A behind-the-scenes look at the journey of the Hōkūle‘a , one of the most epic sea-faring adventures of modern times

In her sixth ascent of the world's tallest peak, 32-year-old Melissa Arnot earned one of the few prizes left on the mountain

Ten or so percent of it, anyway

Alpinst Emily Ward was determined to be a better climber than before her cancer diagnosis

Charleston-based photographer Drew Doggett’s recent project, Shadow’s Alight; Portraits of the American West, is the result of 14,000 miles traveled in a 23-foot airstream, visiting 21 national parks. Doggett has spent much his career photographing foreign places and people whose communities are in imminent danger due to development and a lack of conservation efforts. But he wanted to turn his lens toward his own country. In celebration of 100 years of our National Park Service, Doggett set out to capture some of America’s most classic scenes to see how they’ve changed, how they’ve stayed the same, and ultimately why they’re worth protecting. Here, Doggett shares a few favorites from his recent project.

The United Arab Emirates wants to build an artificial peak to make it rain in the desert-bound cities. Let's just say the experts are skeptical.

Reynold Sexton is a pioneer in the Atlantic salmon fishing industry, and he has an important message for the future generation of anglers

Mountain biker Matt Silton flips over his handlebars on a drop while riding Dakota Ridge Trail outside of Denver, Colorado

We thought you might like to know about the little guys—the ones that generated the least visitor spending in 2015. Go visit them. You can rest assured they won’t be crowded.

In the aftermath of deadly earthquakes this year in Ecuador and last year in Nepal, California structural engineer Kit Miyamoto went in to get a read on the damage

Filmmaker Oakley Anderson-Moore traces the golden age of climbing on a quest to understand more about her father, a pioneering dirtbag from the era

"You know, there was this whole other world. There was the outdoors. There was the wilderness."

One ultrarunner who keeps getting lost at sea has all but proven that trying to pedal a giant hamster ball across the ocean is not a good idea

At just 6,288 feet, this would be considered a hill anywhere else

When a group of immigrants set out across the desert, the results helped researcher create the Death Index, a new model for dehydration.

The crew at Coldhouse Collective describes an encounter with an inquisitive polar bear in Greenland

Tim Kovar travels the world helping people scale giants

Filmmaker Michael Coleman created this short nature film to celebrate Muir's birthday this past April

It takes more than a little rain and high winds to keep pro surfer Jamie O'Brien and his crew from getting after it.

Do you want to see lightning? NASA just crunched the numbers and came up with the destinations where you’re most likely to see a bolt.

'Crossing Bhutan' is an upcoming documentary that follows four veteran athletes as they attempt an unprecedented human-powered, border-to-border crossing of Bhutan

Yes, that's the combination of the words "climbing" and "bouldering", and the term is used to describe climbing on buildings (go figure).

Our new Play Now series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk

'Unacceptable Risk' is a documentary that follows four seasoned firefighters responding to record-breaking fires in Colorado

"It is good to have a partner in life, though, that you can share this stuff with."

The strategy behind taming the province's biggest conflagration

"I can't wait to see him on the river for the first time. That first wave that comes over the boat. Best thing in the world."

On April 29, Dan Hacker busted out his skis for one last run in the green mountains of Vermont.

"But what made it all so special were those single, quiet moments when you're surrounded by the majesty of nature and all of its subtle sounds."

A 747 jet gets converted into a fire-retardant-dumping airtanker, just in time for wildfire season

Eli Bouchard may be the youngest snowboarder to land a double backflip.

"My cerebral palsy contributes to my unique cadence and my poor balance, but I refuse to let it define who I am."

Nine Sherpa guides setting rope lines on the upper part of the mountain have become the first of the season to reach the top of the world's highest peak

Last July, filmmaker Jake Strassman and his impressively mustached friend Travis Halverson took off on a midsummer's camping trip in the Gore Range of Colorado.

Lhakpa Sherpa ​​has climbed Everest more than any other woman—​and now she's on the mountain trying for her seventh summit​.

Day 9: Warner Springs. Mile 109.

As a tributary to the Klamath River, Blue Creek is a cold-water lifeline for some of the greatest salmon and steelhead runs remaining on the West Coast.

Jon Krakauer’s obsession with what killed the star of ‘Into the Wild’ has persisted for nearly 24 years. Whether it was ignorance or arrogance, do the details still make a difference?

A city-wide survey of Portland's moss helped scientists to target a likely source of the city's air pollutants

Our new Play Now series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk.

Arborist David Milarch is renowned for helping California coastal redwoods migrate northward to survive the dangerous climate changes that threaten their current habitat.

With the San Andreas “locked, loaded, and ready to go," now's the time to assemble your quake kit

'Human Nature 4K' is a collection of powerful images of the natural world that remind us all of our connection to the environment.

Surfing is rife with stereotypes of laid-back, tanned athletes in tropical locales. But go beyond the surface and you’ll find some of the most interesting subcultures in sport, from bike-and-surf gangs to teenage girls who ride in Bangladesh.

Ever wonder what it's like to hike the ever-more crowded PCT? I'm about to find out.

A firsthand account from northern Alberta’s devastating wildfire

The husband and wife duo of Eusebio and Christina Saenz de Santamaria have set freediving records all over the world. Possibly more impressive than their diving skills is the pair’s photography.

"You know when your mom thinks you're going to be a pharmacist, and then you tell her that you want to spend your life as a rock climbing guide..."

We asked Jim Delgado, NOAA’s director of maritime heritage, to help us compile this list of the 10 most iconic missing ships waiting to be discovered.

Pablo Valencia spent six days wandering the 110-degree desert before stumbling into McGee's camp. He shouldn't have been alive, but he was.

An amusing albeit brief look at the basics of adventuring outdoors.

Who says compound bows and bikes don't mix? (But seriously, this is fun.)

EPA district administrator Jared Blumenfeld talks about why he’s escaping it all, and how to be a pescatarian on the 2,650-mile trail

And yes, the bald eagle is on that list

Dave Powers hits the slopes at Snowbird Mountain Resort six days a week, averaging 130 days a year.

What it's like to call for help on the open ocean

Veteran Marty Pigue lives and works on the side of Highway 62 in Southern California, picking up trash to protect the environment.

It might be bougie, but it may be better than having more people on the mountain

The Isimba Dam threatens the rapids and consequent rafting and tourism industry that local Ugandans depend on.

Lowe’s climbing partner, Conrad Anker, and his widow, Jenni-Lowe Anker, talk about a dramatic discovery that comes more than 16 years after he and climber David Bridges vanished in a Himalyan avalanche

"The thing that gives us so much joy and purpose in our lives can end it all in a second."

Our new 'Play Now' series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk.

Venture to Verbier, Switzerland, and be spoiled by high-alpine singletrack.

Our Local Epic is a documentary feature about saving the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River from development.

Earlier this year, adventurer Patrick Sweeney teamed up with professional mountain biker Rebecca Rusch to attempt something that's only been done once in history: climb and descend Mount Kilimanjaro on mountain bikes.

American cavers were first to descend the 1,200-foot deep Sotano De Las Golondrinas, better known as the Cave of Swallows, in 1966. It’s one of the world’s largest cave shafts in the world and one of Mexico’s 13 natural wonders.

These guys made a mountain bike video in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland—in the dead of winter.

Our mission was to climb up and bomb down Africa’s tallest mountain, unsupported. As far as we could determine, Rebecca Rusch and I would be the first people to do so since two British cousins, Nicholas and Richard Crane, earned the first ascent in 1985.

Surfers, hikers, skiers, and just about everyone else in the West will continue to feel the effects of the Pacific weather event this year

"No one else from your previous life—before you start doing this—really understands what it is you're doing."

Or one Outside editor’s commitment to stop feeding you nonsense

Instead of making Sherpas carry ropes and hardware over the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, helicopters are now doing it

Cnoc na Mara, an iconic sea stack off the coast of County Donegal in Ireland, makes for great climbing

An all-woman team traversed the eastern Pamir mountains, following along Tajikistan's borders with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.

These trails in New Zealand are straight out of the stuff dreams are made of.

Seriously, you won't find trails like this in North America.

The only thing we love more than our own dogs? Seeing all of our readers’ prized adventure companions. So all summer, we’ll be featuring a running gallery of our favorite pups. Use #OutsideDogs2016, we'll pick the best shots, and continue adding them to this collection. Here, a few hand-picked, photogenic creatures to get the ball rolling.

The film examines some of the common myths surrounding the grizzly bear.

With state funds dwindling, what to do with a thousand pounds of mammal on the roadway, blocking traffic and attracting scavengers like bears? Tow the carcass out and deliver it to the needy.

"We Sherpa people have a great respect for the mountain. We call Everest 'Chomolungma'. She's the mother god of the earth."