A new wave of adventurers makes the case that the world has much left to offer

LAST FALL, 20-year-old human fly Chris Sharma clawed up the first 80 feet of limestone on Biographie Extensiona 70-move, 140-foot climbing route in Ceuse, south of Grenoble, France, that has yet to see its first full ascent and that is believed by many to be the hardest sport climb in…

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One climber broke his back. One wandered in a daze. One tried, and failed, to save a friend. They all left behind a moment and a place that would haunt a dead mountaineer's daughter for decades. A pilgrimage in search of a lost father.

The Outside 25 All-Stars

A cold mountain, a mismatched pair, and a meditation on the strange chemistry of partnership

If you want to get high, there's still a price to be paid for invading the towering ranges—despite some newfangled shortcuts

Using cutting-edge techniques, three young mavericks set out to tackle one of the hardest routes in the Himalayas

The 29er gives the flagging sport of sailing a facewash

The Making of Vie Ferrate

The peaks of the Italian Alps may look daunting, but climbing them is la dolce vita.

A partner drops out, one thing leads to another, and suddenly our hero finds that peer pressure has him fighting for his life

An avalanche in Tibet takes the life of Alex Lowe

Some of the most innovative boats ever built prepare for the fiercest race in sailing history

New School Skiing is teaching good old hotdogging some radical new tricks

On a sunny day in 1953, a tall young New Zealander named Edmund Hillary became the first human to stand atop the world's highest mountain—and, thereafter, a paragon of grace and bonhomie for explorers who would follow.

In an exclusive excerpt from the book by the men who led the quest to solve the mystery of George Mallory's disappearance, the authors for the first time reveal the evidence they uncovered—and offer their chilling re-creation of Mallory and Irvine's last hours.

Alaskan eccentric Trigger Twigg attempts the first winter ascent of the world's tallest face

The Great Reinhold Messner unmasks his latest conquest

They go to eastern Honduras, the wildest stretch of idyll that our hemisphere has to offer

Is the past doomed to be repeated?

After a lifetime of wanting, Jon Krakauer made it to the world's highest point. What he and the other survivors would discover in the months to come, however, is that it's even more difficult to get back down.