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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
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
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
'Unacceptable Risk' is a documentary that follows four seasoned firefighters responding to record-breaking fires in Colorado
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
"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."
"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."
On April 29, Dan Hacker busted out his skis for one last run in the green mountains of Vermont.
The strategy behind taming the province's biggest conflagration
"It is good to have a partner in life, though, that you can share this stuff with."
"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
Eli Bouchard may be the youngest snowboarder to land a double backflip.
A 747 jet gets converted into a fire-retardant-dumping airtanker, just in time for wildfire season
Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest more than any other woman—and now she's on the mountain trying for her seventh summit.
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.
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?
With the San Andreas “locked, loaded, and ready to go," now's the time to assemble your quake kit
Arborist David Milarch is renowned for helping California coastal redwoods migrate northward to survive the dangerous climate changes that threaten their current habitat.
'Human Nature 4K' is a collection of powerful images of the natural world that remind us all of our connection to the environment.
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.
A city-wide survey of Portland's moss helped scientists to target a likely source of the city's air pollutants
Ever wonder what it's like to hike the ever-more crowded PCT? I'm about to find out.
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.
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.)
"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..."
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.
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.
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
What it's like to call for help on the open ocean
It might be bougie, but it may be better than having more people on the mountain
Veteran Marty Pigue lives and works on the side of Highway 62 in Southern California, picking up trash to protect the environment.
The Isimba Dam threatens the rapids and consequent rafting and tourism industry that local Ugandans depend on.
Dave Powers hits the slopes at Snowbird Mountain Resort six days a week, averaging 130 days a year.
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
Venture to Verbier, Switzerland, and be spoiled by high-alpine singletrack.
"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.
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.
Our Local Epic is a documentary feature about saving the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River from development.
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."
Instead of making Sherpas carry ropes and hardware over the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, helicopters are now doing it
Or one Outside editor’s commitment to stop feeding you nonsense
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.
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.
Seriously, you won't find trails like this in North America.
The film examines some of the common myths surrounding the grizzly bear.
"We Sherpa people have a great respect for the mountain. We call Everest 'Chomolungma'. She's the mother god of the earth."
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.
"The first time she went into the ocean it just seemed to fit her. I don't why. It's just her place."
Take flight with paraglider Théo de Blic in the French Alps.
Watch to get an intimate glimpse into the lives of Kay Grayson and her bears.
The forgotten history of Brazil’s mosquito wars—the greatest public health victory you’ve never heard of
Meet Vitaly, a Siberian man who builds skis from timber and coarse animal hair.
Young, tech-savvy adventurers are taking sponsors and funding away from grizzled, old-school explorers who aren’t strong on Facebook and Twitter. But they don’t always pull off the awesome feats they say they will.
This all-women expedition team set out to ski first descents along the western coast of Greenland.
Do you want to see the bears return to the North Cascades?
Watch Nine-year-old Nate Pruzan expertly drop into Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
Lauren Meade quit her job at a dental office in Georgia to work as a guide in the New River Gorge.
This couple bought a bus and converted it into an adventure vehicle.
Surf breaks around the world are becoming more and more crowded, with people elbowing their way onto waves. Maybe local gangs like the Lunada Bay Boys are onto something.
The 5Point Film Festival kicks off on April 21, 2016, in Carbondale, Colorado. Get ready.