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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?
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…
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
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?
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 13, 2015 from…
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
Nothing beats campfire cuisine, if you know what you’re doing
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.
Will complete two stages for a leukemia charity
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…
Plus, 5 tips to avoid a close encounter
Jed Mildon became the first person ever to land a quadruple backflip on a BMX bike on Sunday, July 12, 2015.
With enough bolts and webbing for eight new lines loaded into the Volkswagen, they headed south across the border.
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.
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.
Armed with the latest technology, a team of climbers aims to find out Denali's exact elevation
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.
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…
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…
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
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…
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
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.
