Adventure
ArchiveTim DeChristopher has to wait just a little longer to learn his fate. Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that DeChristopher, the Salt Lake City-based activist who disrupted a federal oil and gas auction in December 2008 by bidding $1.8 million on parcels of land in eastern Utah, would be sentenced…
West Buttress Route on Denali After Everest, Denali was the climb I was most concerned about for the 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything. You see, it’s complicated. Dedicating my Everest summit to my mom and all the Alzheimer’s moms out there will…
Tour De France Preview: Doping scandals or no doping scandals, we still love the Tour. Here's why you should, too.
(Noa Ginella on his way to 1st place in the SUP cross.) Last week I went to the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado, to standup paddleboard in whitewater rapids. It’s hard to explain why whitewater SUPing is so…
Slopes at Squaw Valley and Mt. Bachelor to reopen July 2-4
Admit that you’re taking your 10-month-old baby rafting and most people will look at you like that’s the craziest idea they’ve ever heard. And between the water and the wilderness, it can seem majorly daunting to pull off a DIY river trip with young children in tow. But…
On August 18, 1992, Chrisopher McCandless died alone in a bus in the Alaskan backcountry. Before his stay in the bus that others now visit as a pilgrimage, he journeyed all over North America. This gallery features some of the photos and notes from his ramblings. To read more notes and view more photos from Christopher McCandless, go to christophermccandless.info.
Before heading up to Alaska, Christopher McCandless spent time exploring the Western U.S. The following video clip highlights some of that journey, with narration courtesy of Hal Holbrook. For more about Christopher McCandless, check out the Back to the Wild DVD.
The Australian pro surfer rides 20-foot waves and boards down mountains.
Billy Meyer of Ancient Pathways shows you how to start a friction fire.
Outside's Grayson Schaffer, Abe Streep, Justin Nyberg and Stayton Bonner join Roaring Fork local Kara Armano for a bit of fishing. Music by…
Journalist and Army veteran Brian Mockenhaupt talks with Outside Adventure Film School about his experience with the Soldiers to the Summit climb of Nepal’s 20,075-foot Lobuche, which he wrote about in Outside‘s April issue.
Bike Mechanic Frank Sotomayor dishes out rear derailleur tips.
The 26 year-old Hawaiian surfs frigid waves and then heli-boards.
Ron Walline of Ancient Pathways demonstrates how to make a fire with flint and steel.
Grayson Schaffer and Mike Stewart of Wildrose Kennels offer up another training tip. Outsidek9.com…
Shannon Galpin and Nick Heil mountain bike through the Panjshir Valley during a recent fundraising effort for Galpin's nonprofit Mountain2Mountain. Footage is from the new short Waking Lions, Read the Story…
A look back at how Kelly Slater surfed to his 10th ASP World Tour victory.
The Swede carves long lines around outcrops on South Island slopes.
Our panel runs down the challenges, including the unwaveringly white face of adventure media
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to build a survival shelter with a tarp, sticks, and rope.
Watch Kelly Slater's near perfect ride at the 2009/2010 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, filmed by Josie Boulding. jbouldingphoto.com…
Cold-water distance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh looks to set another record by making his way across a glacial lake. By Grayson Schaffer…
The Salt Lake City gap-jump honcho skies over outcrops…
Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
In 1999, Camille Seaman gave up her seat on a one-hour flight from Oakland to L.A. and scored a round trip ticket anywhere in the world. She chose Alaska. Once there, she decided to walk from a coastal town named Kotzebue across the ice…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shares some rules on eating in the backcountry.
Watch Ramon Navarro drop in at the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau in this video, shot by Josie Boulding. jbouldingphoto.com…
Outside research editor Ryan Krogh and a few of his friends test the best sleds of the season on questionable terrain.
After its dam is removed, kayaker Kyle Dickman and co. head down Trout Creek. The Epicocity Project…
The Austrian pro snowboarder carves up the backcountry.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, demonstrates three types of fire starters.
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to build a survival fire.
David de Rothschild takes you on a behind the scenes tour of his new boat.