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Tourists swim for hours, drink urine, and brave volcano after boat sinks
Plans to nearly double the size of its San Diego killer whale environment
Steeplechaser loses third championship title for crazy antics
The former road cyclist from Easthampton, Massachusetts, is quickly taking over the European-imported sports craze, cyclocross. Here's what keeps him going up, down, over, around...
Alpine gear company co-founder replaced by former Gap executive
What's next for the maker of portable solar products
Ernest Moniz talks to Outside about radioactive waste, SuperTrucks, dazzling solar arrays, southwestern breakfasts, and a trout stream that has to remain top secret.
When 23-year-old Zina Lahr went missing on a trail outside Ouray, Colorado, the world lost an amazing young talent. The full story from Grayson Schaffer. …
“One Shot” is a short documentary that looks into the life of Russell Ord, a West Australian, world renowned surf photographer, as he embarks on a mission to capture “one shot” that defines who he is. A film by Spektrum Visuals. …
The Lumberjack World Championships, established in 1960, are a wildly entertaining display of the world's finest axmen and axwomen. But the event goes far beyond brute force and sharp blades slicing through logs. Photographer Narayan Mahon was there to capture the 2014 event, held July 24 to 26 in Hayward, Wisconsin.
More than four years in the making, Mission Blue is legendary oceanograpgher Dr. Sylvia Earle’s eye-opening wake-up call to save the ocean. Directed by Fisher Stevens (“The Cove”) and Robert Nixon (“Gorillas in the Mist”), the film follows Dr. Earle on her global quest…
A reflection on sports, nature and the extreme from Get Out There Productions. To them freedom means no thoughts, doubts, fears, pressure, or self reflection, and it’s best found in the outdoors. …
Oftentimes, you get the best ideas when you aren’t looking for them. That’s the case for the co-founders of EPIC Protein Bars, Taylor Collins and Katie Forrest. As they explain, getting on the bike leads to focused thought and a heightened connection to the world around us.
Roman Dial is an adventure icon and Alaskan legend who raised his son, Cody, in the outdoors. Now Cody is missing in a Costa Rican jungle and Roman is leading the search.
With 45 successful summits, this season on K2 seems too serendipitous to be true. But safely conquering the mountain took grueling amounts of work and skill, too.
North Carolina State University wants to sell off Hofmann Forest for $150 million. Is that such a bad thing?
New Zealand accepts application from Tuvalu family
Research station loses heat in the dead of winter
Some plan trips in advance; others let the current carry them. For Amy Ragsdale, traveling with risk takers like herself has helped her trust the process of exploring without a full map, rather than fight it.
When six friends set out on a 63 day journey to paddle over 900 miles through pristine Canadian wilderness, they had no idea a film about their trip would transform into a mission to protect the Yukon’s Peel River Watershed. Inspired by the landscape…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964, the federal law is a milestone in conservation and has been used to preserve over 100 million acres of wilderness. This special segment of…
A look into the life of professional rock climber Sierra Blair-Coyle. Find out how she got into climbing in the first place, and why she almost left the sport. A video profile from Cesar Lopez. …
In the half-century since the Wilderness Act was passed, almost everything has changed. All the more reason to go wild.
Armstrong's trusted doctor continues to treat athletes
People with gene variant can function with less shuteye
British climate projections show impact on global resources.
By the Water is short film about a point of view; an undefined boundary between inside and outside, between submerged and emerged. The space in which the surfboard moves, not completely in the water and not totally free in the air, is defined by the rhythm of…
In June, a group of Australian surfers spent 11 days surfing the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. Epic conditions and a lot of drone footage makes this clip one of the coolest surfing videos we’ve seen in a long time. Video by Paul Borrud.
Artist Cory Trepanier’s journey to the Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve was a month of awe and wonder in 22,000 sq kilometers of raw Canadian wilderness. The first chapter of his TrueWild project, he skied and camped in part of the largest non-polar ice field…
In the future, check-ins will be a purely digital affair
Highlining is all about trusting your gear and crew, and having the ability to focus solely on the task at hand. A inside look at the sport from Rando. …