Outside MagazineOutdoors Why Climbing Is Such a Mental SportOutside MagazineSpeak to Me Softly, from filmmaker Henna Taylor and Outdoor Research, tracks climber Jenny Abegg on a challenging pitch on Utah’s Moonlight Buttress. The film is narrated with undertones of Abegg’s inner
Outside MagazineWyoming Wyoming Has the Best BackcountryOutside MagazineThe trapper John Colter is credited with the modern-day exploration of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. His travels inspired a band of filmmakers from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, including Sawyer Thomas Riis
Outside MagazineOutdoors After a Hard Diagnosis, One Athlete Learns to Soften UpOutside Magazine - Scott LindgrenThe worst part about paddling Uganda’s Murchison Falls section of the White Nile wasn’t the rapids, even though the 50 miles of Class V whitewater is bookended by a pair of unrunnable waterfalls. It wasn’t
Outside MagazineOutdoors A Tribute to Sliding on SnowOutside MagazineSalomon TV is known for dropping amazing video segments throughout the winter season to keep us stoked on the simple act of skiing. In this year’s trailer, skiers like Cody Townsend, Stan Rey, Mike Douglas,
Outside MagazineClimate How Athletes Are Using Their Power to Protect WinterOutside Magazine - Heather HansmanSki mountaineer Caroline Gleich says it felt like she’d run an ultramarathon. Her body was exhausted, her feet blistered and bruised. But she was far out of her home mountains, Utah’s Wasatch Range. Instead,
Outside MagazineOutdoors How to Use a Paper Map and a CompassOutside Magazine - Wes Siler When your electronics die and you find yourself turned around deep in the woods, you’ll want to know how to use an old-school paper map and a compass. In this video, Wes Siler shows you
Outside MagazineOutdoors Couples Who Ski Together Stay TogetherOutside MagazineCheaper than Couples Therapy, from filmmaker Katie Burrell, is a hilarious take on the marriage woes of pro skiers Elyse Saugstad and Cody Townsend. Deep snow in the Rocky Mountains surrounding the Mica
Outside MagazineSection Hiking Hikers: Beware of Falling TreesOutside Magazine - Taylor GeeIt’s the kind of freak accident that nobody thinks could happen to them. In late August, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office in Washington State received a broken cell-phone call. A tree had fallen and
Outside MagazineOutdoors The Right Way to Put Out Your CampfireOutside Magazine - Megan MichelsonHumans cause nearly 85 percent of wildland fires in the United States, according to the Forest Service. One of the culprits? Campfires that aren’t completely out. Letting your post-s’mores logs burn down
Outside MagazineOutdoors Quick Tips to Avoid Getting Lost OutsideOutside Magazine - Wes SilerThe best way to avoid getting lost in the wilderness is to tell somebody responsible where you’re going, when you’ll be back, and what they should do if you’re not back by then. It’s hard to get lost the
Outside MagazineOutdoors The Appalachian Trail's (Only) Official River GuideOutside Magazine - Kathryn MilesIt’s just past 8 A.M. in Caratunk, a tiny town in western Maine. Already half a dozen thru-hikers have lined up on the west bank of the Kennebec River. Three hundred feet across, on the opposing bank,
Outside MagazineOutdoors Zwift Is Vying for the Olympics—and Just Might Make ItOutside Magazine - Joe LindseyLast year, Eric Min, CEO and cofounder of the online, multiplayer bike-racing platform Zwift, laid out a bold goal for his creation: “I want this to be a fully-fledged Olympic sport,” he said, citing 2024
Outside MagazineOutdoors How to Find Your Climate CandidatesOutside Magazine - Philip KieferSo you, along with hundreds of thousands of other Americans and millions across the world, marched in a climate strike last month. Now what? While there’s evidence that the protests have swayed public
Outside MagazineSkiing Better Skiing Starts with Your FeetOutside Magazine - Lawrence J. BurkeSitting behind my desk at Outside headquarters in Santa Fe, there is a view of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains and our local resort, Ski Santa Fe. One morning last winter, while I was contemplating the
Outside MagazineOutdoors A Preview of Reel Rock 14Outside MagazineThis year’s Reel Rock tour features the high-wall bouldering of Nina Williams, the wacky dirtbag culture of Joe’s Valley, Utah, and Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell blazing up the nose of El Capitan for
Outside MagazineOutdoors Who Owns the Wild: Grizzlies or Humans?Outside Magazine - Nick MottSomer Treat has run the trail where a grizzly bear killed her husband, Brad, nearly every day since his death in June 2016. Brad was mountain biking on a national-forest trail near Glacier National Park
Outside MagazineOutdoors Sarah Marquis Is Breaking Up Exploration's Boys ClubOutside Magazine - Bill DonahueThe map of southwest Tasmania is an unbroken expanse of forest green. There are no towns and no roads on this remote section of Australia’s largest island. There’s nothing save for a few sharply creased
Outside MagazineOutdoors What a Spearfishing Competition Looks LikeOutside Magazine This film, from Wiley Watson, follows spearfisherman G.R. Tarr as he competes in the St. Petersburg Open, an annual tournament in Florida that’s one of the largest in the world.
Outside MagazineOutdoors The Wrong Way to Fight Off a BearOutside MagazineThe odds of getting seriously injured by a bear in North America are slim. There are just a few dozen bear attacks on the continent every year, and only a handful of them put someone in the hospital. bear-human
Outside MagazineOutdoors Long-Term Review: La Sportiva Bushido IIOutside Magazine - Andrew SkurkaThe La Sportiva Bushido II ($130, 10.5 ounces) is designed as an all-mountain trail-running shoe. It may perform well in that application, but I bought a pair earlier this summer to use for hiking in Brooks
Outside MagazineOutdoors Move to Salt Lake City for Endless PowderOutside Magazine In the upcoming film Stone’s Throw, from DPS Cinematic and Sweetgrass Productions, skier Dash Longe samples some of Utah’s finest champagne powder.
Outside MagazineOutdoors Will 'Akuna' Robinson's Triple Crown Was Only the StartOutside Magazine - Kathryn MilesWhen Will “Akuna” Robinson reached the northern terminus of the Continental Divide Trail in Glacier National Park on Sunday, September 15, he wasn’t thinking about race and gender or PTSD or ceiling-shattering
Outside MagazineOutdoors I Was Flying to Montana to Bury My SonOutside Magazine - Mark SundeenWe lifted off from Albuquerque, New Mexico, on a warm spring morning, rising out of the concrete grid, over the brown river flanked by cottonwoods leafing out in green, then north above a range of barren
Outside MagazineLake Okeechobee Bass-Fishing Florida's Lake OkeechobeeOutside MagazineIn episode four of the Das Boat YouTube series from MeatEater, Canadian angler April Vokey links up with Californian fisherman Oliver Ngy as they make a pilgrimage to central Florida to chase bass on Lake
Outside MagazineOutdoors We're Watching Two of Cycling's Greatest Young TalentsOutside Magazine - Joe LindseyThis weekend, 206 men and 174 women will line up in Yorkshire, England, for the UCI Road World Championships. Unless you’re a hardcore cycling fan, you probably aren’t going to watch. But you should, it
Outside MagazineOutdoors She Survived a Stabbing, then Climbed Mount KatahdinOutside Magazine - Grayson Haver CurrinWhen Kirby Morrill called her husband, Allen Beck, on the afternoon of May 11, 2019, to say she’d been stabbed nine times on the Appalachian Trail, she could not yet tell him what state she was in, let
Outside MagazineOutdoors An Ode to Women Who Shred on BikesOutside Magazine From the filmmaking collective Mad Trees, Trail’s Alive is an all-female mountain-bike production featuring riders Micayla Gatto, Casey Brown, and many others, showcasing their talent on two wheels.
