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Some of the coolest stuff I didn't post this week. Adventure Four confirmed dead in two days on Everest. A detailed story from the mountain. Outside The most mega-infectious stoke you'll find online today. A…
Juggling a busy schedule, I try to make my exercise time as well-rounded and efficient as possible. To maximize my workout, is it better to run or lift first?
Our quadrennial celebration of idealized human form and physiology discomforts at least one rehabilitation physician like a tight pair of slacks. Do the Olympics end up ranking people, or their bodies?
Amid serious concerns about the possibility of another deadly traffic jam on Everest, like the one that killed four people last weekend, between 80 and 150 climbers headed for the summit this morning.
Sylvester Ayek survives by subsistence hunting and by turning his take into art. The Inupiat elder carves the ivory from walruses into jewelry and sculptures. In The Bone Carver, the Nome, Alaska, resident shares how he learned to hunt…
Early morning burn at the Jemez Mountains Trail Run. Photo: Mark Schraad I was going to write this post last week, but I was too busy eating my weight in chocolate chip cookies and lentil salad to get ready for the…
Chris Sharma. Photo: Mary Catherine O’Connor As we’ve reported before, California’s state parks are in the midst of a crisis that could result in many of them closing on July 1. While the initial list contained 70 parks, many of these have received at…
As astronauts spend more and more time in space, their bodies degenerate. Gravity doesn't exist as it does on earth, and so there isn't the same amount of resistance from weights. During space flight, astronauts experience a force of gravity one-millionth as strong as we experience on earth. In such…
Find out how your state ranks using this interactive graphic In case you haven't noticed, May is National Bike Month, and with it comes a slew of annual bike lists. Here's a…
I want to escape to a cabin in the woods. I'm looking for someplace that's really isolated, but close to lots of recreation and a small town where I can grab a decent bite to eat. What do you recommend?
And is it likely that another deadly traffic jam will form this weekend? Grayson Schaffer, who has living been at Base Camp for the past month, has the answers.
Electric bikes are for wussies, right? They're alright for commuting but they're not for sport. That might have been true in the past, but if Audi's Wörthersee e-bike and the Parlee-Toyota Prius X concept bike are any indication, things are changing. Audi introduced the Wörthersee e-bike just…
Everyone loves Smartwool. The company wormed its way into our hearts straight through the soles of our feet with its merino socks. It took over both our closets and our dresser drawers with socks, underwear, long underwear, hiking apparel and even wool-insulated jackets. Now, the company is…
Everest. Photo: Shutterstock Update: Italian climber Luigi Rampini, 69, was rescued around 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday when a group of five found him in stable condition with some signs of frostbite on his nose and fingers.
Falcon 9 lauch. Photo: SpaceX Yesterday, the same man that sent a rocket into space also had his company announce the release date for one of the most efficient electric cars on the market. Elon Musk, the 224th richest…
https://video.sky.com/embed/external/16234036 Gary Connery became the first man to jump out of a helicopter in a wingsuit and land safely without the aid of a parachute. The 42-year-old jumped from an elevation of 2,400 feet and flew in the air for 50 seconds at a…
ext_script = "//player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=s3bjAwMzoJJqy801gKr9kYvWlnMgKbEI&deepLinkEmbedCode=s3bjAwMzoJJqy801gKr9kYvWlnMgKbEI&height=371&width=639&video_pcode=1jZG06vQqWlGOe2jr1WK6VaYFHtK" Even if you don't follow climbing, you may have heard of Ashima Shiraishi, the 11-year-old boulderer who graced the front page of the New York Times' sports section earlier this month. In March, the New Yorker became just the…
Shot from an adjacent peak, the tiny lights moving toward the peak of Everest are the headlamps of climbers beginning their summit bid late in the evening on May 18th.
When you're 29 and single and live alone in a house with your dog, you surf Twitter, hoping to find someone worth talking to. Maybe even hoping to find a boyfriend or girlfriend. You know this. You do it—or your brothers and sisters do it, your friends from…
There are a lot of claims about merino, particularly around its anti-stink properties. Companies like Icebreaker are constantly claiming that you can wear their woolies day after day and they won't smell. A few weeks ago, because it was a rainy week…
Photo: thebezz/Shutterstock. Last week, the League of American Bicyclists updated its list of the most bike-friendly communities in the United States and Walk Score, an organization that rates rental properties based on the walkability of the surrounding…
A solid value from the Swiss manufacturer that presages good things to come The European market has been slow to adopt the 29er trend. Just last summer, on a mountain bike press launch in Austria, after all 30 journalists (85 percent of…
High on the trail in the Acadia backcountry. Photo: Kurdistan/Shutterstock By Michael Lanza Day Hiking Acadia National Park, MaineAges: All (depending on hike) Acadia seems designed for hiking with kids: Numerous trails deliver constant views many of the best hikes are…
Immediately off a new national distribution agreement with Comcast XFinity TV, America’s active lifestyle leader, Outside Television has entered into a new partnership with the Volvo Ocean Race to provide America’s TV audience high-definition action coverage of all 10 in-port legs of the worldwide event, beginning in…
Walltopia will team up with Chris Sharma to design a gym. Above is a previous gym design with a 360-degree tour. Those that have dreams of climbing like Chris Sharma have two new…
Over parts of the last decade, cell-phone tower climbers were 10 times more likely to die on the job than construction workers. As cell-phone carriers struggled to keep up with new technologies, fix their towers to work properly after company mergers, and make sure their networks could handle…
Watch as nearly 300 climbers attempt to summit the world’s tallest mountain. And read Grayson Schaffer’s shocking report of the four deaths on Everest over a single weekend.
We’ve scoured the gear archives and the history of sport across continents and eras to compile our first attempt at an authoritative list of the 100 most important outdoor inventions ever
Disaster strikes world's highest peak with only human error to blame
Watch Camp4Collective's award-winning documentary film about a 2008 attempt to climb the Shark's Fin that nearly killed Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk
I'm looking to maximize my triathlon training days. Could you recommend a few places?
Click on the image for a larger graphic. In what may be no surprise to anyone, the ecological footprint of humans on earth has continued to increase over the last half century. As the population has increased, so has the amount of land and resources needed…
Ueli Steck and his climbing partner, Tenzing Sherpa, notched some of the first Everest summits of the season. The speed climber topped out on May 18 without supplemental oxygen. Last year, Steck…
High-speed descent of Glendora. It seemed like such a good idea: Ride along in a Team SpiderTech chase car on the queen stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Day seven’s finale to the 6,500-foot parking lot on Mt. Baldy always…
British Council Film recently posted the following 17-minute video on how a 1945 Raleigh bike was made. It's a pretty detailed period piece on the step-by-step assembly of a steel stag, complete with corny transition scenes.
Prayer flags near Everest. Photo: Daniel Prudek/Shutterstock At least four climbers are dead after a weekend of summit attempts on Mount Everest. German Eberhard Schaaf, 61, died from apparent altitude sickness Sunday at around 28,700 feet on the…
The independent programmer dedicated to the nation’s more than 140 million active outside enthusiasts to be available on Xfinity TV’s Sports Entertainment Package. Independently owned Outside Television will begin to launch on Comcast’s Xfinity TV systems across the country starting in June 2012. The Outside Television channel, born of the…
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold grabbed the first major achievement of Yosemite's spring climbing season this weekend when they made the first free ascent of the Triple Crown, a linkup that combines three of Yosemite's biggest walls, in a single day. In 21 hours…
The climbers call it quits after making one more attempt to reach the West Shoulder
A book about cycling and bike culture presents findings from a study about the social behaviors of cyclists in an entertaining way
A new study says that Ibuprofen can help prevent mountain climbers from getting altitude sickness
The Environmental Protection Agency just released its long-awaited study of the potential effects of the proposed—and highly controversial—Pebble Mine on Alaska's watershed and famed salmon, but the conclusions, tepid as they are, probably won't please either side
Why a Bay Area gym has become a destination for the world’s top athletes
Over the last five years, alpinist Chad Kellogg has lost nearly everything and everyone—wife, brother, climbing partners—close to him. In the next few days, when he plans to make his second attempt to break the speed record on Mount Everest, he'll be carrying an understandably heavy load.
Outside reviews the best barbecuing gear of June 2012, including the Primo Oval Junior.
Chia seeds pack a surprising amount of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and protein
I've read about CrossFit adherents who have run marathons using just the exercise program's strength and conditioning regimen. Can I really train for a race using CrossFit alone?
Last fall, Gear Shed tester Andrew Forsthoefel set off on a momentous, sure-to-be-life-changing megatrip. He loaded up his backpack, laced his shoes, and walked out his back door in Chadd’s Ford, Pennslyvania, bound for the West Coast on foot. He’s not in it just to prove that he is…
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A quick round-up of the week's best links. Adventure A profile of 11-year-old climbing prodigy Ashima Shiraishi. Who says it gets too cold in Colorado for winter bouldering? Not this guy. Start saving your pennies. A…
What are the things I should make sure not to do in the final weeks before a triathlon?