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Meet Carl Cocchiarella, Colorado’s least-successful elk hunter. After four decades of near misses, he’s learned that killing an animal isn’t the best part of a hunt.

Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice. Should that change our understanding of the classic tale of survival?

Idaho’s rugged Sawtooth Valley is as remote as it gets, and it’s not a place where you’d want to have a problem

Todd Shoulders, 54, died in the South San Juan Wilderness, just ten miles away from where two other hunters were recently killed by lightning

Two hunters were killed by a lightning strike in Colorado, plus Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel skied from the summit of Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen. �����ԹϺ��� has you covered in this edition of our weekly news roundup.

The duo sustained non-life threatening injuries in the attack, and were able to drive themselves to a local hospital

“Extreme environmental physiologists” weigh in on what the human body really needs

After a weeklong search consisting of more than 50 search and rescue teams, both men were found deceased on September 18

A 29-year-old solo hiker suffered "significant but non-life-threatening" wounds in the attack, which occurred on the Turbid Lake Trail

Ultimately, responders said the incident was a preventable waste of time and resources

Big Bend does not see many visitors, but it has a high relative death rate.

Six questions to ask yourself before adventuring into the outdoors, according to the National Park Service.

After reading stories about wind, sand, and mud, our articles editor examines the media mystery that exists with Burning Man

Hikers in British Columbia and Montana successfully fended off attacking bears in two separate incidents using this compact deterrent.

In her latest essay, Woniya Thibeault explains how starvation and seclusion impact a participant’s psyche once the days turn into months

Season 12 of the outdoor survival show lasted just 34 days. We asked the executive producer how the speedy season will impact future seasons.

Officials in Italy used a combination of flying drones and AI software to locate the remains of a man who vanished in September

The survival reality show is quickly approaching its finale. Our articles editor assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the remaining contestants.

In the latest episode of ‘Alone’ Africa, a survivalist omits a crucial piece of gear and learns a tough lesson

My dad spent over two decades training tens of thousands of military warriors on how to survive. He shared his key takeaways with me.

The survival TV show forces participants to reckon with drama back home, writes articles editor Fred Dreier. For some, the weight becomes too much to bear.

A couple from Toronto went on a camping trip for a long weekend. When they didn't show up for work on Tuesday, their family and friends called the park office. By the time the search party found them, the couple had been missing for five days. Claire Cameron's new book explores what happened to them while grappling with her own cancer diagnosis.

Woniya Thibeault, winner of ‘Alone Frozen’ writes that a participant’s physical and mental characteristics provide signs of their overall strength on the survival show

A bison fell into the 160-degree Grand Prismatic Spring and died. An eyewitness tells us the ordeal was like seeing "the circle of life unfold.”

After seeing a dramatic uptick in search and rescue calls, an official in southern Washington is threatening to charge hikers who are deemed to be negligent

Articles editor Frederick Dreier recaps the second episode of ‘Alone’ Africa, which saw one contestant tap out after enjoying early success

Rescuers located Israeli-American hiker Samuel Vengrinovich near the city of Dharamshala in India’s Himalayan foothills

Our articles editor recaps the season 12 premiere, which featured a big-game kill, menacing monkeys, and, alas, a soiled pair of trousers

The outdoor survival show reached a turning point during its sixth season after a participant successfully hunted big game

Not all trail races are created equally: 22-year-old collegiate trail running champion Stuart Terrill learned the very hard way at the U.S. Mountain Running Championships last summer

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how the tragedy shaped Nepal—and his own life.

Ski photographer Txema Trull and his partner were buried beneath six feet of snow. Here is Trull's story in his own words.

A rescue story from Southern Utah has a happy ending—thanks to a discarded bag filled with survival gear

After a terrible crash, BASE jumper Alenka Mali spent hours dangling from a cliff. Here is her story in her own words.

The show pits 12 novice survivalists against each other in a test to win $250,000. But their families are also part of the game.

The themes addressed on shows like ‘Naked and Afraid,’ ‘Alone,’ and ‘Survivor’ are more relevant than ever

Our ethics columnist weighs in on the dilemma about when a predator has the right to act like a predator—and when it crosses the line

Matthew Bryce went surfing alone. Would he die alone, too?

For decades, field technicians have scoured the Mojave Desert monitoring threatened tortoises. Their searches sometimes uncovered human remains. Our writer untangles a mystery dug up by the turtle counters.

It was the trip of a lifetime. Several months paddling the Amazon, trying to eat without being eaten. It almost all went to plan.

I tagged along on a surreal trip to a conflict zone in Azerbaijan with a group of explorers known as the world’s Most Traveled People. No matter that the war there wasn’t over yet.

JJ Harrison is the only person at a rodeo who is supposed to get hit by the bulls

These are our top favorites for carving kindling—whether it's for a backcountry campfire or your wood stove back home.

The US military is responsible for the emission of more greenhouse gasses than any other single institution in the world. It is actively planning for the consequences of climate change, but is it doing anything to prevent it?

Claire Nelson was more than a mile off the trail when she fell 30 feet in Joshua Tree National Park

When Katie Arnold and her husband Steve were invited to run the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, it was a lifelong dream come true. But then disaster struck.

An Australian hiker recently spent seven hours trapped between boulders after attempting to recover her phone. The ordeal was reminiscent of two recent survival stories involving camping latrines.

Officials denied a private helicopter to help volunteers continue their search for 22-year-old Austin King, who vanished in mid-September in a remote corner of the park

This painstakingly-assembled kit is for anyone who likes to keep driving when the pavement ends

A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924. Experts say the mystery involving the duo remains.

Power generators and satellite internet are smart investments, but as climate change amplifies natural disasters, there’s nothing as important as your neighbors

Mountaineers Michelle Dvorak and Fay Manners take us inside their harrowing rescue on the side of Chaukhamba III in the Garhwal Himalayas

Americans are transfixed by the saga of Rayne Beau, the California house cat that went missing in the country’s oldest national park and reappeared in its home state

These five pieces got our gear columnist through a week of surviving off the bare minimum in the backcountry

I found season two of Netflix’s outdoor survival program, which airs September 4, a huge improvement over its debut

Five questions with Mike Odair, the showrunner for Netflix’s survival-reality program ‘Outlast,’ which airs its second season on September 4

More than 100 tourists were rescued from Supai Village over the weekend after a downpour transformed Havasu Creek into a raging torrent

As a brutal heat wave enveloped the country this summer, our writer packed up a cooler full of Gatorade and headed to the Mojave Desert

Two American women and two Sherpa guides perished while racing for a record. The tragedy illuminates how the recent rush to climb the world’s highest peaks is driving climbers onto dangerous mountains like never before.

Five questions with the veteran survivalist and ‘Alone’ champion about becoming a mom at age 47

If your family dog ran off on its first camping trip, how far would you go to get them back?

There’s another amazing story of a dog surviving in the outdoors. And the canine in question wants to share his tale. Woof!

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