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Polar Explorer Eric Larsen judges the quality of his life by how many nights he gets to spend in a tent each year. By his estimates, he's spent years of his life sleeping and living in various places around the world, and roughly a year camping solely in the Arctic…
Drop your jaws and pack your bags. Outside's best adventure photography of the year.
By age 34, the Colorado native had won the World Extreme Skiing Championships and an X Games medal, starred in sweet ski-porn videos, and had two kids. But his desire to ski big mountains was still growing and inspired his biggest project yet.
The aerialist, who was killed during a BASE-jumping incident on May 16, was not one to skirt the potentially deadly consequences of his chosen lifestyle. On the contrary, he contemplated them often.
Professional climber, highliner and human-body-flyer Dean Potter was killed in a BASE-Jumping accident on Saturday, May 16, 2015. We spoke with him one year ago at Mountainfilm in Telluride, where he revealed how thoughtfully he contemplated the dangers of his chosen pursuits. …
The climbing great died Saturday while attempting a wingsuit flight from Yosemite’s Taft Point
A quick primer on how to avoid tipping and master the forward stroke
This month, German Freya Hoffmeister became the first kayaker to circumnavigate the continent, paddling through everything from gale-force winds to ship-clogged canals.
Meet the Dorais brothers—a pair of ski mountaineers, ER docs, and family men whose toughest battle is being fought far away from the mountains
The former pro football and baseball player leads a group ride through the U.S.’s least bike-friendly state. His goal? Raise money for tornado victims.
A first-hand account of the April 25 temblor that rocked Nepal from a local Everest guide
The Pearl River is full of trash, Volkswagen-sized catfish, and a heckuva lot of gators. Swimming in it? That was Pop's idea.
Angry hikers are setting up booby traps on popular trails to scare off cyclists. Is segregation the answer?
Record low snowpack in the Golden State means lower streams and, sadly, fewer opportunities to fish and paddle.
Want to crush it on NBC's hit show? Be a rock jock.
It doesn't have to be the first, the longest, or the tallest. You don't have to be the best, most famous, or even have much of a reason at all. When a passion or desire takes hold within, all you have to do is explore. The U.S.
Photographer Dave Trumpore captured the entire event, which, of course, included plenty of dirt, pisco sours, and Chilean barbeque.
With runoff in full swing in Montana, the Montana Wild crew decided to load up their truck and head south. Their targets were big, predatory brown trout, and true to their nature the fish didn’t disappoint. Bucknasty Browns is a film from…
Episode 4 of Mind the Gap: The Making of unReal takes us into British Columbia’s dusty interior with World Cup downhill racers Stevie Smith and Brook Macdonald. For years, Stevie has dreamed of riding a wide-open track where he could drift into corners at full speed. For Brook…
Ex-coach revealed as positive, infected at least three
Last summer, adventurers Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg completed a historic paragliding expedition through the Canadian Rockies. And when Gadd, who completed a historic first ascent of a frozen Niagra Falls earlier this year, calls something “the truest adventure” he’s ever been a part of, you know it had to be…
Via Ferrata is a short film from pro mountain biker Harald Philipp. Filmmaker Christoph Thoresen filmed Philipp's first descent of a fixed-rope climbing route on a mountain bike in the Brenta Dolomites with a drone. Philipp said it was one of the best rides of…
Led by peer-to-peer rental company GearCommons
An experimental timelapse video by Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic created for the Skyglow Project that imagines galaxy over the glowing metropolis of Los Angeles through compositied timelapse and star trail astrophotography. Skyglow is a Kickstarter quest designed to explore the effects and…
‘Floating Piers’ will allow visitors to walk on water
Climber Gord McArthur couldn’t hang with the Europeans on the World Cup, so he built a monstrous apparatus in his backyard so he could train harder
Would you trade in your daily commute to live life off grid in Northern Montana? The latest film from Goal Zero, join Sean and Mollie Busby as they walk us through the Yurt that they call home and explain how they deal with wood fire stoves, bear…
Volcanic activity in and around Patagonia could mean clogged streams and animal deaths, but experts say the region should bounce back quickly.
Waives rule against deals with alcohol makers
Norman Ollestad's father taught him to surf during rambling, tough-love safaris down the coast of Mexico. Then the education came to a sudden and tragic end. Forty years later, Ollestad heads south with his own son—and finds that the old road maps can only take them so far.
Having a nemesis can up your game big time. But choose wisely
After she escaped from the cult in which she spent her childhood, and after her long-distance love was eaten by a crocodile in the Congo, bestselling author Juliana Buhring bought a bike and pedaled around the world. Here’s how she became one of the strongest women on two wheels.