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Robbi Mecus, a search and rescue expert and pillar of the LGBTQ+ climbing community, died in Denali National Park last week
A busy news week of people getting marooned around the world got us wondering: How bad can it be?
Singer-songwriter David Lindes found his way into running with help from the most unexpected teacher: a bull moose
A handful of daredevil motorcyclists are keeping an old-school carnival attraction going
A recent SAR communique reams out an incautious adventurer who climbed up the peak amid dangerous conditions and then called for emergency lifesaving
Why did a mother with no backcountry experience take her sister and 13-year-old son to live off the grid on a 10,000-foot mountain during a Colorado winter?
The deadly slide that ripped through the California resort on January 10 transformed skiers and snowboarders into rescuers. The disaster forced survivors and eyewitnesses to reconsider the risk of dying inbounds at a ski resort.
The abandoned vehicle where Chris McCandless died teaches us a lot about modern Alaska
The rusty coach where Chris McCandless spent his final days captured the imagination of people all over the world and inspired hundreds of seekers to make dangerous treks to reach it. Now a dedicated team of curators in Alaska have given it new life as a fascinating exhibit—one that tells the story not just of McCandless, but of modern Alaska.
At its best, flying isn’t miserable. Here are 24 ways travel could be more fun—including, but not limited to, letting me fly the plane.
Mountain lions are becoming more aggressive. Or maybe they aren’t?
Knowing how to keep warm could help save your life if things go wrong on a winter hike
Rich Moore and his dog Finney disappeared on a hike in Colorado in August. Ten weeks later, crews found the dog alive. Now, friends and family are trying to understand what happened.
An Australian cattleman is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a croc near Darwin
Honoring the life of someone who spent their days exploring wild places often means embracing the pursuits that brought them joy
Nothing says “for better or for worse” like forcing your wedding guests to trek 60 miles to a ceremony deep in the jungle
Late season snow damaged trails and delayed start to the season, pushing hikers into hotter summer conditions
The live footage from Katmai National Park usually shows grizzlies. But on September 5, a man appeared on the livestream and mouthed “help.”
Flooding at the festival brought out the best and worst in attendees. Here's an eyewitness account.
The author of ‘How to Prepare for Climate Change’ shares his takeaways from summer 2023
Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping, and your heart is racing. And that’s just the start of it.
Sometimes a quick brush with danger can feel almost transcendent
It was so hot that rescue helicopters couldn’t take off
The bear attack happened near Bearhole Lake Provincial Park in British Columbia, where most of that country’s grizzlies live
When treacherous weather rolled in during her dream trek in the Alps, the climate advocate knew that the only way forward was through
The story of the deadly avalanche in October 2022 on India’s Draupadi Ka Danda II
A 2022 lawsuit alleges Hof’s breathing exercises caused a 17-year-old girl to drown. The Dutch health guru seeks to dismiss the charge.
Based on the knowledge of expert contacts in the submersibles field, I felt certain almost immediately that OceanGate’s deep-sea vehicle had imploded. Why did the media spend so many days pushing the fantasy that there was still a chance?
Witnessing a friend’s dangerous fall prompted the author to reevaluate the way she talks about outdoor blunders
This bulletproof, bear-spraying, drone-launching trailer is all the proof you need
Among the world’s harrowing marine survival stories, the strangest might be a crew’s escape from one of the earliest submarines
Matthew Read, 19, spent two days stranded in the woods
Getting through a harrowing motorcycle adventure across Africa convinced the journalist that she can survive just about anything
Cohen Schaumann is recuperating in a hospital after suffering a brutal fall on April 21
Skier Francis Zuber narrates the dramatic video clip of his heroic rescue that generated thousands of views online
After finding himself in the middle of a disaster on Mount Everest, the mountaineer wanted to be the strongest version of himself
When a BASE jumper slammed into a red-rock tower and his parachute snagged on a ledge, there was only one way to save his life: go up and get him.
A 2022 boating fatality could be a harbinger of more frequent whitewater disasters on a dwindling Colorado River
After close calls in combat zones and on mountaineering expeditions, the journalist is taking a very different kind of journey
At a dark moment in his childhood, the actor found belonging when he buried himself beneath the snow
When her son was jailed for a crime he didn’t commit, the former legislator dealt with her pain in isolation. A powerful experience in nature spurred her to turn to her community for support.
When it comes to advocating for adaptive athletes, the climber and National Park Service employee will never hold back
After a frightening accident, the veteran journalist reset her approach to work and life. The result was a surge in creativity.
What’s the difference between overcoming hardship and succumbing to it? Grit.
Two hikers died and more than ten required rescue after heavy rains inundated Buckskin Gulch
After a grapefruit-size cancerous tumor nearly killed her, the physician committed to spending as much time as possible doing what she loves most
When the mountain guide was caught in an avalanche, he was sure it was the end. But deep inside himself he discovered the will to live.
When Scott Pirsig’s close friend Bob Sturtz suffered a stroke deep in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, Pirsig had no choice but to leave him in the wilderness and make a desperate sprint to get help
SAR crews in Oregon discovered the trapped motorist after he used his ingenuity to send an SOS signal
Executive producer Grant Kahler explains how the outdoor reality show went from a social experiment to survival of the meanest
The eight-episode series ‘Outlast’ pits survivalists against each other in a cruel game of psychological torture
He’s a big fan of survival shows, and I have a hunch he’s trying to recreate one on our trips
After the enormous earthquake in February, one group of Turkish mountaineers headed east, to help in any way they could
The ketchup conglomerate wants to celebrate the happy homecoming of Elvis Francois
Cold-weather athletes share their tales, advice, and trailside hacks about polar penis, a rarely-discussed—and yeah, really painful—ailment
The man plunged into a residential neighborhood in Oceanside, California, on Friday, and escaped with non-life-threatening injuries
The 2015 halfpipe world champion was buried by a slide while backcountry skiing near Tsugaike Mountain Resort
In 1976, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, the daughter of legendary alpinist Willi Unsoeld, died while climbing the massive Indian peak for which she was named. Decades later, friends, family, and surviving expedition members offer insights into what went wrong during this controversial adventure, shedding light on an enigmatic young woman who lived without limits.
A mother and her one-year-old son died after being mauled in the coastal town of Wales
For a community of hardy souls in Maine, there’s no better way to feel fully alive in winter than immersing yourself in the frigid Atlantic
Seacliff State Beach near Santa Cruz, California, felt the wrath of Mother Nature last week. These photos show the full extent of the damage.
From the whimsical to the epic, these are our favorite stories of the year
Cautionary tales from the official journal of the Wilderness Medical Society
Injured in the SoCal backcountry, a man got a break when two campers heard him screaming for help
British explorer Karen Darke wants to become the first paraplegic person to ride an adaptive cycle in Antarctica
As Ukraine prepares for months of frigid conflict with Russia, its troops might look to another nation that held its own against the Red Army in the cold: Finland.
Richard Carr was halfway across the Pacific, alone on a yacht, when he began sending frantic alerts that he was being kidnapped by pirates
The Covid-19 pandemic is a survival story—but instead of one human versus a wild animal or a snowy peak, it's all of us against one tiny virus.
We asked the Outside contributing editor how she got the idea for her much anticipated new book, ‘Small Game,’ and how she used her personal survival experience to make it come to life
In an excerpt from ‘Small Game,‘ her first novel, Outside contributing editor Blair Braverman introduces a cast of characters who will be dropped in a remote landscape for a survival competition. An ominous future awaits them.
Alone in the wilderness, facing a grizzly that was determined to kill him, Colin Dowler had only one option: fight for his life.
Need a backcountry overnight dwelling in a crisis? Survival skills instructor Jessie Krebs has you covered.
We binged ‘Human Playground,’ narrated by Idris Elba; ‘Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake’; and ‘Thai Cave Rescue,’ a dramatized account of the 2018 ordeal, to figure out which ones are worth your time
Northwest College teammates Brayden Lowry and Kendell Cummings suffered serious injuries after fighting off an aggressive bruin in Wyoming
Hiker Rebecca Clark says she ended up with a hole in her back and lots of stickers and thorns, but otherwise she is OK