The team time trial is a tremendously difficult and technical event, and winning one takes a lot of horsepower, a good plan, and discipline. U.S. Postal Service wanted to win the Stage 4 team time trial of the Tour de France for a few reasons. Most importantly, they wanted to…

100 Miles From Nowhere premieres Sunday April 5, 2015, on Animal Planet. The show follows adventurer Matt Galland and his two best friends, Danny Bryson and Blake Josephson, as they get dropped into incredibly remote locations around the globe. Their mission: trek 100 miles in just three or four days by foot,…

Week of April 10-16, 1997 Exploring Grand Staircase-Escalante Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Hiking, biking, and paddling in Maine Learning to sail in the Caribbean Tips for climbing the Tetons in July Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Question: I…

Would dwarf the Panama Canal

Three-person team took nine years

“Frozen.” Photo: Mark Tipple, The Underwater Project There's a lot about Australian Mark Tipple's career as a photographer that appears backwards. Take, for example, his beginnings. The then 21-year-old had already been filming for years before he attached a lens to his first still camera and took his first…

The Jeep World Outside Festival visits the rain-soaked grounds of Winter Park

Or does it loathe that enraptured human touch? An earthy tale of fungal romance, fully consummated.

Week of June 4-10, 1998 America’s sweetest rides: a state-by-state guide Mixing pleasure with work: day hikes near Billings Fourth of July mountain biking on Puerto Rico Seeking a REAL adventure for the fall Fourth of July mountain biking on Puerto Rico Question: On…

Floating the Middle Fork Planning your trip You can do the river on your own, providing you get a permit. Only a certain number are issued each year. Better yet to go with an established outfitter. The river is not unchallenging at all in terms of rapids,…