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This hilarious video from MeUndies聽tells the story of climber-turned-tree-house-builder聽Django Kroner. Kroner moved to聽Kentucky's Red River Gorge to pursue climbing, where he also began building tree houses.聽Yes, this is clearly聽branded content. But we're not getting paid to post it鈥攁nd we think Kroner and his tree…
North Coast 500: A Pure Highlands 国产吃瓜黑料聽is a short film from Calling Brands about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile聽loop聽around the whole north of Scotland. The route was designed by the North Highlands Initiative as a way to increase tourism for small businesses in…
Action-oriented alternatives to get you through the winter
We're big fans of all the films from the folks at聽More Than Just Parks, a filmmaking duo in the process of creating videos on all 59 of the U.S.'s National Parks. For their latest effort, the crew spent 15 days shooting more than 15,000 photos and videos…
A small team of mountain bikers went on an expedition to the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia. The stated goal was to summit the country鈥檚 highest peak, 14,928-foot Ras Deshan, and ride back down.
Capital is venturing out of Silicon Valley to the nation's coolest towns
The 21-year-old stumbled on photography just a few years ago through his mom鈥檚 1990鈥檚 DSLR. Since then, he鈥檚 developed a speciality in capturing simplistic, outdoor scenes around much of the American South.
It鈥檚 no secret what you鈥檙e getting into when you run across Cabin Porn on the bookshelf: unadulterated, glorious cabins.
Travel south and stay warm for a long walk on these worthy winter trails
Once a year, Johannesburg-based Wilderness Safaris organizes its Tour de Tuli, a 300-kilometer (186-mile), four-day MTB ride through the Tuli Block of southern Africa, connecting Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
Want to find the crowd-free surf of yesteryear? Drive from Los Angeles to Baja, load five days of gear onto a SUP, and haul ass through thick fog, screaming seagulls, and open ocean to the rocky, big-wave coast of Todos Santos.
Unlimited access for big-tired bikes
Not visiting the in-laws? Have an adventurous Turkey Day in one of these destinations.
North Face co-founder Doug Tompkins has an ambitious goal: to donate 12 national parks in Chile and Argentina
No matter how you like to ski or how long you can take off work, we've got the perfect trip in our guide to the best alpine escapes of the season
Park ranger Kelly Carroll turned the Great Basin into Nevada鈥檚 biggest show of stars
Even if you don't believe in campfire stories about ghosts and aliens, you can get your fill of fright with a haunted pre-trick-or-treat hike this Halloween.
Imagine a river with steep, big water rapids like the Stikine in British Columbia running through deep-walled canyons like the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It鈥檚 understandably hard to visualize, but these pictures of Kyrgyzstan鈥檚 Sary-Jaz River should help.
Presenting the best trips in one of the hemisphere's hottest travel regions.
Fulfill that childhood fantasy and book one of these high-end treehouses, from Costa Rica to Italy to San Francisco
Escape San Francisco to play in the booming East Bay
Well yeah, we're convinced.
Testing mountain bikes is always fun, but add an epic destination like Iceland into the mix and it reaches a whole new level. That's exactly what happened when Yeti Cycles sent photographers and filmmakers Joey Schusler and聽Craig Grant, and pro rider…
Berty Mandagie, a photographer from Seattle, WA, recently found himself on a trip to a place he'd wanted to visit since childhood: Machu Picchu. Along the way, he learned that often there's more to the trip of a lifetime than a just a dream destination. 聽…
Where to enjoy autumn's best views鈥攐n two feet or two wheels
Presenting blueprints for the best way to beat post-summer blues
Learning to ride the waves isn't easy. But pick the right spot and find a gifted enough teacher, and you'll find your flow state
More Than Just Parks'聽latest film,聽Redwood, comes after several weeks spent exploring Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California. The parks are home to the tallest trees in the world, which can reach staggering heights of over 360 feet. Combine the…
Pack your bags to go for a run in the woods.
Find a hardy vehicle and hit the (off-) road
Spring in South America means snow, whitewater, and adventure everywhere you look
These systems are worthy of your attention. Get your wheels spinning.
These dune towns have turned deserts into adventure oases
In burgs recognized for an abundance of adventure, these are the winning places that will set you up for everything
Two days in the city should be enough to convince you to make the move
Off-the-charts home values are turning countless adventure hubs into fiefdoms of the wealthy鈥攂ut they aren鈥檛 going down without a fight
A river- and mountain-loving town took home the top prize (again) in our 2015 contest.
Award-winning weed meets high-quality destination
The driving's so much easier when your Point B is a pint
Patagonia 8K, from Martin Heck at Timestorm Films, explores the beautiful and rough landscapes of Southern Chile and Argentina. The聽crew aimed to deliver the most realistic experience possible, and聽shot roughly 100,000 frames聽in 8K resolution on a medium format camera to create…
Filmmaker Matt Duddles shot this聽timelapse of star trails and the Milky Way over Mercey Hot Springs in聽California, in May of 2015. It's only two聽hours from the Bay Area, where light pollution would make this kind of timelapse photography impossible.
Fishing? Riding horses? Eating like a king? These destinations have it all.
Riding from Durango to Moab on a mountain bike isn't easy: you cover around 215-miles, climbing 3,500 feet a day, some of it probably during a lightning storm or through thick mud, with temperatures ranging from forty to 115 degrees and plenty of route-finding involved.
Two towns bonded over their Best Towns rivalry
Bushwhacking, pack rafts, and a historic float down one of the world's most beautiful wildernesses.
These places may not have won our Best Towns competition, but they're still pretty rad
Photographer Josh Hydeman has made it his mission to illuminate America's caves and spark interest in what lies beneath.
Pedal the world鈥檚 best dine-and-wine destinations, then sleep in style
Gone: The days of treadmills shoved into ugly hotel closets. Here: The hotel gym you wish you could take home.
Kitsbow stole pro mountain biker Jeff Kendall-Weed for three days in June to explore a few of Washington’s iconic mountain bike trails. The diversity and quality of riding should be evident from the imagery captured and the smile on Jeff’s face. It’s trails like…
From easy, flowy routes to steep singletrack, these are the trails that belong on your bucket list
Sleeping in the wilderness is great. Not so great: making camp and dealing with the inevitable missing stake. So we've got recommendations for tent-free wilderness digs on any budget.
Staring in April, we asked you to use a certain hashtag to nominate towns for the wild-card segment of our Best Towns 2015 contest. You did, and kept going鈥攁s of right now, there are over 7000 images with the hashtag #BestTowns2015. In no particular order, these are 50 of our favorites.
Use this interactive map to create a road trip through every burg from this year's contest
Even if these 12 towns didn鈥檛 make it to the Best Towns 2015 contest, they still stood out above the dozens of other wild-card entries.
You don't have to live in a mountain town to pursue a life of adventure. Presenting the life-changing strategies urban dwellers can adopt to play harder.
With two 1970鈥檚 VW camper vans filled with supplies and pro mountain bike riders, Camilla Rutherford set out for two weeks of shredding and shooting the world鈥檚 most beautiful playground.
The untouched sections of forest, orca whales, salmon runs, and curling waves inspired Jeremy Koreski's latest project, This is Nowhere, a collection of photographs in which he reminds us that beauty exists in places we can鈥檛 easily see or access, and that it鈥檚 worth saving.
The best part about camping out of your car? No experience is required.
Sarah Murphy and Stefaan duPont's amazing photos of how others take shelter in their respective landscapes.
Make your throwback Thursday dreams come true. Stay at an Airstream hotel.
Summer聽in Marquette, Michigan means nearly 16 hours of daylight on Lake Superior’s southern shoreline. That聽means there’s plenty of time to explore over 100 miles of carefully crafted mountain bike trails in the area.
The finest places to cast depend on your goals. Look no further than these great fly-fishing rivers.
The new school of hostels makes it easier to turn fly-through cities into sleepover destinations
The best part of a summer surf road trip? The real riding begins after you park the car.
Most adventure photographers have an enviable travel schedule, and San Francisco鈥揵ased Emily Polar is no exception.
Drive These 10 Open Roads Whether you have a day or a week, we’ve got the ten best stretches of highway to bolster your soul. Read more. Whether you have a day or a week, we've got the ten best stretches of highway to bolster your soul.
16 Simple Weekend Getaways No matter which metropolis you’re fleeing this summer, we’ve got you covered. Read more. No matter which metropolis you're fleeing this summer, we've got you covered. Read more. (Kiliii Fish/Aurora) A Trip for Every Weekend This Summer There are 14 weekends between Memorial…
Escape the Crowds Get a jump on the tour busses. Explore our favorite hidden corners, empty spaces, and wild places in ten iconic National Parks. Read more. Get a jump on the tour busses. Explore our favorite hidden corners, empty spaces, and wild places in ten iconic National…
Bushwhacking, pack rafts, and a historic float down one of the world's most beautiful wildernesses.
Why Road Trips Are the Greatest Things Ever The great American road trip is resurgent. Hallelujah. Read more. The great American road trip is resurgent. Hallelujah. Read more. (Ewan Burns) 8 国产吃瓜黑料 Vehicle Mistakes We tackled these easy-to-make newbie flubs so you don鈥檛 have to. Read…