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Fourth American ever with first-place finish
From beer to bourbon, here’s how to cut loose (safely) while camping
Episode 3: Pro kayaker Steve Fisher has always dreamt of running the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. For a long time the descent was illegal, but not anymore. …
Researchers show health, visibility effects
Through KEEN Footwear’s #LiveMonumental campaign
Active opposition, budget doubts compel city to withdraw
Citing avalanche risk, summit climbers turn back
Bipartisan bill to reauthorize LWCF
The "Swiss Machine" is halfway through an undertaking to summit 82 peaks across Western Europe in 80 days. How’s he holding up?
Episode 2: Pro kayaker Steve Fisher has always dreamed of running the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. For a long time the descent was illegal, but not anymore. …
Whether you sign up for an official work day or simply remember to follow trail etiquette, it’s easier to do your part than you might think.
In November 2014, photographer Jim Harris was practicing ski turns with a traction kite in Patagonia when the wind picked him up, whipped him around and threw him into the side of the mountain, resulting in a brutal spinal cord injury. For a while, Jim had no…
And meet the man who’s made it his mission to keep it that way
In this short clip from Chris Corbin, we get a glimpse of how his wife, professional triathlete Linsey Corbin, trains near her hometown of Bend, Oregon. This stretch of the Cascade Lakes Highway is one of her favorite rides, and it's easy to see why. …
The president wants to fatten the paychecks of people working on federal lands. The question is: Can he do it without putting public land tourism out of business?
Brandon Semenuk sequence coincides with iTunes release
Jeff Brines, Co-founder of Earlyups.com, cited “personal athletic delusions” as the reason for competing in a pro-cailber downhill mountain bike race after just eight days of training earlier this year. No matter the reasoning, he proved it's easier to go from desk chair to downhill racer than one might think. …
The largest marine cleanup project in history is set to launch early next year. The goal: Get rid of half the plastic garbage currently in the oceans. It’s bold, it’s ambitious, and it’s popular with the media (although less so with scientists). But will it work?
A new and physically gruesome form of BASE jumping involves affixing a parachute directly into the jumper’s back—with metal hooks
Yuri Milner funding biggest SETI project ever
First Indian Ocean races in Continental Championships
Meru tells the story of climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk’s multiple attempts to climb what many consider to be the ultimate prize in the world of big-wall climbing. The Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru sits 21,000 feet above the sacred Ganges…
New research shows that the bulk of the national park’s iconic plant are in jeopardy from exceptionally dry conditions
Suspension BASE Jump: Piercing Gravity is a short film from The Extremity Project in which Josh Miramant becomes the 11th person in the world to complete a Suspension BASE Jump. In Suspension BASE Jumping, the parachute is attached to piercings on the jumper’s back. The jump took place on May…
We asked a great white expert to explain the pro surfer’s terrifying encounter at Jeffreys Bay
Sketches from the Bugaboos is a short film from Luke Humphrey, who recently took a trip to British Columbia to climb what many refer to as “the best 5.4 in the world”: Pigeon Spire's West Ridge in the Bugaboos. The ridge is 1500 feet of solid granite with stunning views and…
Pro kayaker Steve Fisher has always dreamed of running the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. For a long time the descent was illegal, but not anymore. …
Returned to a route Anker failed to complete in 1988
Will complete two stages for a leukemia charity
For two members of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, aeronautics and planetary science are only part of their overarching fascination with the natural world. We spoke to them about the unlikely intersection of skydiving, cave diving, and space exploration.
Nothing beats campfire cuisine, if you know what you’re doing