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Monserrat Matehuala comes from a neighborhood without trails or crags, but she’s carved out a career climbing in the high alpine.
Big-studio directors are venturing onto more extreme landscapes than ever to shoot successful films like 'Star Wars' and this month's 'Alpha.' It's location manager Robin Mounsey's job to keep them alive.
Investing in trails, rapids, and other adventure-sports assets transforms culture and cash flow
Sales of the limited-edition climbing shoes and street shoes go to a nonprofit co-founded by Kevin Jorgeson, to build climbing walls in urban communities
Adventure assets have made millions in these five towns
Less than three weeks after the latest attempt on Latok I ended in death and a dramatic rescue, a Slovenian-British trio has finally claimed one of the last great prizes in mountaineering
The world’s best-known climber describes his approach to scaling iconic rock faces without a rope
Baffin, from Arc’teryx, follows three climbers as the try a big wall free ascent of Great Sail Peak.
We asked a group of professional athletes about the oldest pieces of gear they still use every day
From Advil Liqui-Gels to essential footwear—these are our daily must-haves
Jimmy Chin talks about the nuanced components of his work and how he keeps all his photos safe.
12 totally legitimate excuses
This European gear giant is trying to disrupt the U.S. outdoor market with its $2.50 backpacks and $49 tents. But is the product any good?
Lucy Walker was the first woman to summit the Matterhorn and the Eiger—in a billowing dress—but she nearly vanished from history
Alexander Gukov's partner, Sergey Glazunov, fell to his death while rappelling from the 23,442-foot Latok I in Pakistan.
This excerpt shows alpinist Andy Kirkpatrick in one of the most grueling parts of expedition climbing, hauling gear.
Next month a community initiative will present guidelines for companies on how to define, talk about, and respond to inappropriate behavior
Twenty-three years have passed since the first voluntary climbing closure on Devils Tower during the month of June, yet hundreds of climbers still ignore the ban
The Polish mountaineer made history on July 22 when he descended the world's most dangerous mountain on skis
Pulling back the curtain on the industry’s biggest product launches
The first-of-its-kind approach shoe returns in spring 2019
The 33-year-old is next in line to be CEO of the company her great grandfather founded in 1928
After falling off a 100-foot cliff and surviving for 36 hours high on the mountain, Scottish climber Rick Allen was found alive.
The California Stonemaster and Five Ten founder changed the way we all climb
Save your climbing hands with these four salves
Most of mountaineering's teachers are white, but one group wants to change that through new hands-on workshops
The Nose Speed Ascent follows climbers Mayan Smith-Gobat and Libby Sauter as they set the women’s speed record on El Cap.
Frustrated by overly cautious restrictions at cliffs, some climbers are leading efforts to create flexible, evidence-based management
The 20-year-old faced three wildlife attacks within 36 months
Now that the mines have closed, the small towns of Emery County, Utah, are dreaming up an ambitious plan: A veritable outdoor playground with a new monument and more than half a million acres of designated wilderness. Can this scheme convince other towns to transition from extraction to recreation?
Building buff digits might take less time than you think, according to the Spanish scientist
Five testers brought 20 pairs of underwear around the world. Here are their favorites.
Digital tools to help you get into (and out of) the backcountry
The first of its kind, the Revo is a belay device with a true auto-locking mechanism.
The new app may be the most ambitious adventure tech to hit the market since sat phones
Tried-and-true adventures big and small, from sea to shining sea
The third annual International World Extreme Sports Medicine Congress confirmed our collective willingness to wreck ourselves in pursuit of stoke
The founder of the Women's Climbing Festival talks about the influence female athletes are having on a sport long dominated by men
He was the best alpinist of his generation, a quiet, unassuming Canadian known for bold ascents of some of the world’s most iconic peaks. At the age of 25, he traveled to Alaska to join climber Ryan Johnson for a first ascent outside Juneau. They never came back, and a frantic nine-day search left more questions than answers.
Moab-based climber Mason Earle yearns to find remote, pristine climbing routes.
Last week, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold set the speed record on the Nose. But even they're not sure it was a great idea.
The raccoon became stranded on a building in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this week and is now climbing the UBS Tower
Build strength, resilience, and flexibility with this gear
Summiting the world's tallest peak puts humans through some of the most extreme conditions on the planet
Over the past week, the duo has made repeated attempts to climb the Nose route on Yosemite's El Capitan in under two hours. They finally succeeded.
Days after Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell broke the speed record on the Nose, two experienced climbers died on El Cap. Has speed climbing gotten too deadly?
Or not climbing one, whatever you want to do
The new Climbing Grief Fund will offer long-overdue tools for dealing with the pain of death in a community that is uniquely affected by it
The climbers sent the historic route in 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds
Even if you’re not planning on climbing Denali, you can still learn some backcountry best practices from these mountaineering incidents
Because spending time together is more important than buying new gear
Lam Babu Sherpa disappeared on the descent after he was left behind by teammates
The pro climber and free soloist extraordinaire went to D.C. to tell politicians we want to preserve the wild places we grew up with—and not turn them into radioactive tailings ponds
Just because you didn’t land a private permit to float the Colorado doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy its 40 layers of mind-jarring beauty.
It was part of a marketing ploy for a new cryptocurrency
This detachable anchor system makes a bold yet unnerving promise to deliver full-length, single-rope rappels. Is it the holy grail for rappelling or an accident waiting to happen?
The athlete-activist is on a mission to get more people of color into the sport he loves
From music and film to mountain biking and yoga, here are our favorite jamborees celebrating the outdoors this season
It's called accidentology. Yes, that's a real word.
The Sherpa climber now holds the top-of-the-world record
She’s a single mom who works as a dishwasher at a Whole Foods in Connecticut. And she just reached the top of the world for the ninth time.
Dozens of climbers were forced to turn back just shy of the summit after their oxygen regulators failed suddenly
If you can't afford the $50 per month membership fee, this gym will let you in anyway
Pro climber Joe Kinder lost his job for harassing fellow pro Sasha DiGiulian on Instagram. Where do we go from here?
Ulyana Nadia Horodskyj is an ice scientist who's done research high on Everest—and after working with NASA, she's aiming even higher.
The Sherpa community rallied around Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas after their illegal ski descent of Lhotse
Matt Wells and Denny Hogan have been adventuring together for decades. As they push 70, they're not ready to give it up yet.
Six women talk about their experiences with harassment while recreating or working in the outdoor industry
Last week, the legendary speed climber broke bones in both legs when he fell and hit a ledge after a piece of protection popped 2,200 feet up the rock face
Summer is here in the desert so we rounded up our female editors' top picks for sunglasses
Jan Redford's 'End of the Rope' doesn't shy away from the author's climbing, relationship, and career pains—which makes it a refreshing new contribution to the canon