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Citing avalanche risk, summit climbers turn back
Active opposition, budget doubts compel city to withdraw
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.
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. …
Bipartisan bill to reauthorize LWCF
And meet the man who’s made it his mission to keep it that way
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…
Brandon Semenuk sequence coincides with iTunes release
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?
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. …
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. …
New research shows that the bulk of the national park’s iconic plant are in jeopardy from exceptionally dry conditions
Yuri Milner funding biggest SETI project ever
First Indian Ocean races in Continental Championships
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 13, 2015 from…
We asked a great white expert to explain the pro surfer’s terrifying encounter at Jeffreys Bay
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
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…
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
Plus, 5 tips to avoid a close encounter
Will complete two stages for a leukemia charity
With enough bolts and webbing for eight new lines loaded into the Volkswagen, they headed south across the border.
Jed Mildon became the first person ever to land a quadruple backflip on a BMX bike on Sunday, July 12, 2015.
Nothing beats campfire cuisine, if you know what you’re doing
Former Biketrials World Champion Martyn Ashton was left paralyzed from the waist down after a bike accident in 2013. Most speculated that he would never walk again, let alone ride a bike. Ashton, however, had other ideas and recently got back on the bike with a little help from his friends. You can watch the…
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.
The former Appalachian Trail speed record holder responds to how she feels about Scott Jurek’s FKT and reflects on her time on the trail
The notion that wave riding is a form of high art is outdated in the face of a multi billion-dollar global surfing industry. Young competitors want to represent their countries on the largest stage. We should let them.
A proposal to protect the remaining wild animals from poachers by marketing fake horn instead of the real thing sounds promising. But conservationists worry it'll only make the problem worse.
With petroleum as his paint, English photographer Simon Norfolk took to Africa’s second highest peak, Mount Kenya, to outline the mountains’ vanishing Lewis Glacier.
Armed with the latest technology, a team of climbers aims to find out Denali's exact elevation
The North Fork Championship IV brings the best kayakers in the world to Idaho each year for a weekend of incredible kayaking and rowdy parties along the North Fork Payette River.
Wildfires are burning more acres than ever. These are the areas they're affecting the most.
The Man Who Flew to Earth is a documentary feature film that follows the lives of Gary Connery and his wingman Mark Sutton, as they plan, prepare and undertake a feat deemed to be impossible: to fly and land a wingsuit without using a parachute. You can…
Alex Honnold and other Yosemite locals weigh in on what will become of the route that was wrecked when a giant chunk of granite detached earlier this week
Megamoon is an award winning film from Maia Media about a journey by bike where love and adventure come together, and Hannah’s personal story of how she came to be pulling a heavy trailer across the world’s longest mountain bike trail. Watch the full film…
In June 2013, nine African Americans set out to build a legacy by encouraging inner city kids to get outside. An American Ascent is a feature documentary from producers Andy Adkins, George Potter and James Mills, about the first African American expedition…
