Rigs to put a smile on anyone’s face

New York chef Tyler Florence has a fresh backdrop now that he's moved to Mill Valley, California. The host of the Food Network's Tyler's Ultimate embraces his new coastal lifestyle with two cookbooks, the Kitchen Handbook and Dinner at My Place, both due out this fall. Here are five tips from Florence to keep you dining in the open air long into Ind

Photographer flown out by helicopter

Cory Richards, a North Face team athlete and member of the National Geographic Society, was flown by helicopter from Everest Base Camp to the nearby medical facility of Lukla, Nepal, after doctors feared a pulmonary embolism. The celebrated photographer—he was just recently awarded the Rowell Award from the American Alpine…

Including a fruitcake you won't hate

NOT LEAVING IT ALL ON THE PITCHContributing editor Eric Hansen has long been our go-to guy for offbeat stories, because he has a special knack for getting people to—how should we put it—open up. Not surprisingly, his piece about competing in the Quidditch World Cup (“Quoosiers,” June) had Harry Potterheads…

Award-winning director Michael Brown—of Serac Adventure Films and the Outside Adventure Film School—keeps sending advice down from the top of the world. If you’re an aspiring adventure filmmaker, you should pay attention. The latest installment, embedded above, offers advice on how to care for a camera when it’s cold and…

How do you identify and treat hypothermia? The Editors Santa Fe, New Mexico

Underwater thieves bypassed laser security

We all hate that guy—the one who shatters your outdoor serenity by watching iPad movies on the beach and texting from a chairlift. Well, Montana-based novelist and technophile WALTER KIRN is that guy, and he says you’re missing out.