Adventure
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Leblanc-Bazinet wins female division
First Italian champion in 16 years
Second-tallest mountain enjoys a potential slew of great successes
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a van? Where do you store things? How do you stay powered? What do you do when you need a bathroom? Professional rock climber Alex Honnold takes us through the van that he calls home. His 2002 Ford Econoline…
He raced, he won, he quit.
Human beings are awesome at making species extinct
The first ever women’s event at the Tour de France takes place Sunday, July 27, and Diamondback’s Team Pro Optum will be racing. Meet the six women who will race in the groundbreaking “La Course” in this short from Diamondback. …
A look at one of kayaking’s biggest events, the North Fork Championship. Year three brought the competition to new levels, as athletes traveled from all corners of the globe to the North Fork of the Payette River in Idaho to compete for the title of world’s best…
This is the story of one of the most decorated anglers in the US. Cam Chioffi is the youngest member of the US Youth Fly Fishing Team, and the curent World and US National Youth Champion in competitive fly fishing. With his win at the National…
We can boat the same backyard river with our family a dozen or more times, and it will never get old—because rivers, like our children, are constantly changing.
Surf icon Dave Kalama is still winning a year shy of his 50th birthday. But he has new competition: Kai Lenny, the 21-year-old rising star. What happens when the prodigy faces the man who taught him almost everything he knows about paddleboarding?
Rare redwood will be replanted, not killed
New fitness app centers around "progress pictures" feature
If there's attention being doled out, your dog wants it.
The journey planned is rarely the journey taken. The Nobody’s River expedition team had no idea how true this would be as they prepared to leave for a two month expedition in Mongolia and Russia. This film from NRS and Wazee documents…
Thanks to a $2.4 million bike path, not Putin
In this teaser, shot during production of Teton Gravity Research’s “UNREAL” project, Tom Van Steenbergen completes what’s being called the biggest front flip in mountain bike history. TGR and Anthill Film’s “UNREAL,” premieres Summer 2015. …
Algae and ginger will revolutionize your health
Walk the 1,800-foot bridge, then leap overboard. If you dare.
Says the one-year ban sends "a bad message to the sport"
World's third-largest facility funded, designed, made by Americans
While attempting to fly around the world in 30 days
UAVs are heroes when it comes to protecting the environment
UK giant Sainsbury's knows what to do with its leftovers
Treadmill washes clothing during your workout
Give them shark sightings and they will come
Namibia's desert elephant population is dwindling—so why are they handing out hunting permits?
Two years ago, Filipe Leite turned his ponies south on a journey from Canada to Brazil. Ten thousand miles later, he's almost home after facing drug traffickers, grizzlies, and mad bulls on an epic transcontinental trip.
Team Sky's bikes ride in style thanks to Jaguar
$1.3 million Exosuit will take divers to depths of 1,000 feet
The New York native has done it again.
New fees take effect today
Join Grayson Schaffer tonight at 5 p.m. MT for an hour-long discussion about the future of Everest after the mountain’s most horrific day
New technology identifies bird songs
584-mile run is the baddest of them all
Last fall, Jeremy Jones traveled to Nepal for the largest descent of his life: a 21,400-foot peak that he dubbed the Shangri-La Spine Wall. After being slowed down by foul weather, Jones needed to get back on the snow before attempting to summit the wall. He and his partner took a…
In this new clip from SmugMug and photographer Chris Burkard, he and Professional Surfers Partick Millin, Brett Barley and Chadd Konig brave sub-zero temperatures in the Arctic Circle to capture moments of raw beauty in conditions that rank among the harshest in the natural world. The bitterly cold…
16 states have a "relatively high likelihood" of a damaging quake in the next 50 years
A down-and-out polar bear in Argentina could use a change of scenery. Is it too late?
Couple points finger at phone company for triggering rescue
It costs only $3 million, but there's a catch
Forget fish ladders—pressurized tube-transport systems are the newest way to bypass a dam
Gritty GC favorite battled crashes and illness
Spends 144 hours alone in the Sierra Nevada
And that's a "conservative" estimate
Ibis Pro Enduro rider Jeff Kendall-Weed shows us around a few of his favorite spots in Santa Cruz, California. Jeff’s riding is defined by his creative line choice, massive air, insane control and ability to have fun on his trak bike in ways we never thought possible. A short from…
Has scientists saying, "What on (or off) earth?" as theories surface
Scientists on track to prevent intoxication
State will impose emergency bans on wasteful practices in August
April 18 marked the most lethal day in Mount Everest’s history, when a massive avalanche took the lives of 16 high altitude porters. Dawa Tashi and Kaji Sherpa were caught by the slide but managed to survive. Outside’s Grayson Schaffer met with both men just days later as they were recovering in…
Passion for adventure is contagious and the more you’re exposed to the outdoor lifestyle the more it gets in your blood. Nobody knows this more than Goal Zero Ambassador Mike Libecki. He has logged over 50 expeditions, filled multiple passports with over 100 stamped pages and climbed and explored…
Mom fights another bear after cubs tumble down falls
Does this beat sitting in traffic?
Hopes to increase space efficiency
Crowdfunding project to create year-round indoor facility
Mask and camera found on the ocean floor
Wind power may have faded as an energy alternative, but a Google-backed startup is poised to revive the industry.
A short film from Sixth Row Productions featuring single-speed world champion Brett Bellchambers competing in the 2013 WEMBO World Solo 24-hour mountain bike championships held at Mount Stromlo in Canberra, Australia. Bellchambers placed first in the single speed division and sixth overall, riding 253 miles in 24 hours.
Surf Dog Competition at Imperial Beach features canine boarders
Why carbs are not always (ever?) your friend
The true, tragic, and improbable love story between a handful of Navy scientists and the small cetaceans they believed held the keys to mastery of the oceans.
Contador becomes the second prerace favorite to exit
Or at least the nickel in iPads and other gadgets
Spartan Racing, Reebok, and NBC announce multiyear rights deal
Former Outside Senior Editor John Bradley reflects on the correlations between an editor’s life and that of a cyclist and bike mechanic’s. John also talks about his time with Outside, and his new role covering entrepeneurs who tackle problems like education, poverty and energy around the world. …
Japanese zoo auctioning jeans "designed by dangerous animals"
Company seeks permission from FAA for test deliveries
Reese Witherspoon plays PCT hiker trying to find herself
Train? Nah, just falsify your qualifying times
Sam Grafton is not your typical kayaker. The 23-year-old balances working as an ER Tech, volunteering as a firefighter and paddling the biggest water around. After a devastating injury to his jaw last year, Sam worked hard to return to the site of his accident: Washington’s Tumwater Canyon. So far…
Three plane fuselages in a Montana river might seem like a problem, but there’s more to the accident than meets the eye.
Company to host gourmet 3D-printed meal with robot waiters
Yes, 41 percent of athletes follow the diet (but don't need to)