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President Biden just restored the national monument’s boundaries. Now it’s time for deeper healing and restorative justice for the region’s Indigenous people.

A revered figure in modern climbing literature, Katie Ives is known for her intense work ethic and for encouraging writers who weren’t always invited to the club. In her first book, she explores how the physical and fantastical aspects of big peaks have, for centuries, inspired human dreams.

The two climbing greats teach important things about footwork, climbing holds, and how to avoid being a gumby

A series of extreme weather events stripped the lower 48’s most glaciated mountains of their snowpack, leaving guides in the lurch

An unnatural lack of fear, a high tolerance for suffering, and a healthy sense of humor. Just ask Cedar Wright.

A firsthand account of a free-solo accident in the Sierra Nevada

Being rusty now doesn’t mean you’ll be rusty forever

Travelers must get vaccinated before entering the region, but it’s unclear how officials will enforce the rule

The new movie from Sender Films and Red Bull Media House chronicles the life and death of alpinist Marc-André Leclerc

Stock up for fall adventures with these killer deals on gear we’ve tested in the field

When Drew Hulsey started climbing, he weighed 300 pounds and wondered if the ropes would hold. He found out that they would, and found a community that embraced him. Now he sets an example that inspires others to join him.

Narrator: The summit was not just ahead

A physical therapist explains why your wrists hurt, and how to rehabilitate and protect them

Despite difficult conditions, the women’s sport-climbing finals produced a predictable result

American Nathaniel Coleman took second, while perennial favorite Adam Ondra missed out on the podium altogether

A lot of the world’s top climbers won’t be in the Olympics. Here’s why.

Turns out, you don’t get as confident on the rock as Honnold is without broadening your repertoire of moves and expanding your comfort zone

“You always think you’ll save the ones you love when the moment comes. But he didn’t save her.”

At home with the successful young climbers and burgeoning social media stars

These are the best climbing movies on Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ right now

Her list of physical feats seems almost impossible. Win national sport-climbing competitions starting at the age of 13? Check. Summit Mount Everest? Check. Free-climb El Capitan in under 24 hours? That, too. But in order to cement her status as one of the world’s best climbers, there were more daunting obstacles to overcome.

This year, three new adventure sports will make their debut in Tokyo. Prepare yourself for the action with these books, documentaries, and more.

The Metolius anchor draw held up surprisingly well in our field testing

When, how, and what to tune in for running, cycling, sport climbing, surfing, and more

With climbing’s Olympic debut less than two weeks away, we compiled a short explanation of how the competition will unfold on the world stage

At the most recently declared national park, the adventure starts and ends with the 1,000-foot-deep New River Gorge. The 73,000-acre stretch of rugged canyon in West Virginia is home to Class IV+ whitewater rafting, some of the best rock climbing on the eastern seaboard, purpose-built singletrack, and more than 100 miles of hiking trails that capture this dramatic part of the country.

A bevy of mapping apps exist to track and plan trips for different outdoor activities. Here’s the best one for running, cycling, hiking, backpacking, climbing, and skiing.

It has all the comfort and features you’d expect from a high-end performance shell, but at an affordable price

On June 20, adaptive athletes Vasu Sojitra and Pete McAfee pulled off what is believed to be a historic first in ski mountaineering

We may be closer to answering lingering questions around concussions. Plus, we provide a rundown of the most common head injuries—and what you need to know about them.

Josh Ourada fell 200 feet while free-soloing in Yosemite this spring, and lived to talk about it

Claire Nelson’s memoir, ‘Things I Learned from Falling,’ describes how a spill from atop a 25-foot boulder in Joshua Tree National Park changed her life

Chickfly’s innovative zipperless fly makes for pee freedom

This season’s best new podcasts include a thoughtful true-crime show set in Malibu and a history of climbing hosted by Alex Honnold

Jordan Cannon found the courage to share his true self in an unlikely place: on the face of Yosemite’s El Capitan, with his hero

Save on hiking and camping equipment with Amazon’s biggest sale of the year

Looking to progress in your sport? From deepwater soloing in Majorca to mountain biking in New Zealand, these trips will take you to the next level.

Despite their differences, climbing’s most famous besties get along because they share the same convictions, support each other’s harebrained schemes, and, of course, engage in some good-natured smack talk

We asked movers and shakers in different corners of the outdoor world about what people can do to make certain spaces and sports more welcoming for all

Mason Earle was scaling iconic rock faces when he was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Now he faces his greatest test of endurance.

Hobbs Kessler is taking the running world by storm

It's time to stop judging people for how they recreate outside

Despite Base Camp’s status as a super-spreader location, guides actually might have been safer on Everest than they would have been back home

One editor’s thoughts on the Asian American illusion of belonging

How the climbing phenom works to equalize entry for young climbers

Mike Chambers and Jason Antin are an adventure power duo encouraging 9-5ers to make better use of their leisure time

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The latest deaths raised questions about the role of COVID, but analyses of nearly a century’s worth of climbing records suggest some consistent patterns

There are easy ways to prevent both, yet we carry on as if nothing is wrong

The coronavirus has put climbers and workers in even more danger than usual

Alan Arnette talks to Lukas Furtenbach about the COVID risk at Base Camp

The mountain saw its first fatalities of the season on Wednesday

From surfing the coast of Maine to exploring slot canyons in Utah, these adventures will make the whole family happy

The peak saw its first summits of the season last week, including several record-breaking climbs

The North Face’s new Explore Fund Council, led by Jimmy Chin and Lena Waithe, has big plans—and a big budget—to make the outdoors more inclusive

Get on track to flash your hardest routes

A new documentary provides an in-depth look at the global bouldering community

For two years, I logged nearly 70 snack varieties in a spreadsheet on my search for the perfect adventure snack

When Sanni McCandless started dating legendary climber Alex Honnold, she never expected that millions of people would soon be watching her relationship on screen

From Colorado’s second-largest state park to a midwestern tribal park, there are plenty of new wild spaces to plan to visit. Plus, �����ԹϺ��� staffers share what they think our 64th national park should be.

“For me, the climbing community was not a barrier to coming out. That community is what made it possible.”

The weather is perfect. You get to do everything on your list. No one gets food poisoning or giardia or blisters.

A climber posted on social media that the situation at Base Camp is “a total shitstorm. I had no idea what I was flying into.”

A tragedy forced Savannah Cummins to come to terms with the fact that doing what she loves means putting lives in danger

DIY tricks for outdoorsy moms and dads

The Explorer has been part of our Gear Guy’s spring ski-mountaineering kit for nine years

And here’s why

This 76,000-acre wonderland is less a park and more a sandstone sculpture garden of sunset-hued arches and domes that look like they were carved by some alien magic. Here’s how to outsmart the crowds.

‘The Third Pole,’ ‘See You Tomorrow,’ and ‘The Next Everest’ offer a compelling tour of the mountain’s recent history, from snowboard descents in the early 2000s to the deadly earthquake of 2015

The pandemic continues to complicate hopes for a normal season on the world’s highest mountain

In 2020, the coronavirus gave the tallest mountain on earth a rest. But climbers from all over are itching to go back.

A climber who installed routes over federally protected Native carvings has ignited a controversy online, death threats included

The best way to refuel after a perfect day of adventure? With your crew at one of these ideally located watering holes.

We can’t wait to try these innovative items

All too often, we tell ourselves that being scared is just part of an adventure. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Round out your training routine with exercises to help build explosive strength

It’s like biathlon, but for geeks

In a new documentary from director Caroline Treadway, athletes like Emily Harrington and Kai Lightner open up about their path to recovery

This season the Nepalese government says it will require climbers and guides to get permission from its Department of Tourism before disseminating images of others on the mountain. Enforcing it won’t be easy.

Three full-body movement progressions on the parallettes that you can do at home