didn't account for was the record…
Freeskier Ryan Hawks has passed away after an accident in an extreme skiing competition, according to one of his sponsors. He was 25 years old. According to Dan Abrams, president of FlyLow, one of the skier's sponsors, Hawks passed away last night in…
(Eddie Bauer First Ascent/Celin Serbo) Professional climber Caroline George was skiing the steeps near Mont Dolent in 1997 when a snow slough swept her into a 1,200-foot fall. She survived, barely. She suffered a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, and a shattered ankle. After…
Surfers continue to discover new killer surf spots off the Irish coast. Al Mennie, Andrew Cotton and Lyndon Wake discovered the latest, Finn MacCools, at the end of Giant's Causeway, according to WestCoastSurfer.com. According to Gaelic legend, Finn MacCool is the Irish version of King…
Courtesy of IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group A new study from the Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group of the IUCN reports that…
If you've been kickin' it on the mountain all season, it's time to get some goods out of nailing all those flips and tricks. GORE-TEX Outerwear is holding a new video contest. Just get some video of your sickest moves on the mountain, whether you board…
Danish officials say that Somali pirates hijacked two adults and there three children on a sailboat in the Indian Ocean, the BBC reports. Last week Somali pirates killed…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KRgiIrHRoHM On the last friday of every month, cyclists in Porto Alegre, Brazil get on their bikes to raise awareness for bike commuters in a city dominated by cars. At their most recent Critical Mass demonstration, a car decided to plow through the riders. The…
Last fall, Abbey Smith and fellow climbers Jason Kehl, Pete Takeda, and Mick Follari spent two months travelling and establishing new boulder problems in the mountains of northern India. In this guest post, Abbey details her favorite problems from the group's final destination, the…
A cable tram in working order on Mount Elbrus. Courtesy of Flickr. A day and a half of terrorist activity at two popular ski resorts on the slopes of Mount Elbrus has brought a temporary end to tourism in the area,…
From spotting the English Nessie to the world's longest triathlon—plus a few lost bros in Idaho—here's the stuff you should click on this week. Outside Reader of the Year Runner-Up Still Trekkin':World Tri Update: Charlie Is On Foot, Headed…
Last August, climbers Abbey Smith, Pete Takeda, Jason Kehl, and Mick Follari went to northern India on a unique bouldering trip. For two months, the quartet traveled through the Himalayas, establishing dozens of new problems on often-overlooked blocks at the feet of some of the world's most iconic mountains. To…
Climbers are packing their duffels, continuing their training and practicing their goodbyes. They leave for Kathmandu in about a month. By now they have researched and selected their route. Some on the north, others on the south. There are over 18 named routes on Everest and a couple that are…
How do I know if wild game has the plague? The Editors Santa Fe, NM
Berkshire East Ski Area in Massachusetts became the world's first wind-powered ski resort this month, according to Yahoo Finance. With the on-site installation of…
Courtesy of Flickr A Florida resident captured the death of a manatee on video, which can be viewed online at WSVN News. Lance Irvine, the owner of…
Courtesy of Flickr The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand Tuesday morning has caused extensive damage to the country's longest glacier. The quake shook nearly 30 million tons of ice from the…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VAY7BFDJUhM%C2%A0 Kelly Slater teaches a cow to surf and it was really cool. –Mattie Schuler…
Slippery When When: Chris Korbulic from Shon Bollock on Vimeo. Shasta Boyz Productions just released the second of seven trailers for their new project Slippery When Wet, and it features…
Slippery When Wet: Evan Garcia from Shon Bollock on Vimeo. Shasta Boyz Productions has released the first in a series of seven trailers to plug it's new project Slippery When Wet. We picked the first one up off a facebook post…
In 2000, former professional motocross rider Jimmy Button suffered a freak crash that instantly paralyzed him from the neck down. Eleven years later, the rehabilitated 37-year-old is hopping on his bicycle for a two-month, 2,428-mile Miles for Miracles ride from San Diego, California to…
With this Monday being Presidents' Day, many of you are likely headed to slopes for a long ski weekend. Below, a few clips, galleries, and other assortments to get you in the mood. And if skiing's not your thing, well, we've got you covered, too. Here's the stuff you should…
Courtesy of Flickr Although the recent political turmoil in Egypt may have hurt the country's tourism industry, a slurry of shark attacks in the Red Sea has made travel to the North African nation even less attractive. Six shark attacks this…
The trailer to Soul Surfer, the new movie about the life of Bethany Hamilton, is making its way around the web. Hamilton lost her arm at the age of 13 in a tiger shark attack off the island of Kauai while surfing with her…
Yes, that's a kayaker at the edge of the falls. From last year's trip. (Courtesy of Caue Ito) The following is the first in a series of dispatches from kayaker Chris Korbulic. In 2010, Ben Stookesberry, Brazilian Pedro Oliva, and I faced some of…
Fifteen-year-old French climber Enzo Oddo has made the fourth ascent of Kevin Jorgeson's massive highball problem Ambrosia in Bishop, California, reports the Bishop Bouldering Blog. Ambrosia is Oddo's headiest send so far, a 60-foot-high line that…
Yesterday, President Obama unveiled the America's Great Outdoors: A Promise to Future Generations report, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.The AGO report focuses on connecting Americans with the outdoors and encourages active, outdoor lifestyles. Sally Jewell, president and…
Five to seven months without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating. It's not a punishment, it's hibernation, and bears do it every winter. Until now, however, little was known about the physiological changes that allow a bear to survive hibernation. A study released today by researchers at the University…
What are the best survival schools in the country? The Editors Santa Fe, NM
In which a team of Chinese men travel to the United States for the first time to hike the legendary Appalachian Trail—and find its manicured paths a little wimpy. Translated by Ed Jocelyn.
Photo by Boris Herrmann, Team Neutrogena Professional sailor Ryan Breymaier first took to a sailboat while attending St. Mary's College of Maryland. After graduation he started sailing professionally and has never looked back. Currently, the 35-year-old is participating as the lone American…
On December 31, professional sailor Ryan Breymaier left Spain as the lone American in the Barcelona World Race, a double-handed, nonstop race around the world. (He's co-skippering a vessel with German Boris Herrmann.) The 35-year-old Maryland native is…
Courtesy of Flickr Chuck Allen, aka the “Godfather of Snowboarding,” passed away on February 14, according to Transworld Snowboarding. Allen was a founder of the United States of America Snowboarding Association…
GII Winter Expedition | Dispatch # 4 | The way up to the summit from story.teller on Vimeo. On Feburary 2nd, we reported on the summit of Gasherbrum II by the team of Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards. It…
What is it about cyclists that can turn sane, law-abiding drivers into shrieking maniacs? The author ponders the eternal conflict with help from bike supercommuter Joe Simonetti, who each week survives the hostile, traffic-clogged rat race between the New York exurbs and Midtown Manhattan.
The Japanese whaling vessel Kyo Maru No. 1 on a whale hunt in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. Courtesy of IFAW The Japanese whaling fleet is leaving the internationally recognized Southern Ocean Sanctuary around…
Decades after the Soviet-era meltdown drove 60,000 people from their homes in the Ukraine, a rebirth is taking place inside the exclusion zone. With Geiger counter in hand, the author explores Europe's strangest wildlife refuge, an enchanted post-apocalyptic forest from which entirely new species may soon emerge.
The An-Tiki, courtesy of gasballoon.com/antiki/ When 84-year-old captain Anthony Smith arrives in the Bahamas after successfully crossing the Atlantic in a 40-by-18-foot raft made out of plastic water pipes, he plans on announcing himself with a sense of humor. “We're going to…
Wavegarden (Short) from wavegarden on Vimeo. Wave-garden.com released more photos, information, graphics, and videos about that glassy artificial wave that generated so much buzz earlier this week. And to make sure the buzz doesn't stop, they've also published quotes from pro surfers about…
Greg Mortenson did it. So Shannon Galpin, a single mom and former Pilates instructor with no humanitarian experience, figured she could, too. She sold her house, started a nonprofit, and flew to Kabul to set up women’s educational and health programs, from scratch, in the world’s most troubled country. The author joined her on her most audacious fundraiser yet.
If you have ever climbed a Colorado 14,000 foot mountain the odds are you used a guide book or perhaps an internet site to research your climb. Well, it is also highly likely you used some of Gerry Roach’s famous research. His famous guide book simply called…
The Association of Surfing Professionals announced today the release of 150 tickets to a “Blue Carpet Show” prior to its World Surfing Awards next week in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, according to Transworld Surf. Recipients of the tickets will have…
I know I am busy with my preparations for Everest in a little over a month and so are many others. There is a never ending series of tasks from planning to packing and of course training. I am pleased that I am making contact with many of my…
At least something else besides the austrians came out hot: lunch in Bavaria. Nothing against America and the US Ski Team, but over the past few ski racing seasons it’s the Swiss who’ve kept my attention. Maybe it’s the age-old rivalry…
It's dawn on the Algerian border. A bone cold 7 °C. Wind screams across the erg, and in every direction, there’s sand. Metric tons of it. Arcine peaks and deep valleys marked with wave-ripples; all of it deep, rose gold. Our camels carry large canvas sacks of…
Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of three iconic alpine valleys outside of Salt Lake City, was clouded in and utterly white. Deep snow, in the form of 10 inches of Utah fluff, was at my feet and sprawling downhill for a mile or more from the top of a peak at…
Climbing has announced the winners of its annual award for the fastest, highest, and hardest vertical pursuits of last year. Below is a quick listing of the Golden Piton awards for 2010, with links to the full write-ups on…
Teaser I from wavegarden on Vimeo. That's the email subject line a colleague sent me with a link to the vimeo video above. It shows a still rural pond suddenly breaking into a tight curl—then cuts to a surfer carving up the resulting wave. Want to know…
The ski & snowboard season is halfway over, and Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Here's your mid-winter wrap up of the stuff you should click on. With One Pole:Bode Miller finishes 12th in the men's super-G at the World Championships (…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lyo27TZ4Fu8 All eyes in the ski-racing world this week are trained on the Bavarian Alps, where something of the sport’s Super Bowl is underway. Ski racing might not get the love it does in Europe (like live network coverage) but the World Ski Championships…
Eddie Bauer just posted this ski report from the First Ascent team. It's a short little clip that uses testing as an excuse to pack a ton of powdery porn into two-and-a-half minutes. Let it serve as a reminder that we're halfway…
The video below defies any sort of standard explanation, and so it must be watched. If you need more prodding, here are some of the keywords going in the meta data for this blog—axe, stripping, alcohol, mimicking a baby seal,…
Courtesy of The Initiative Site Samuel Gardner is 40 days closer to establishing a new record for unassisted ultra-light long-distance backpacking — and fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional adventurer. Gardner's 12,500-mile…
Courtesy of London 2012 The London 2012 Organising Committee announced the new route for the Olympic Cycling Road Races. The course starts at The Mall and passes through six west London boroughs before heading…
Need a last minute gift for your ski mountaineer Valentine? Chris Davenport and his skimo cronies produced a pair of tomes as big, bold and beautiful as the mountains themselves. Ski the 14ers chronicles Davenport’s year long odyssey to conquer the majestic peaks of…
Add surfing to the list of sports where younger and younger teenagers are pushing the limits. Jordan Romero's summit of Everest led to questions about age and mountaineering. A crew of teens besting each other on round-the-world sailing trips led to debates on whether parents should let their kids tackle…
I've struggled for years to find a way to keep my hands warm and dry in the backcountry. Inevitably, I sweat through my gloves on the skin up then freeze my digits on the descent. I currently have a light soft shell glove that I cover with an old hard shell for descending. Unfortunately, that gives me one more gear item to deal with on transitions, allowing my buddies drop in on the fresh line while I'm still fiddling. Travis Jackson, WY
Photo courtesy of Flickr. Russian explorers and scientists are prepping to begin the first crossing from Russia to Canada by way of the North Pole, Reuters reports. The expedition kicks off from Russia's Arctic shores on February…
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. Cory Richards, Simone Moro, and Denis Urubko, who knocked down the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II last week on February 2, were hit by an avalanche on their way down to…
What's the best Central American surf trip for me and my girlfriend (who’s a beginner) in late winter? Honduras? Costa Rica? -Andrew New Haven, CT
For the past few years, the focus in snowboards has been on camber: traditional, reverse, mixed. Everyone and their mother has been coming up with new ways to mix and match the various degrees and inversions of camber in different areas of the board (i.e. traditional between the feet with…
For the past two years, we've been hearing rumblings of a new documentary about Adam Ondra, the 18-year-old Czech prodigy widely considered to be the world's strongest sport climber. Besides a handful of clips released online, little information has been released about the as-yet-untitled film.
I was mounting one of my favorite tires, the Racing Ralph, when a question popped into my head. I wonder who Ralph is? So I caught up with the North American reps from Schwalbe to get the skinny on the tires…
Whitewater kayaker Hendrik Coetzee had decided to call it a career after a decade of first descents on the wildest rivers in Africa. The river’s most feared predator had a different ending in store.
Contador. Courtesy of Flickr Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador presented evidence on Monday to the Spanish cycling federation that he believes will absolve him of doping allegations, according to VeloNews.com. Contador is challenging a one-year…
Grannis’ work in the 1960s paved the way for water shots like this one. Courtesy of Flickr. LeRoy Grannis, who The New York Times dubbed ‘the godfather of surf photography,’ died last week at his home in Hermosa Beach, California, according…
Watermen continue to flock to Jaws to push the limits of surfing. A few weeks ago, we posted a video of Mark Visser catching a 30-footer at night. Now, Salomon Freeski TV has put out this…
Steph Davis just posted step-by-step instructions on how to clean cams on the Prana blog. Beginning climbers can easily follow this quick and simple post. If you've been putting off cleaning, now's the time to grab a large…
Ray Zahab gets a surprise visit from a Chilean running legend, while the crew explores the history of mine fields in the Atacama. Atacama Extreme: The Mine Fields from Outside Magazine on Vimeo. —Bob Cox and Ray Zahab will be sending daily updates as Ray runs roughly…
National Geographic announced on Wednesday that 37-year-old Spanish mountaineer Edurne Pasaban has been named the People's Choice 2011 Adventurer of the Year. In May 2010 Pasaban finished her quest to climb the world's 14…
I am looking into learning how to ski. What would you recommend as a good pair of skis for a beginner? Andrews Morgantown, WV
The Appalachian Trail. Photo courtesy of Flickr. Blind Appalachian Trail hiker Mike Hanson was offered a CEO position at a start-up that provides real-time navigation to the visually impaired, according to…
I've been more committed to my yoga practice this year, and the increased flexibility has improved my riding and overall well being. It's only right to share. So I talked to Mahnaz Jahangiri, the instructor and owner of Bikram Yoga Westake Village,…