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The final holdout at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupation earlier this year wasn't a dyed-in-the-wool rancher or hardened militiaman. He was a young, half-Japanese kid from the Midwest who had no affiliation with the Bundy brothers or the Patriot movement. This is why David Fry drove across the country to join a group of extremists he'd never met.
Everything from airplanes to your cell phone leaves audible marks on plants and wildlife. So sound specialists in parks around the country are working on setting a baseline for how noisy we're allowed to be.
Scotland is notorious for it's wind, rock, and rain, and riders Matt Hunter and Thomas Vanderham faced some incredible challenges while filming Shimano's latest film, On Wandering
The terrorist group typically ramps up attacks during the country's stormy winter
On his recent trip to the top of the world, polar explorer Eric Larsen didn’t so much hike as fight, slog, and swim. He’s now convinced that his will be one of the last on-foot expeditions to the North Pole.
This video from Eleven Experience highlights Crested Butte mountain bike rider and guide Zach Guy
Advances in wingsuit technology allow pilots to go farther and faster, with more precision. It's also easier than ever for them to get in over their heads.
To celebrate all things Land Cruiser, owners from across the U.S. gather each year at the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum in Salt Lake City for Cruiser Fest.
Level 1 Productions just released their trailer for Pleasure, a new film sure to get you pumped for Winter.
Growing up in Salt Lake, Dan Gavere often found himself in some whitewater on the weekends. He's learned a lot of lessons from the river and continues to teach them to the rising rippers.
In 1973 the faces of Yosemite were strikingly, male. For Lynn Hill, Sibylle Hechtel, and Bev Johnson this just became unacceptable.
Alaska is a playground, but can also humble any skier. Watch Sage Cattabriga-Alosa speak about how that's shaped his experience as a skier.
The Red Bull Illume photo contest, now in its 10th year, highlights the best images and photographers in the outdoor adventure world. Fifty-three premier photo editors whittle down almost 35,000 images into 55 finalists. Those images are separated into 11 categories, with a winner in each, plus a grand prize winner. Tens of thousands of dollars in gear await the winners, in addition to bragging rights from one of the most prestigious photo contests on earth. Here a preview of some of the incredible work.
Earlier this year ultra runner Jason Schlarb, ski mountaineers Scott Simmons and Paul Hamilton and filmmaker Noah Hamilton attempted the first ever winter crossing of the famous Hardrock 100 Ultramarathon route through Colorado's San Juan Mountains.
Climate change is affecting America’s recreation meccas—from Yosemite to Yellowstone—in profound ways. As the planet heats up and weather patterns shift, so will the ways we interact with the outdoors.
This new four-part documentary series from Whistler explores what skiing will look like in the future.
In its final season, A Skier's Journey explores the far reaches of skiing and the places it exists.
As part of Teton Gravity Research's Behind the Line series, this video highlights Sammy Luebke.
Get out and explore the country’s weirdest sites with help from Atlas Obscura’s co-founder
Rush Sturges is a jack of all trades; filmmaker, professional kayaker, and musician. With his kayaking films, he's taken viewers across the globe and back. But for the river he runs nearly every day, he had a special project in mind.
Fifteen-year-old Ashima Shiraishi is on the fast track to becoming the sport’s greatest athlete
What arguably the best climber in the world relies on to keep her safe, warm, and moving free
As a part-time student and part-time professional climber, Ashima has already turned the climbing world on its head. The most impressive thing? She's just getting started.
It may come as a surprise that the world-championship climber's natural habitat isn’t the mountains, it's Manhattan
What does the GOP's big orange machine think about issues like climate change, energy development, and federal control of public lands? We rounded up Trump's surprising (and sometimes shocking) set of views.
For true Waterman, mastering multiple water sports is just the beginning of a much more meaningful relationship with the ocean
Ashima Shiraishi has arguably become the best climber in the world. And she’s only 15. What's next for the Japanese-American climbing prodigy?
Salomon TV promises more of the same epic skiing and trail running videos we're used to, plus mountaineering, hiking and other outdoor content.
Skier Lexi Dupont is known for sending huge lines in Alaska's backcountry, but this film focuses on some of her other loves: wake surfing and mountain biking.
The professional skier balances spending time with her 4-month-old son and training for the 2018 Olympics
We break down what's in the can, plus how to use it effectively
An unknown hiker from Atlanta claims to have broken the Appalachian speed record. The question is: Can she prove it?
As a part-time student and part-time professional climber, Ashima has already turned the climbing world on its head. The most impressive thing? She's just getting started.
Veteran river guide Joshua “Frenchy” Tourjee was helping lead an OARS trip when he went missing more than a week ago near Pancho’s Kitchen
Deep in the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, rider Adam Morse and his pup Flow revel in the solitude of New England singletrack.
Adventurers Dave and Amy Freeman today emerged from 12 months living in the Boundary Waters wilderness in northern Minnesota. One of their top challenges? Filing their taxes on time.
The one-week boot camp puts paying customers in the middle of the Indonesian jungle, then helps them survive the journey home
Watch to learn how Rebecca Rusch stays motivated and focused on those tough training rides.
The biggest craze in cycling combines the popularity of distance hiking, gravel grinding, and vanlife. But for bikepacking disciples like Tom and Sarah Swallow, simplicity and solitude are the real rewards.
Indoor rolling on a bike trainer used to be a heinous chore. Now there's an app that turns it into a video game—and puts you on a fast track to aerobic fitness.
Acrophobia gives context to how one person can go from feeling an insane amount of fear regarding high altitudes to a flow state where all the senses are heightened.
A 65-year-old Miami woman has been living in a tree on her property for the past decade. Now, she’s fighting with the county to stay put.
On the other side of the glossy sport are skilled craftsmen who keep the boats afloat. We visited one crowded workshop in the village of Greenport, New York, to see where the magic happens.
With over 7,000 meters of climbing, the heat and gradient make this mountain bike race incredibly challenging
The Reel Rock Film Tour is celebrating its 11th year in 2016, and with this lineup, it's a year for the ages.
When I arrived, I realized there are two major stories unfolding here on the windswept prairie of North Dakota. One of them, the one that has drawn the most media attention, plays out in rallies and hashtags, Facebook Live streams, and confrontations with pipeline security workers. The other is more difficult to see unless you visit the camp itself, where old friends and long estranged tribes have reunited, and people share songs, prayers, and stories as they articulate a future in which tribal lands are no longer national sacrifice zones and the zero-sum logic of industry is not taken for granted.
Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks is a new film that honors the history of skiing within some of America's most treasured places
Filmmaker Karim Iliya spent more than a year and a half shooting drone footage in fourteen different countries to assemble this film, and the results are astounding.
Track’s most outspoken runner sets his sights on the mountains
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington plan to climb the world’s sixth tallest mountain in record time. If they're successful, it could launch a whole new type of commercial mountaineering.
Attaching a rope with handlebar to a powerful drone, they invented the new unofficial sport of #DroneSurfing.
This video gives an inside look at what it's like to spend a weekend camping out a Wayfarer van
Deploying genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of Zika is just the tip of the iceberg. Scientists are cooking up all kinds of DNA changes to insects and animals that could benefit humanity.
Gracie has two jobs: To keep animals a safe distance away from visitors, and to teach visitors how to interact with animals.
Belgian backpacker Louis-Philippe Loncke has taken down Death Valley and just abandoned his attempt to thru-hike Australia’s Simpson Desert. But he’s not done yet.
On a bikepacking journey from Beijing to Istanbul, intrepid cyclists traverse the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan.
Tucked into the forests of Aachen, Germany lies a little spot very familiar to local rider Jan Kloke.
The Mongolia Bike Challenge may be the most demanding mountain-bike race on earth. Started in 2010 as a ten-day event with multiple stage lengths in excess of 100 miles, the route takes riders through remote and mountainous terrain teeming with wild horses and with little in the way of course marshals—it’s each racer’s responsibility to carry a GPS tracking device.
In some states, individuals who start forest fires, even accidentally, are facing multimillion-dollar fines
Following in the footsteps of Supervention in 2013, this sequel delves into the art of progression.
Deep in the heart of Italy's Aosta Valley lies a labyrinth of singletrack waiting to be ridden, and the team at SCOTT Sports is lucky to have such a gem within striking distance of their office
This video is part of a series from Moxy International called Where the Wind Blows that profiles female kiteboarders.
Police searching for people who destroyed Cape Kiwanda’s famous Duckbill
To get bit by one is to experience something like a gunshot wound. And they’re multiplying.
His journey from dirtbag to rock star, how to choose a climbing partner, and why bottled oxygen might be a performance-enhancing drug
When summer hits and waves flatten out, Evan Adamson, Tommy Witt, and some friends took to Lake Austin for a seemingly never ending wave.
Two of our country's biggest issues, racism and climate change, have collided on a North Dakota reservation. This week, I loaded up my station wagon with water and supplies and drove down for a look at a historic demonstration that could shape the national dialogue going forward.
The government contractor's latest filing indicates that the future of wildfire fighting could involve artillery shells
The ocean is a dynamic and shifting energy that greatly impacts the makeup of our world, where whole undiscovered ecosystems still exist.
As good as the fishing was, this trip was more about breaking away from life's breakneck pace and living in the moment, which is a lot easier to do in the mountains.
Twelve years after disappearing on a hike in western China, David Sneddon is being held captive to teach English in North Korea, according to a Japanese news report
A pair from Utah trying to complete the first ascent of a steep face in the Karakoram mountain range were caught in a snowstorm last month and haven't been seen since
Everything a beginner needs to know to become a competent marksman
In the ongoing series Chronicles: Making of Proximity we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of the production team.
Last week, I flew down to Chile to spend a week at Ski Portillo, arguably South America’s most iconic ski area. Surrounded by tall Andean peaks, sitting next to the much-photographed Laguna del Inca, and home to the iconic Super C Couloir, it’s a bucket-list spot for many of us in North America who are not-so-patiently awaiting the return of winter.