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ArchiveAmerican cavers were first to descend the 1,200-foot deep Sotano De Las Golondrinas, better known as the Cave of Swallows, in 1966. It鈥檚 one of the world鈥檚 largest cave shafts in the world and one of Mexico鈥檚 13 natural wonders.
Belgian photographer Johan Lolos spent a full year in New Zealand, posting pictures of his adventures on his Instagram account, @lebackpacker, working for the Lake Wanaka tourism department, and establishing a life where he gets paid to post. Here are his top shots from his year in New Zealand.
Our mission was to climb up and bomb down Africa鈥檚 tallest mountain, unsupported. As far as we could determine, Rebecca Rusch and I would be the first people to do so since two British cousins, Nicholas and Richard Crane, earned the first ascent in 1985.
Love it or hate it, people are whipping around dirt courses on bikes with motors. Last weekend, the Sea Otter Classic, an annual event in Monterey, California, that celebrates the arrival of bike season, held the first-ever large-scale eMTB race.
Monterey, California鈥檚 annual Sea Otter Classic kicks off bike season and offers the first glimpse of next season鈥檚 hottest gear
Mention Switzerland to any skier and their reaction is nearly universal. Their eyes widen as thoughts of huge vertical, fluffy powder, and quaint villages filled with fellow snow seekers enjoying apr猫s fill their collective imaginations. When the opportunity presented itself to tag along with a few stellar skiers to the Swiss Alps, I eagerly jumped on the team. Skiers Sven Brunso, John Trousdale, George Koch, and I travelled via rail to Adelboden, Andermatt, Disentis, and Engelberg. Deep snow, stinky cheese, new friends, cold beer, big climbs, and massive descents were never more than a walk, tram, or train away. Photographer Liam Doran shares some highlights of their trip.
This month, Exposure celebrates the release of 'Sharks: Face-to-Face with the Ocean鈥檚 Endangered Predator,' a 334-page project by longtime 国产吃瓜黑料 contributor Michael Muller.
The town of Ny-脜lesund, the most northerly permanent civilian settlement in the world, also houses the largest laboratory for modern Arctic research in existence.
I traveled to Samoa in late March for a week of exploratory fly fishing with Australian professional angler Jonathan Jones. Both of us were hopeful about the fishery鈥攊t looked promising on maps, with wide, sweeping flats dropping off steeply past the reef edge to cuts that just look fishy.
Shooting at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan was a highlight of the project, Lowe says, because he had no idea anything like it existed in the national parks system.
Each of these diptychs pairs similar or contrasting images of both natural beauty and humans interacting with nature. I hope the combination says something greater than either image could say alone.
Photographer David Stubbs captured the action as workers harvested more than seven tons of raw Rambouillet wool at Helle Rambouillet Ranch's annual shearing
"Take your worst turbulence experience in an airliner and make it three to five times worse. I wondered if I鈥檇 stay in one piece."
Dogsled racing, or mushing, is one of the rare professional competitive sports that is truly co-ed.
Wolf pack takes down elk on highway overpass in Canada
Simon Beck spends a lot of his time with snowshoes strapped to his feet, clomping in circles through powder. It鈥檚 much more than a futile exercise鈥攊t鈥檚 art.
In early February, pro cyclist Tim Johnson became the first person to pedal to the top of New Hampshire鈥檚 6,288-foot high Mount Washington in the dead of winter.
The Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom is the country鈥檚 longest-running snowboard comp, having started in 1985 as a flowy ride through a naturally-formed halfpipe that snakes down the White Salmon side of the mountain. Today, the pioneering snowboarding event is also one of the last in which pros compete alongside amateurs.
Our nine favorite caps, for the hill, the trail, and the bar
国产吃瓜黑料 filmmakers Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk thought it would be a mellow working vacation: they鈥檇 capture footage of four young Brits as they traversed 250 miles of Iceland鈥檚 fissured terrain, starting in December.
These are the boards the world鈥檚 top surfers used at the annual Titans of Mavericks surf contest in Northern California
>Today, the White House created three new national monuments in the California desert, adding nearly 1.8 million acres to one of the largest and most pristine swaths of protected land in the Lower 48.
A big northwest swell lit the North Shore's Banzai Pipeline, providing spectacular makes and even more spectacular slams.
The Powder 8鈥檚, an old-school synchronized skiing competition, is making a comeback
Our best travel and adventure photography of the year.
The most recent El Ni帽o storm dumped more than three feet of fresh on Colorado. Avalanche danger skyrocketed, but if you stayed on lower-angle terrain, the skiing was all-time.
From notebooks to knives, watches to wipes, this is everything you need for your daily routine.
Like any other sport, skiing has its legends and current all-stars鈥攖hose people who set the bar when it comes to what鈥檚 possible on skis. We ran into several of these icons last week at the annual SnowSports Industries America tradeshow in Denver.
Last week, 260 racers lined up to compete in Crested Butte鈥檚 inaugural Fat Bike World Championships.
The shirt-jacket hybrids have never been more popular
国产吃瓜黑料 editors pick their favorite winter gear from this winter season
When the temperature drops, hardcore hockey players around the world leave behind climate-controlled rinks and return to the frozen ponds where the sport was born.
Pro climber Tommy Caldwell is living the dream with his family in Estes Park, Colorado
Jeremy Collins is something of a dirtbag Renaissance man. He鈥檚 put up bold first ascents in his home crag, northern Arkansas鈥 Sam鈥檚 Throne.
Our favorite adventures of land, sea, and air from 2015
Pro big-mountain extreme skier Lexi DuPont has a 500-square-foot geodesic dome鈥攃omplete with wooden shingles, a cow skull, and riverside hot springs.
We tested the Canadian company's new backcountry ski boot and avalanche airbag for a week in B.C. Here's what we learned.
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.
The North Face Endurance Challenge Championships in San Francisco, California, is quickly becoming one of the most most competitive races in the country.
Soft, broken-in fabrics are ideal for casual weekends in cool weather
Every skier has their list: the snowy places they鈥檇 like to go, the lines they plan on riding, the mountains they hope to climb. Well, here鈥檚 ours, and it鈥檚 chock full of some of life鈥檚 grandest adventures and simplest joys.
While most of us were waiting in airport security and Thanksgiving traffic, a couple hundred climbers were heading south to Indian Creek, Utah. The Creek, 40 miles south of Moab, is a crack-climbing mecca, chock-full of legendary routes for those willing to suffer.
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.
When George Rue started hiking parts of the Appalachian Trail six summers ago at age 18, he carried a sketchpad, intending to use it as both diary and camera.
This fall, world-renowned ultrarunners Mike Wolfe and Mike Foote partnered with photographer Steven Gnam to run across some of the highest, wildest mountain ranges in the Lower 48, with as little gear as they could get away with.
It鈥檚 no secret what you鈥檙e getting into when you run across Cabin Porn on the bookshelf: unadulterated, glorious cabins.
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.
Our editors played hooky for a day to take advantage of last week's 29-inch dump on Santa Fe, New Mexico
There鈥檚 no money on the line and no barrier to entry. But it鈥檚 been called the Super Bowl of Kayaking for good reason. The raucous audience packs the tight canyon walls of what locals call the bedrock coliseum to watch.
Earlier this year, Optum Pro Cycling teamed up with volunteers from healthcare company Optum, the San Francisco 49ers, and California-based non-profit Turning Wheels for Kids to build and distribute 50 bikes鈥攚ith helmets and locks鈥攖o students of the 49ers Academy.
Jonny Armstrong is a portrait photographer, but he鈥檚 never met any of his subjects. He sets hidden cameras that are triggered by motion sensors and captures candid, amazing portraits of wildlife.
Wildfires of unprecedented size have been burning through the lush forests of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia since August.
At 45, Franc is one of the few cliff divers in the world to enter the water headfirst.
鈥淧ut on the damn skis, and go like hell.鈥
By measuring the shifting, melting caverns, scientists and cavers have been able to document glacial melt from within
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.
Well yeah, we're convinced.
Angel Collinson, Kalen Thorien, and Bryan Fox shred harder than most鈥攂etween the three of them, they鈥檝e been featured in dozens of ski and snowboard films and magazine stories (including this one). But each of them have passions that run deeper than just dropping big lines. Angel lobbies Congress each fall on behalf of Protect Our Winters, Kalen is a Youth Ambassador for American Rivers; and Bryan is the founder of Drink Water, a company that encourages people to eschew energy drinks in favor of water. Last week we kicked the photo gallery off with Kalen. This week we add Angel to the mix.
Last Saturday, I lined up with 国产吃瓜黑料 online editor Scott Rosenfield and 369 other riders for Giro鈥檚 inaugural, a 60-mile race-ride hybrid in the mountains above the tiny logging town of Quincy, California (population 1,728).
Every National Park has something to say, unique lessons to impart, TKTKTK But of all our national treasures, perhaps none has taught us more鈥攁bout the land, about ourselves, and the importance of preserving wild places鈥攖han the Grand Canyon.
鈥淭here will be moments that you wish you never came,鈥 said Libecki.
The weekend-long event features a multi-heat dog surfing contest with prizes in four different weight-class divisions and even tandem heats with the dogs鈥 owners.
We asked photographer Jeff Clark, who travels around in his customized Sprinter, to document a few of the best rigs and personalities he came across while spending the summer on the California highways.
We鈥檝e spent the past few days handing out Gear of the Show awards at Interbike, the massive annual cycling industry convention in Las Vegas. From a cutting-edge road kit with built-in lights to a fat bike with a sidecar, here are our picks for the most exciting gear of next season.
In this collaboration between 国产吃瓜黑料 Television, 国产吃瓜黑料 Magazine, and the Jeep鈩 brand, three of the world鈥檚 most elite athletes鈥攌ayaker Steve Fisher, professional stuntman and wingsuit pilot Rex Pemberton, and waterman Kai Lenny鈥攑ush the boundaries of what鈥檚 possible on three separate adventures.
Nearly 30 years ago, Jimmy Nelson set it upon himself to document that last of the world's ancient tribes and peoples with his 50-year-old 4x5 film camera.
South America quickly became the focus of the ski world when a possible record breaking storm鈥攖hink nearly 20 feet of powder鈥攑opped up on the radar late this summer. Photographer Liam Doran was there.
105 miles and 30,000 feet of vert make this race one of, if not the hardest on earth.
In 2003, Messner began work on the Messner Mountain Museum (MMM) project, a series of six interdisciplinary spaces devoted to exploring the nature, history, and culture of the mountains they are embedded in and to those who love to climb them.
Michal Huniewicz is a UK software developer with a knack for photography and a penchant for visiting places most tourists wouldn鈥檛 touch. The Saharan country of Mauritania certainly qualifies as one such place.
Layer up with this kit to stay warm, and happy, on your ride into work.