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Outside magazine, April 1995 Essentials: The Pads to Pack By Douglas Gantenbein It’s not all in the name: sleeping pads do smooth over the rocks and twigs, but they also insulate you from the cold ground. A roundup of pads that elevate your body and your body…

Outside reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Columbia Sportswear Drainmaker water shoes.

I put six of the most popular models through a vigorous test that included lots of hardcore beer drinking and reclined lounging

Opponent says Lance paid him to throw race

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Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Wet as You Wanna Be Six great family rivers, from tame to tumultuous by Peter Shelton Inflatable Journeys The Fun File: What to do when the water’s calm By Lisa Twyman Bessone It’s Time for Whitewater Class By…

No one wants to be stuck in a yoga studio when the weather is nice. The solution? Take your practice to the trails.

In 2010, professional climber Majka Burhardt saw a photo of the 2,000-foot granite face of Mount Namuli. Fueled by curiosity, Burhardt led a team of biologists, conservationists, and rock climbers on a daring and unconventional expedition to Mozambique’s second highest mountain and one of the world’s most ­threatened habitats. Namuli is a…

Things have gotten crazy violent in the dark, dense forests of California’s Mendocino County, where pot growers from Mexico run elaborate plantations they’ll defend to the death. Damon Tabor saddles up with Sheriff Tom Allman, head of a helicopter-riding, rifle-toting paramilitary strike force determined to take back the woods.