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I'm as addicted to my phone as anyone. Could three weeks in Madagascar without service provide some sort of lasting digital renewal?
When Daniel Duane was a kid, his father taught him how to climb in Yosemite. Two decades later, when his teenage daughter wanted a valley education of her own, he realized that the old beta no longer applied.
The story of how a confectionary mishap helped Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the world's most famous summit
Margaret Wheeler of the American Mountain Guides Association walks us through the steps it takes to clean an anchor.
While living on a portaledge—a suspended platform about the size of a double bed—you still need to perform basic bodily functions, including, yes, answering calls of nature. This is how it works.
And the very important lessons we can learn from them
Travel is one long introduction to the broadest of humanity. We aren’t perfect, but most members of our species are worth knowing. To meet those neighbors, follow these simple rules.
From hemp oil to ginger tea to earplugs, here’s what the climber and BASE jumper can’t live without
Six bold new products for summer 2018
The teenage phenom on reaching the summit and knowing when to give up
Hollywood screws up a lot of action-sports sequences, but rock climbing continues to make pivotal appearances in films both lousy and excellent. From Christopher Nolan epics to overlooked Disney films, here are our top 10 on-camera climbing scenes.
The focus-demanding sport could affect the brain more deeply than we know
After three days of climbing and bolting in this area, we headed home, convinced that rural Indonesia has the potential to become a dream destination for outdoor enthusiasts
Female athletes deserve the same respect for their athletic abilities as their male counterparts
Our writer visited the 10,000-square-foot facility in Ventura, California, home to thousands of products-cum-talismans, and came away with more than just an appreciation for the brand's gear heritage
He's not just the greatest climber on the planet—he may be the greatest person, period
Touchstone Climbing out of California is working on a new series called 'Behind The Set' which profiles their routesetters that make your climbs possible.
We caught up with the climber to talk about his most essential everyday gear
Anna Pfaff is a professional alpinist when conditions are right and a trauma nurse the rest of the time
A new documentary bears witness to the last days of a dangerous and respected tradition in remote Nepal
Climbers, cyclists, runners, and all kinds of other athletes—both men and women—are starting to speak out about disordered eating in their communities
From Outdoor Research and filmmaker Henna Taylor, The Honeymoon Is Over follows climber Madeline Sorkin as she becomes the first woman to send this 5.13c route.
Mammut has teamed up with climbing legends like Ron Kauk to explore some of bouldering's most classic lines. The first route they revisit is Midnight Lighting named after the late Jimmy Hendrix.
The renowned videographer and photographer opens up about filming Alex Honnold's epic free solo climb, how he analyzes risk, and what it's like to be a social media kingpin
From Carhartt Handmade Films, Fathers Talking Fatherhood features actor/climber/father/badass Jason Mamoa and a group of exceptional fathers as they reflect on what it means to be a dad.
Honnold is known for his minimalism, both in climbing and in life. But there are couple items he deems essential.
Make the most of summer with these 48-hour adventures, from surfing in Texas to tasting your way through Oregon’s wine country
Ascending Everest may be easier now that one of the most difficult features en route to the summit has crumbled, veteran mountaineers say.
How to prepare physically and mentally before tackling your first wall
Cory Richards and Adrian Ballinger summited the highest mountain in the world last month—Ballinger without supplemental oxygen. Here's how they trained their minds and bodies to accomplish one of mountaineering's most difficult feats.
Yelling at the right moment has been linked to boosts in power and pain tolerance
Sarah Laine gets to create rock climbing routes for a living, and she's one of few women who do it
From the shoes to the harness to the chalk, here are a few tested basics to get you on the rock
From rafting trips to big-wall climbs, here's how to do it just about anywhere outdoors
A 10,000-square-foot facility not far from the Hells Angels’ Ventura, California, headquarters—a former food canning operation, the address of which I am not to reveal—houses the Patagonia Archives, a project recently launched by the clothing company to chronicle its storied past.
We all know Alex is the greatest climber of our generation. I trust him with my life. I trust him a little less with his own.
After searching far and wide for a pinnacle project, he found a cave in southern Utah and bolted a route called Bone Tomahawk.
Advice from IFMGA mountain guide Angela Hawse, the sixth American woman to earn the certification
Outside's love guide is here and answering your most pressing questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Today, we discuss dating as a climber and how to handle breakups when there's a dog in the mix.
Rock climbers from around the world suffer under Patxi Usobiaga. But why?
How one of the world’s best mountaineers made a last-second decision that would take his life
The most expensive, complex, and risky recover mission in the mountain's history is about to get underway—and that's a mistake
Mountaineers and Nepalese officials can’t seem to agree about whether the Hillary Step—a forbidding obstacle on the final leg to the summit—still exists
Your guide to the United States of climbing. Plus, tips to stay injury-free and some inspiring words from the world’s best big-waller.
Here's the kit one of the country's most ambitious FKT chasers uses when he heads out into the backcountry
Irene Yee, better known as @ladylockoff on Instagram, explains how she shoots climbers of all types with an eye for authenticity
World Champion Boulderer Jule Wurm had a fantastic run within the competitive indoor climbing circuit, but with all the victories came the toll of constantly traveling and training.
The products the pros use to keep their hands and feet happy and healthy
What does it mean to have a body that's ready for a music festival? Nate Dern heads to the gym—and then Coachella—to find out.
The 44-year-old Nepali woman broke her own record on the world’s highest peak
A group of the country's top rock climbers traveled to Washington last week to remind Congress that public lands are valuable assets worth protecting. Here's what I had to say.
Gary Rall opened a rock gym 29 years ago. Then he helped invent indoor climbing.
Rock climbers are flocking to world-class walls in Catalonia. Here's why.
The man known affectionately as the 'Swiss Machine' lived life on the cutting edge. Here, we gather the remembrances of those who knew him best.
As a full-time science student at Depaul University in Chicago, Michaela Kiersch trains at First Ascent Climbing to prepare for her weekend road trips to Red River Gorge.
In 1978, a historic expedition put the first women—and first Americans, period—on the summit of Annapurna, the world’s tenth-highest peak. Despite their triumph, the deaths of two climbers stirred controversy. In an oral history weaving together the perspectives of key team members, Sherpa high-altitude staff, admirers, and critics, Katie Ives discovers that debate still lingers—as does the expedition’s power to inspire.
When Shelma Jun founded Flash Foxy, an all-female rock-climbing community, it was just to post pictures of her and her girlfriends climbing. Now, she's using it as a platform to change how women participate in the world outside.
Here's what we learned about the state of the outdoorswoman in 2017 and the still-prevalent gender gap in the outdoor world
After bursting onto the scene as a teenage gym rat, Beth Rodden became one of the most accomplished climbers of all time. Here, for the first time, she opens up about the price of perfectionism, the kidnapping that almost grounded her, finding love again after her marriage to big-wall prodigy Tommy Caldwell, and balancing motherhood and rock.
From filmmaker Eric Becker, A Higher Crawling is a film starring two titans of climbing. Shelby and Reyka are the rising stars of the under-6-month-old age bracket.
The star climber opens up about her kidnapping and finding love after a broken marriage
Six athletically inclined people—regular folks with regular jobs, just like you—divulge how much money they spend on their fitness routines
An injury forced me to begrudgingly acknowledge that sometimes the best thing you can do for your training is stop it altogether
Last weekend, the North Face’s Chile brand put on Latin America’s biggest—and loudest, and rad-est, and rowdiest—bouldering competition.
It's about time we had emojicons for climbers! For the past year, I’ve been working on creating one.
Our favorite hidden-gem outdoor blogs and websites
The craziest rock-climbing event in the world happens annually in the Ozarks of Arkansas, in a u-shaped canyon with enough routes for 24 straight hours of nonstop ascents. They call it Horseshoe Hell, but don't be fooled: for outdoor athletes who love physical challenges with some partying thrown in, it's heaven.
Watch to see what life is like during the world's wildest climbing event.
Athletes who love climbing outdoors aren't positioning themselves to perform well at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Here's why.
The climbing legend passed away on Tuesday, March 14. Here, we assembled reactions from those who knew, loved, and were inspired by him.
Myles Osborne was poised to summit Mount Everest when a flapping of fabric caught his eye. He thought it was a tent—then it spoke.
Hayes made history by becoming the first woman to climb a 15.5a—the 131-foot La Rambla line up El Pati wall in Siurana, Spain. These photos follow her journey from the bottom of the crag to the anchors.
We pulled records from January 2006 to September 2016 on where, how, and why park visitors are dying. Here’s what we found.
"How can you let her do that? It's so dangerous!" For years, my mom has fielded this question from other parents about my climbing. Here's what she thinks about raising an adventurous daughter in an unfamiliar sport.
You don't have to be a seasoned mountaineer to bag any of these peaks, especially if you hire the right guide
Everything you need to know to plan the ultimate bucket-list escape