There's a war going on in coastal Maine, where renegade crustacean gangs are forcing people to grope for their guns. ERIC HANSEN heads for the boiling waters of Matinicus Island—the site of a dockside shootout between feuding lobstermen last summer—to find out why the locals are going after each other tong and claw.

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Flatten your bike tire on a thorn and you can patch the inner tube or swap in a new one—no problem. Damage the tire itself (say, by tearing your sidewall on a sharp rock)—much bigger problem. Here's a quick field solution to keep you on the roll.

Off of Ring Road 1 on Iceland’s southern coast run a host of wild rivers fed by glacial water. That’s where Stanji Ben runs his fly fishing tour group, Iceland Angling Travel. With temperatures often dropping below freezing in an Icelandic spring, fly fisherman need to break ice off of…

Meet the Dorais brothers—a pair of ski mountaineers, ER docs, and family men whose toughest battle is being fought far away from the mountains

Whether you’re just getting into backpacking or want to upgrade your kit, you can't go wrong with this tiny cooking setup

Can I cut switchbacks? What about smoking on the trail? And what do I do with all those rocks?

As climbing moves toward its shot at the Olympics, the stakes are rising for the next generation of athletes. Will the temptation to get an edge be too much for some of them to handle?

From bull riding to catfish noodling, these stories prove that there's no right way to live a meaningful life outdoors

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