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The 10-summit tour across the top of Wyoming鈥檚 Tetons is one of the most difficult鈥攁nd stunning鈥攃limbing trips in North America. Christopher Solomon has the scars to prove it.
From paddling to biking to hiking, here are the top spots from Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the 6 best running shoes of the season, including the Saucony Kinvara 3.
Black Diamond, maker of climbing gear, headlamps, skis, poles, packs, and more, announced today that it's adding adventure sports protective gear to its long list of exceptional offerings by acquiring POC. 鈥淧OC and Black Diamond were both founded as solutions-based companies, focused on providing unmatched personal protection for active outdoor…
The 国产吃瓜黑料 in Aspen participant spoke to us about measuring risk, environmental advocacy, and getting older
Summer is the season to embrace the sunlight, celebrate, and make a few hundred new friends
The latest trend in surfboard design is stout, full figures. All four of the boards we selected, from the short and fat Third World Exotic Surfboards Ghostbuster to the 5'11" Lost Bottom Feeder, are under seven feet long, maneuverable, and built with plenty of width and thickness to make catching waves easy.
Five Ten鈥檚 Guide Tennie Canvas is a few ounces lighter than the original but every bit as capable on talus and techy trails.
From GoPros to iPhones, cameras are everywhere. But that doesn鈥檛 mean the demise of 鈥渞eal鈥 cameras, as some have predicted. Instead, manufacturers have responded to the proliferation of do-everything smartphones by continuing to improve image quality while simultaneously piling on the best features that can dream up.
The performance gap between mid-tier and high-end optics is closing. Here are our favorite pairs of binocs to see you through any situation, including the Leupold Hawthorne 7x42, with its roof-prism design to cut size and weight, and the Bushnell Legend Ultra-HD, which are impressively bright and sharp鈥攅specially in low light.
Two truths: First, we need sunglasses for protection against malign solar wavelengths that cause eyestrain, burning, itching, headaches, and much worse. (And the corollary, that inadequate protection from inferior shades is worse than nothing at all.) Second, buy up for downright delicious visuals. But don鈥檛 panic too much over price.
Still fumbling around with wires and a prehistoric bike computer? It's time for a performance boost. Here are six ways to enhance your next ride, from the headlight-taillight combo Light & Motion Urban 500 to the data-collecting Garmin Edge 200 to the iBike Sports iDash Phone Booth, which you can buy as an all-in-one bike computer.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Summer's Buying Guide, including the Prana Piggyback yoga-mat strap.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Summer Buyer's Guide, including the 5.10 Coyote Canvas climbing shoes.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Summer Buyer's Guide, including the Cannondale Ryker bike helmet.
In the past 12 months, Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, Polartec, Gore-Tex, and Stoic have introduced new waterproof-breathable membranes. We won鈥檛 bore you with the wonky details of their lofty claims; all you need to know is that each is more breathable than many of the jackets we鈥檝e been raving about for years.
Eddie Bauer First Ascent Alchemist 40L This shape-shifter might just replace every pack you own. Lashed down, the Alchemist is compact enough for one-day summit bagging. Unzip the top wedge and unfurl the hideaway lid, and it morphs into an entirely different beast鈥攁 roomy 55-liter hauler with plenty of space…
Trail shoes still fall into two basic categories: (1) heavier-duty, backpacking-boot-inspired high-tops that can handle off-trail travel and have serious ankle support, and (2) lighter-weight low and mid cuts that are designed to be worn either on less technical terrain or when you鈥檙e shouldering a lighter pack.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Summer Buyer's Guide, including the Scott Contessa Spark RC.
Who says you can't eat, drink, and sleep in your car as well as you do at home? These products, from the three-gallon Nemo Helio portable shower to the low-profile, synthetically-insulated Montbell U.L. Therma-wrap to the 16-pound, 55-inch long REI Camp Table XL, are all about upping the comfort factor.
A Q&A with an 国产吃瓜黑料 in Aspen participant
A Q&A with an 国产吃瓜黑料 in Aspen participant
This past weekend, the final wave of climbers reached the top safely
The last wave of climbers this season reached the top, with no major mishaps reported
And is it likely that another deadly traffic jam will form this weekend? Grayson Schaffer, who has living been at Base Camp for the past month, has the answers.
Disaster strikes world's highest peak with only human error to blame
Over the last five years, alpinist Chad Kellogg has lost nearly everything and everyone鈥攚ife, brother, climbing partners鈥攃lose to him. In the next few days, when he plans to make his second attempt to break the speed record on Mount Everest, he'll be carrying an understandably heavy load.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best barbecuing gear of June 2012, including the Primo Oval Junior.
This is shaping up to be one of the deadliest seasons on record, with 10 deaths so far and too many helicopter evacuations to count. Here鈥檚 a sneak peak at the doctors on the front lines of the world's highest clinic.
The fact that Kobold's new Himalayan Edition watch is built with a few chunks of rock that, technically speaking, were removed illegally from Everest has caused a minor hubbub
The arrival of high-altitude helicopters on Mount 颅Everest and other Nepalese peaks has transformed search-and-颅rescue and saved lives. But the choppers have also 颅added to the chaos at the top of the world鈥攁nd introduced a deadly new brand of danger.
Make the most of the warmer months with these weekend itineraries
ERIK WEIHENMAYER made headlines when he reached the top of the world's tallest mountain in 2002, and we recently included that expedition on our list of the greatest moments on Everest. But he wanted to remind us that such successes are often impossible without support.
British mountaineer Kenton Cool attempts to fulfill a long-lost pledge to bring his countryman's 1924 Olympic medal in alpinism鈥攜es, alpinism鈥攖o the summit of Everest
A resort lights up. Photo: S. Borisov/Shutterstock The Golden Eagle Award is not, as it sounds, an accolade for Boy Scouts. It's an accolade for ski areas that give a hoot, so to speak, and are actively reducing their environmental impacts. The…
Stacey Peralta's latest documentary鈥攁nd three other new films鈥攑rove that blockbuster season can be smart
Watch Felt Soul Media's award-winning documentary about the fight to save Bristol Bay, Alaska鈥檚 salmon from an open-pit mine
Aydin Irmak knows his goal鈥攖o carry his beloved single speed to the summit鈥攊s highly improbable. Everyone at Base Camp has already told him as much. But the 46-year-old Turkish New Yorker refuses to call it quits.
The First Ascent team of Jake Norton, Brent Bishop, Charley Mace, and David Morton is through a patch of brittle ice and has fixed lines to within 1,200 feet of the West Shoulder.
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first American ascent of Everest, multiple teams are planning commemorative climbs. We鈥檒l be there reporting on them as they happen.
Your favorite trails鈥攆or biking, hiking, and running鈥攁ll turn to puddles and mud around the same time every year. The rain is coming down and, in some places, the winter thaw is just releasing its grip. Turn to these 10 spots, where excess water is never a problem, to get away.
With the 2012 climbing season underway, we look back at some of the most incredible moments to take place on the world's tallest mountain over the last 150 years
Behind the tragic accident that took Namgya Tshering Sherpa's life聽
With the 2012 climbing season underway, we look back at some of the most incredible moments to take place on the world's tallest mountain over the last 150 years
For the past five decades, 68-year-old Baltazar Ushca has made a living by harvesting glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador. His work is no longer needed, but he still gets up every morning to climb to 16,000 feet.
The Khumbu Icefall has already claimed one mountaineer this season, but the obstacle is no more dangerous than most years. Here's the one place that has Everest climbers on edge.
Professional snowboarder and Olympic athlete Seth Wescott shares his top five adventures for the off-season.
By the winter of 1854, the Advance crew had been trapped for almost two years, their ship frozen in ice just below the North Pole. Some had lost limbs to scurvy and frostbite; some had succumbed to Arctic hysteria; all of them were starving.
Eight of the biggest icons in the world 国产吃瓜黑料 offer their hard-earned tips
Multiple teams of climbers will attempt the West Ridge this May, following the route first climbed by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld in 1963. 国产吃瓜黑料 senior editor Grayson Schaffer is embedding with the team from Eddie Bauer to send back dispatches and photos. Here's a look at the route and the team.
Conceptual artist Fabian Knecht partners with American climbers Emily Harrington and Sam Elias to take his latest performance project to the top of Everest
Go local with Nepalese guide Jiban Ghimire's Sherpa Shangri La Treks & Expeditions
Meet the men and women on the knife's edge of exploration
The top of the world is getting more crowded鈥攍ast spring, 94 teams visited base camp, and 535 climbers reached the summit. Rescue operations are getting more sophisticated, too, with high-altitude helicopters and, starting this year, a team of Sherpa rangers. Here's a look at where things go wrong and the support systems in place when they do.
Each spring, the modest mountains that line Iceland鈥檚 Troll Peninsula host creamy corn snow, sunlight that lasts until 10 P.M., and steep, rarely skied chutes that take you right to the ocean鈥檚 edge
It鈥檚 鈥渢he perfect fourteener shoe,鈥 one Colorado-based tester proclaimed, which is perhaps the best compliment a running-hiking hybrid like the PeakFreak can receive.
Sweating your way to a rustic lodge isn鈥檛 just a wintertime activity
国产吃瓜黑料 picks the best mountain bikes of spring 2012, including the Salsa Horsethief.
Brooks Range, purveyor of fine snow safety gear, has introduced a BYO–build your own–program so that skiers, sled heads, and anyone else heading into avy country can be prepared with a tool that fits their preferences. You choose the shaft, edge, blade, handle, and color, and then…
A low price tag and a quality build make this among the best wetsuits for newbies.
Dallas Seavey [all photos courtesy of Loren Holmes; http://lorenholmes.com] Last week, 25-year-old Dallas Seavey became the youngest musher ever to win the Iditarod. A third generation musher鈥攈is father and grandfather (one of the race鈥檚 founders) are past Iditarod champions鈥擲eavey…
Watch movies about climbers Ueli Steck, Alex Honnold, and Dean Potter Thursday March 22, at 8 P.M. EST. Then join the athletes and Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen of Sender Films for an online discussion about risk.
聽 Little yurt in big woods photo: Katie Arnold My husband, Steve, and I have been living and skiing in northern New Mexico for 16 years. We鈥檝e had epic powder season, when we skied Taos nearly every weekend and drought seasons when we had to settle…
Watch how Teton Gravity Research’s camerament deal with extreme conditions during Jeremy Jones shoot in the Arctic.
Forget the drunk, stumbling, bleached-blonde, muscled hordes of Panama City. Take a trip to one of the country鈥檚 top spots for adventure and come back refreshed.
A new film from Carson Garner about the life work of ski patrollers around the Rocky Mountains.
Kelly Slater and an Australian 颅engineer are battling one another to create the world鈥檚 first shreddable artificial break
This past Wednesday, an avalanche in the Wyoming backcountry killed the creator of the popular backcountry skiing blog, TetonAT.com. A few days before he died, we spoke with Romeo about the growing popularity of backcountry and sidecountry skiing.
Nobody climbs faster than Swiss superman Ueli Steck, whose rapid ascents of classic routes are just as demanding as three-minute miles. Now Steck is taking his death-challenging act to the 颅Himalayas, which have a way of slowing even the best men down.
Skate time with the Telluride Snow Leopards The author's little rippers have fun on the track [Emily Shoff] In his spare time, Scholtes helps coach the Snow Leopards, a local Nordic ski group for school-age kids. The only drill…
From weekend escapes for beginners to weeklong expeditions for seasoned pros, the best destinations on the continent for taking flight
Discover what a passion for winter really means by schussing in the shadow of the Eiger, chowing down on five-star fondue in a slope-side farmhouse, or partying in Kitzb眉hel with the world's best skiers.
After a 13-day cruise to Antarctica to ski virgin powder with 22 of the world鈥檚 best guides, Kim Havell has some advice to share