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To catch a caveman like Osama bin Laden, who's at home in some of the earth's most remote mountains, what you really need is a great outdoorsman.
For Nick Paumgarten and his father, skiing has been both a blessing and a curse, taking the lives of some family members while giving others every reason to live.
A nail recently tore a one-inch hole in my nice new Pearl Izumi Ultrasensor bib shorts. The tear is just to the right of center; not on a se. Are these things repairable?
MIT climatologist Richard Lindzen is pushing a controversial idea: that mankind isn't to blame for global warming and that Al Gore's apocalypic warnings are mostly hot air. Right or wrong, why do so many people think he should be silenced?
The next milestones of adventure aren't about reaching new heights. They're about changing the game.
“We wanted to take one of the gnarliest mountains in the world and make it look like your local backcountry ski area,” says Aspen-based freeskier Chris Davenport of his 22-day June expedition to 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. And they did. Along with Clark Fyans, Nick DeVore, Kirsten Kremer, and Adam Clark,…
We interrupt this issue to bring you a glimpse of the future. From a 13-year-old skateboarder who's already trademarked his name to a 14-year-old who surfs Pipeline with Kelly Slater, meet the stars of our 40th Anniversary cover.
I recently purchased a 1970s Ghisallo ten-speed bike. What can you tell me about this brand? Bob Lebanon, New Jersey
Gallery: British Columbia For the October 2007 feature story “The Ski Gene,” Italian-born photographer Paolo Marchesi followed author Nick Paumgarten and his father for a wild adventure in steepest, deepest British Columbia. Here, see Marchesi’s photo outtakes from…
That was the cry from many, many readers. Read the morse code translation of the message that appeared in the October 2007 issue of Outside below.
Q&A: Hampton Sides Hampton Sides Hampton Sides A winner of the 2002 PEN USA Award and author of three books, “Ghost Soldiers,” “Americana,” and most recently, “Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West,” Hampton Sides’s work has…
The Early Days: Q&A with Larry Burke Larry Burke Larry Burke From the beginning, one man has been at the head of Outside. In1976 Outside‘s founder and editor in chief Larry Burke started the quarterly journal, Mariah, which would…
Watch Lance Armstrong, Laird Hamilton, Amanda Beard, Kelly Slater, Jake Burton, Lynn Hill, Scott Lindgren, Ed Viesturs, and Ben Harper as they gather for Outside‘s iconic 30th anniversary cover photo shoot. Soundtrack provided by Ben Harper.
Before her 2005 arrest, eco-saboteur Chelsea Gerlach took part in nine Earth Liberation Front actions, including the 1998 arson that destroyed Vail Mountain’s Two Elk lodge. In an exclusive interview from behind bars, Gerlach talks about life on the run, destruction on behalf of the environment, and why she cooperated with the federal investigators who smashed the ELF.
Overrun with linebacker types who can't hack the training, recruiters for the Navy SEALs are targeting X Gamers and endurance athletes. Because who wouldn't want Lance Armstrong on the front lines?
Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary aims to shock us into saving the planet. Will viewers show up?
Some of fall’s best books follow travelers venturing off the tourist circuit to find both danger and enlightenment. The Americans in PAUL THEROUX’s The Elephanta Suite, a collection of three haunting novellas, all pass through the same luxury hotel room in Mumbai. Yet each goes on to discover an India…
Sure, it's big, bad, and thirsty. But I love it—and you can't judge a man by his wheels alone.
Mexico's most famous masked man, champion lucha libre wrestler El Hijo del Santo, has a thing for turtles. As the 2007 spokesman for San Diego-based conservation group Costasalvaje/Wildcoast, he's caressed their shells (yes, he wore the mask—always!) and patrolled beaches for egg thieves. PATRICK SYMMES rang El Santo at a Mexico City gym, where
They're more than 13,000 years old, priceless, and maybe the best evidence yet of the first Americans. Traveling to remotest Alaska, STEVEN RINELLA goes digging for history before it's too late.
Our critical look at the Boy Scouts ("Demerit Badge," July 2007, by Annette McGivney) sparked the flint in more than one Scout's tinderbox. Give us your opinion of the Scouts in our online poll here and download a letter from the National President of the Boy Scouts of America.
As Katie Arnold found out in the September 2007 feature story, “The Alpha Geek,” world champion kayaker Eric Jackson and the rest of his clan can white water rodeo with the best of them. See more of photographer Jake Chessum’s shots of the fam in action here.
Napoleon Dynamite was on to something. Hybrid creatures like pizzlies, blynxes, and bonanzees are beautiful and cool—and they're forcing evolutionary scientists to rethink the web of life.
Fourteen years ago, Jon Krakauer's “Death of an Innocent”chronicled the life and death of Chris McCandless in the pages of Outside. In the September 2007 feature story “I Want This Movie to Grip People in the Heart” director Sean Penn and McCandless's family and friends talk to Outside editor Christopher…
He haughtily presumed he'd be able to work through the pain like a Mack truck. Then he met Dr. Angst and Nurse Tingle.
Italy’s Wilier Triestina rose to prominence by making bikes for winners of the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the years immediately after World War II. In recent decades, Wilier has continued to make pro-level bikes for European riders. Now the legendary brand is crossing the pond with…
More than three decades after blazing the independent-travel trail, Richard Bangs and Tony Wheeler are still racking up the adventures
I’m climbing Mount Washington for the first time this winter. I have The North Face’s Mountain Light Jacket and Denali Jacket. Do I need a down jacket too? Dan Wilmington, Vermont
I've decided to do the Lotoja Classic this year, a 206-mile ride from Logan, Utah to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I've done several century rides and the distance doesn't intimidate me (although it probably should), but the elevation does. I live at sea level and there are several climbs over 7,000 feet. How can I best train for the altitude while living at sea level? Thanks!
Over 30 years, we've had some monumental cover moments—and some we're not exactly proud of. Now is your chance to tell us what you think. Click below to vote for the best and the worst covers of all time.
We're asking you, our readers, to define the world Outside: the best travel destinations, adventure products, fitness strategies, lifestyle accessories, and more. We'll publish the results in our November 2007 issue. Don't wait—cast your votes now!
Introducing a master's course in adventure, fitness, gear, sports, sex, and so much more. Because it's a big world out there—and you need to be prepared.
You were told that Everest base camp is an insult to the true spirit of mountaineering. (Harrumph.) But why weren't you told about the excellent bars, the butter people, and that friendly Playboy bunny from Poland? The author spends a month at the world's most exclusive party town.
With its mad-genius creator, an A-list team of writers, and actors who know how to rip, can HBO's new left-coast drama, John from Cincinnati, finally get surf culture right? Jon Cohen peeks into the green room.
In our July 2007 Tour de France special, “Stage Fright” we featured a series of stateside rides that mimic those on Le Tour. Here see maps of those rides by clicking on the links below.
They stared combat in the face and lived to enlighten us, 2,500 years apart
For more than 150 years, sophisticated anglers have lusted after bamboo fly rodsspecifically, those made of Chinese Tonkin canebut they’ve always faced the same drawback: The nodes between segments, like hinges, cause weak points. Now, Colorado rod builder Bernard Ramanauskas, 36, has developed a chemical treatment that stiffens the wood’s…
On July 7, more than 100 bands, including Sting and his old Police mates, will rock all seven continents for Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts. And while the idea of partying to save the world has been around since Bob Geldof’s Live Aid, in 1985, this spectacle has a twist:…
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature, but as the mercury rises, a crop of weather-changing scientists want to try
I’m new to climbing and have been to several stores both local and online looking for gear. I concerned with safety and see all different brands (SMC, Petzl, Omega), shapes, materials, and sizes of carabiners. Which one is best? Don Bellingh, Washington
For the July 2007 feature story "Me. By Myself. For a Long Time. (Very Long.)", we sent Thayer Walker to the uninhabited island of Isla Pargo with little more than a dive mask, a knife, and the clothes on his back. Here, see video diary segments from his time on the island, a gallery of his photos, and hear a podcast interview with the man himself.
When our man dons a tumpline and dhoko for a five-day trek in the Himalayas, he discovers two things: Nepali porters may be the toughest workers in the universe, and there’s simply no way he can measure up
(Santa Fe, NM) May 29, 2007 – Outside’s Go , the new travel and style magazine for active and affluent men, today announced that Walker Mason has been named Publisher. Mason will be based in the New York office and will report to Chairman and Editor…
Ballston Spa, NY – May 30, 2007 – ReserveAmerica, the United States’ leading recreation reservation service, and Outside magazine, the voice of America’s active lifestyle, have formed a strategic marketing and advertising alliance. The two companies will develop integrated media and marketing campaigns featuring their respective assets and resources,…
Our coverage of this year's Tour includes up-to-date standings, blog entries from our resident cycling fanatic, and exclusive photo galleries from both the race and the mayhem that occurs behind the race. PLUS: Epic rides within the U.S. where you can stage your own Tour.
Expedition bloggers Tom and Tina Sjogren love a great adventure. But if they don't like yours, get ready for a fight.
San Francisco pitcher Barry Zito on surfing, traveling, and career-ending shark attacks
The revival of a Hawaiian tradition gives us even more reasons to love the ocean
In her monthly column, Amanda Griscom Little, one of environmental reporting's leading young voices sorts through the latest environmental news. Here, read her columns for Outside.
Read all of Outside's recent coverage of cycling's drug problem and the major players in the sport's continuing scandals.
Three-City Tour Promoting Total Body Health and Fitness
Out of Bounds columnist Eric Hansen found out firsthand what it takes to be a Himalayan porter in the June feature story, "Dead Weight." Here, listen to Hansen read his story and see a gallery of his photos from the trip.
I’m climbing Denali via the Muldrow Glacier in May 2008, and I’d like to start breaking in some boots (and my feet). Unfortunately, I’m a size 14 and having trouble finding double-plastic boots large enough. Any chance that my old (c. 1982), but well cared for, double-leather boots would be adequate? Glen Ann Arbor, Michigan
How do three guys who get paid to surf the world, shoot movies, and design sweet gear still make you want to pick up their tab?
Compact fluorescents are good for everybody, and the new models glow just as warmly as your cherished bulbs. So why aren't Americans seeing the light?
The newest star of The Bachelor reminds us: Don't hate the player; hate the game
The oldest, youngest, fastest, or baldest to row backwards across the Pacific? Please don't ask me to care.
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Want it? Get it Buy The Wild Trees and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle at amazon.com.Richard Preston & Barbara Kingsolver RICHARD PRESTONRANDOM HOUSE, $26…
My road bike has been in hiding for months now. But I sense warmer weather right around the corner. Can you walk me through a tune-up? Matt Gloucester, Massachusetts
We spoke to 25-year-old, seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard about her progression from 14-year-old podium-placer to her out-of-retirement run for a fourth Olympic Games. Here, read Curtis's complete interview with Beard.
It’s that time again. We’re just about to close our June issue and we want to hear from you. Which cover do you like best? The winner will hit stands mid-May. CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW!…
It’s that time again. We’re just about to close our June issue and we want to hear from you. Which cover do you like best? The winner will hit stands mid-May. CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW!…
I seem to remember climbing shoes for kids being available years ago, but now that I actually have a kid I can't find them. Does anyone still make climbing shoes for children? J Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
What's the best alpine climbing pack out there for multi-day trips, carrying no more than 50 lbs? I'd like it to have good back ventilation and do double-duty: light-weight backpacking trips up to a week and winter mountaineering. Anything meet this criteria? Joseph Torrance, California
Meet 23 real-world leaders building a future where SUVs run on algae, skyscrapers have the carbon footprints of toolsheds, conservation is a religious imperative, and inconvenient truths have very profitable solutions. True Colors How did Arnold Schwarzenegger, a red governor in America's biggest blue state, win reelection? Simple: He mapped…
