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If you’re lucky, you encountered nature for the first time by running out the back door. During our writer's boyhood, a suburban forest was a gateway to learning, exploration, and natural splendors that shaped his life and career.
No one knew if it could be done. But when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climbed Mount Everest without oxygen in 1978, they smashed one of the last barriers of human performance. Almost 40 years later, both legends talk about their first ascent by “fair means”—and the long-running feud that followed.
Change comes for everybody, including a group of adventurous friends who’ve convened for years to climb, swap stories, and hoist a few. These days, their founder is grappling with incurable cancer. On a happier note, their decision to open the doors a little wider has given the gathering a fresh, life-affirming spirit.
To travel the Pony Express, riders had to brave apocalyptic storms, raging rivers, snow-choked mountain passes, and some of the most desolate, beautiful country on earth. To honor the sun-dried memory of those foolhardy horsemen, we dispatched Will Grant and a 16-year-old cowboy prodigy to ride 350 miles in a hurry.
Our former editor on the craziest and least taste-defensible piece he ever assigned
Our former editor on finding the embodiment of the unkillable idea of literate badass adventure
When one looks out over the vast horizon of Kremenchuk reservoir in the Ukraine it’s impossible not to be entranced by its beauty. But the man-made imposition has drastically impacted the local townships and environment.
As the hurricane raged toward Turks and Caicos, our writer desperately looked for a way off the island
In this parody film about trail building, mountain biker Steve Storey explores the inner workings of what it takes to be a better trail builder.
It was a dry and dusty summer for western British Columbia, but when mother nature hands you lemons, make lemonade, or in this case a dry and dusty smoke show.
For climbers Carlo Traversi, Kevin Jorgeson, and Tommy Caldwell, multi-discipline climbing has become a top priority. Emerging from a conversation about pushing limits these three set up a new challenge: climb a 14'er, a 5.14, and V14 all in the same day.
These are the people who've been fighting for the land’s preservation for over 30 years—and might see it axed in the scratch of a pen
Our writer sent us a dispatch from the frontlines of the blaze, where the air is thick with smoke and the wildlife is taking shelter
Austin Horse on working as a courier in the age of apps
Seven hikers have died on 14ers since May, an unusual string of fatalities that has Aspen officials wondering what measures they're obligated to put in place to keep people safe in the mountains
Music of the Spheres from Emic Films is a story about Wanda Diaz-Merced who is a blind astrophysicist from Puerto Rico.
From Yeti Cycles and filmmakers Craig Grant and Joey Schusler Fall Impressions follows artist and adventurer Sarah Uhl to share how she finds inspiration outside.
There are 137 large wildfires raging across 7.8 million acres in what might be the worst fire season ever
This spring, writer and filmmaker Brendan Leonard embarked on a classic western road trip with his girlfriend in the new, all-electric Tesla Model X.
And the potentially catastrophic injuries he suffered make the time even more impressive
From DPS Skis The Shadow Campaign brings you into some of the most epic ski terrains in the world.
Wildfires have burned more than a million acres in the northern Rockies—and it could get even worse
We spoke with four lawyers about the four monuments most likely on Zinke’s chopping block
What if you could alter your DNA profile, erase your risk for cancer, or just brew glowing beer? Whether that makes you giddy or terrified, that’s the dream of biohacker Josiah Zayner.
From Never Not Collective, this the trailer for Pretty Strong which is an upcoming film project starring only women climbers.
The Czech climber continues to dominate the climbing world, sending the world's first 5.15d in Norway
Raiding troops of baboons face off against city employees armed with paintball guns on a regular basis. And it brings into question the very way we coexist with nature.
This film Continuance Pt. II is a multi-part documentary series exploring the life of one of surfing's greatest, Kelly Slater.
After an injury to his hand, climber Bernd Zangerl tries one of the hardest routes of his life, Into the Sun.
Canada has a world renowned river wave. It's remote and less than dependable for its conditions, but when it's firing - well you be the judge.
Mike Olbinski is a dedicated storm chaser and spends weeks at a time on the road chasing mega storms.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is creating a dream team to save our oceans
Last week, the United States was treated to a total solar eclipse.
When Mountain Biker Jeff Kendall-Weed needs an escape from his home in Bellingham, he finds an oasis in the deserts of Hurricane, Utah.
A driven, patient, and injured Vanessa O’Brien becomes the oldest woman—and first American one—to summit the Savage Mountain
Andrew Bob Harris, also known affectionately as Ducky, is officially the first person with Down syndrome to summit the Grand Teton.
August’s full solar eclipse is the first visible from the United States since 1979. Traveling over 14 states on its way east, from Oregon to South Carolina, the eclipse passes over the southern end of the Appalachian Trail - a 2,200-mile wilderness hike that winds from Georgia to Maine.
When alpinist and photographer Cory Richards dug himself out of an avalanche in 2011, he emerged alive but scarred—an ascendant star in a community that tends to shun the very idea that trauma can have lasting effects. As his profile climbed ever higher, his career and personal life imploded. Six years later, one of the world’s best artist-adventurers comes clean about the panic attacks, PTSD, and alcohol abuse that nearly killed him.
Making it through a catastrophic event is just the first step. Presenting five true case studies in survival.
Despite overwhelming public support for preserving public lands, the Secretary of the Interior is still recommending Trump trim "a handful" of national monuments. He just won't publicly say which ones—or by how much.
Andrew “Bob” Harris recently became the first person with Down syndrome to climb the Grand Teton
Tips on self-defense, BASE jumping, and how to make it out of a plane crash alive
The people have spoken. In a study released Tuesday, over 99 percent of people said they support the 27 monuments up for review. President Donald Trump, are you listening?
The Park Service says they’re doing their best but no one wins when America’s most iconic valley becomes an endless, exhaust-choked loop of creeping traffic. Can anything be done to prevent bumper-to-bumper traffic from becoming the new normal in Yosemite Valley?
Though he's a married man, Landon Mace finds that theres only one thing on his mind, trout.
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
A lot of assumptions have been made about the national-monuments review. Many of them aren't true.
When Daniel Duane was a kid, his father taught him how to climb in Yosemite. Two decades later, when his teenage daughter wanted a valley education of her own, he realized that the old beta no longer applied.
Behind the Sun from filmmaker Matt Kleiner follows 3 Time World Champion Surfer Mick Fanning during the shooting of an episode of Red Bull's Chasing the Shot.
It's more doable than you think. Just don't forget the chamois cream.
Margaret Wheeler of the American Mountain Guides Association walks us through the steps it takes to clean an anchor.
While living on a portaledge—a suspended platform about the size of a double bed—you still need to perform basic bodily functions, including, yes, answering calls of nature. This is how it works.
Another controversial speed attempt on the country's most popular trail points to the need for a better system for verifying hikers' times
When my friend asked me if I wanted to attempt to Everest on my bike—climb the equivalent height of the 29,029-foot mountain in a single ride—I gave my answer little thought. “I’m in,” read my little blue text message. That was it.
Photographer and Filmmaker Abraham Joffe has always been drawn to places that see very few visitors and the polar region fits that criteria like nowhere else.
The winter of 2017 was a force to be reckoned with from Tahoe to Maine, there were record snowfalls across the board. It was a wild season and you can follow all the excitement in TGR's new feature film Rogue Elements.
Deep in the remote jungle of Laos, mountain biker Rebecca Rusch, Director Nick Schrunk, and the rest of the Blood Road documentary team embarked on a shoot within a spirit filled cave.
Kyle Jameson is by far one of the most stoked guys in mountain biking. If you see an oddly tall guy waiting around a bunch of twelve-year-olds for Brandon Semenuk's autograph, that's him.
The GOP's war on public lands threatens to alienate a key part of its voting base—sport hunters
Whatever you do, just don't tell these serious, old'ish cyclists that they're living in a retirement home
USADA tried to place a gag order on Armstrong when he partnered with the Colorado Classic to broadcast his podcast. No matter your thoughts about the bike racer's character, that's just wrong—and it's really bad for the sport.
How one tragic evening revolutionized bear management in our national parks
The summer heat in Mallorca, Spain is no joke, but climbers have the perfect antidote, deep water soloing.
They were both phenoms who got burnt out on the sport. Their relationship helped reignite the spark.
A new group of movers and shakers, aptly named Artemis, could be just what we need to get more politicians to care about conservation
American cowboy or posturing Trump enforcer?
Every July Fourth, hundreds of racers descend on Seward, Alaska, for one of the most difficult short-distance races on the planet—3,000 feet up, and then straight back down Mount Marathon
Element Awareness Camp offers underserved Los Angeles youth the opportunity to go into the wilderness for a week.
Nomadic herders have brought guns and hundreds of thousands of livestock into the green expanses of Laikipia County, starving out wildlife and shooting the area's megafauna. As police burn homesteads and shoot civilians in response, the future of one of the most iconic regions on the planet hangs in the balance.
Where can you find Dane Tudor when he's not skiing huge backcountry spines? Right here in Rossland, BC where he and two fellow riders, Josh Solman and Braeden Onciul are constantly working to improve the trail systems.
Or, the greatest oversimplified explanation of how to navigate ever written
Advice from a longtime NOLS instructor on when and how to cross a river, without drowning
A sneaky ghost is good. A real mystery backed up by history is even better.
Having an off-leash companion in the outdoors is the whole point of having a dog
In other words, how to not lose your mind to boredom, according to polar explorer Eric Larsen
Pitching a tent, healing a wound, and finding your way are about the most important things you can learn how to do. They're also the easiest.
Tidying guru Marie Kondo lets us in on how to declutter our closets and our lives
And stop taking goddamn selfies. Award-winning adventure photographer Krystle Wright lets us in on nine of her secrets.