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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…
A deadly collapse at a popular cavern near Seattle has raised the question of whether signs and warnings are enough to stop visitors from venturing where they shouldn’t
Tour leader Fabian Cancellara among those injured
Major step in circumnavigation journey by solar power
Steven Biand captures a unique perspective on a single day’s surf session in Western Australia with surfer Malia Manuel.
A kayaker’s life is on the line as a sieve drags him under the rapids and his friends try desperately to save his life. Watch Ultimate Rush weekdays at 4pm ET on Outside Television.
Danny MacAskill returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cullin Ridgeline.
Hiking and backpacking are some of the best ways to enjoy the outdoors. Our beginner's guide shows you what type of gear you'll need for everything from a short day hike to a multi-day backpacking trip. …
After surviving a freak accident that severed his arm at sea, and the harrowing 21-hour trip to the hospital, Jeff Denholm went on to become a long-distance paddle boarding champion and so much more. Watch Dispatches on Mondays at 9:30pm on Outside Televison.
For six days this spring, Emily Harrington free-climbed—using ropes only to catch falls—up 40 pitches of El Capitan’s Golden Gate route before reaching the top on May 31.
Scrutinizing what kind of tent, sleeping bag, and pack you need for a multiday trip can be difficult. Here’s a comprehensive overview of how to find exactly what you need and assess it with confidence.
First transgender male to qualify for a national squad in any sport
First-time 100-miler and returning champion take top spots
Twelve of 19 families settled for $50,000 each
Citing danger to wildlife in proposed land swap
Includes time trial, road race, and circuit stages
Gone South is a film from Vita Brevis Films about finding adventure on two wheels in Southern Utah. Director Skylar Nielsen says, “the open road provides a pathway to the uncontrolled spirit, a state of being that is universally felt yet so challenging to capture through a…
The Mavic Trans-Provence, called the “original alpine MTB rally,” is one of a kind. It's a week-long mountain bike race consisting of true mountain wilderness and a varied terrain from the High Alps to the Mediterranean Sea. These highlights from Day 3 of the race paint a good…
Red Bulls posts Brad Domke big-wave skim video
Provides money for federal, state, and local recreation
The next installment of Street View comes to the 3,000 vertical feet of Yosemite's El Capitan.
The country's Sandinista government has cut a deal with a reclusive Chinese businessman willing to spend $50 billion on a larger-than-life transport waterway. There are a few unanswered questions, starting with whether Nicaraguans really want it and how much priceless habitat would be wrecked. Traveling the proposed route by motorcycle, boat, and boots, the author hunts for answers.
For more than 25 years, the Bandaloop dance troupe has performed on high-altitude sideways stages, from Seattle’s Space Needle to skyscrapers in South Korea. This June, they took their act to the granite walls of the Yosemite backcountry. Here, a quartet rehearses on the flanks of 8,500-foot Mount Watkins.
Beginning this June 16, six dancers and a nine-person support crew headed into Yosemite’s wilderness for ten days of hiking and pirouetting.
Fast food chain marketing healthy lifestyle
Day before Denmark releases anti-doping report
The Nature Conservancy is experimenting with innovative strategies to beat back invasive weeds in one of the country’s biodiversity hotspots.
An overview of the weather and climate patterns contributing to the dry conditions
unReal, a new film from Teton Gravity Research and Anthill Films, aims to transport viewers to a place beyond the real world into the imagination of some of the best mountain bikers on the planet. The unReal world tour kicks…
Multicity event aimed at preventing childhood drowning
Few people in Texas know of the Devil's River, and fewer have ventured into the most remote river in the state. Down the Devil follows the Texas-born musical duo of Jamestown Revival, the crew from The Noble Lab and Huckberry as they dropped their kayaks, fishing gear and camping equipment…
The famous rock climber put away the trad gear for a research project with UC Berkeley on the California coast in which he pulled samples from the 700-year-old trunk of a giant redwood
Ag Department notes “substantial challenges” to fire budget
A group of eccentric engineers flocked to a dried-up lakebed in California to race for the championship title of a 117-year-old sport you’ve never heard of
Chad Brown put down a gun and picked up a fly-fishing rod. The Navy veteran turned gear designer now wants kids and vets to heal each other on the great American waters that saved his life.
PTSD survivor and U.S. Navy veteran turned gear designer Chad Brown has a passion for fly fishing. He says it's his medicine, and now he wants inner-city youth and fellow vets to experience the sport's healing power for themselves.
To ski the world’s highest and most remote peaks, O’Neill starts her days many hours before the sun comes up
