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Explaining Everest’s controversial garbage collection agency.
Meet Jake, Vail Ski Patrol's latest recruit. The 10-week-old Yellow Lab got his first taste of snow at the top of Vail earlier this month, and soon he'll start working with Patroller Matt Whalen to master obedience skills, get used to riding chairlifts and train…
Rob Stewart, a leading conservationist, is best known for his film Sharkwater. His latest project, Revolution, takes the fight to save the oceans to the next level. Filmed over four years in locations spanning 15 countries, Revolution is a firsthand look…
We broke down the cost of a hypothetical expedition to find out what exactly you get for the roughly $60,000 it takes to get to the roof of the world.
Photographer and environmentalist, Meg Haywood Sullivan crafts stories about the personalities and lifestyles that embody mankind's relationship with the natural world. From high alpine mountain ranges to backcountry missions in the desert, she seeks out the moments that capture a sense of place and perspective, finding beauty…
High-altitude workers put everything on the line, hauling climbers’ gear up and down the mountain, and aren’t compensated fairly. Their lives are worth more.
Conservationists place mating hopes on aging male
Filmmaker Christiaan Welzel takes viewers deep into some of the most incredible landscapes Canada has to offer in his ongoing web series, Earth Porn. Volume 3 takes to the skies and explores the flats and canyons of the Alberta Badlands. …
Interior Department secretary speaks at forum
UK snowboarder Billy Morgan made history yesterday when he landed the first-ever Backside 1800 Quadruple Cork. That's a jump containing four off axis flips and five full rotations, and one full flip and half a rotation bigger than the previous biggest trick, landed last month by Yuki Kadono. Video…
Combined ski areas would create the largest resort in California
A look inside the survival capsule Italian explorer Alex Bellini has commissioned to help him achieve an unprecedented feat: Spend a year on an iceberg as it melts into the Atlantic.
May illuminate running genes in primitive culture
You’ll recognize at least a few of the names on American Rivers’ annual Endangered Rivers list—but what will you do to ensure they remain pristine?
Last year’s avalanche reignited a debate about the complicated role of helicopters in getting gear up the mountain and mitigating the danger to Sherpa. Outfitters weigh in on whether more helicopters will make Everest safer or even more dangerous.
Why is the roof of the world covered in our shit? Lots of reasons, but it might come down to common laziness.
On Friday March 20, a Solar Eclipse plunged Europe into darkness. Photographer Rutger Pauw teamed up with Danny MacAskill to capture the moment in Danny's homeland, the Isle of Skye in Scotland. With just one small window of opportunity to get the shot he had dreamed about,…
In March 2015, Luke Allen Humphrey, Brandon Fisher and Ken Schulte set out to climb a few classic routes on some of Utah's stunning desert tower formations. They filmed their climbs from some unique aerial perspectives during early morning and evening light, often after sleeping on top…
Avoids path where avalanche killed 16 Sherpas in 2014
For Scott Rogers, photography has always been about two things: friends and fears
Stakes $1 million in Swedish company
Sir Ranulph Fiennes reflects on the life of a 71-year-old explorer as he stares down the barrel of one of the planet’s hardest ultramarathons.
Hooké Ungava: An Expedition to No Man's Land, an official selection of the International Fly-Fishing Film Festival, is the story of a 10-day expedition taken by the Hooké tribe in the Summer of 2014. The team flew over mountain ranges, waterfalls and canyons to…
The real world of urban jibbing and the not-so real world of toys collide in Toyland. Let your imagination run wild while watching the final episode of Salomon Freeski TV Season 8. …
Having been primed to lead Greenpeace into the 21st century, the six-year executive director has suddenly opted to resign.
Cycling, skiing, and bobsledding have hinted they’re testing out mixed-gender events—but they’re not the head-to-head matchups we’re thinking of.
Human-body-flyer Dean Potter is a man of many talents. Known for daring free-solo climbs, high-lining, BASE jumping and winguiting, Potter recently made a film about his decision to take his dog, Whisper, wingsuit-flying with him. The full When Dogs Fly film is now available here. …
Ten weeks after completing a historic ascent in Yosemite, the 30-year-old climber is raising awareness about the sport and contemplating what’s next.
