• Riding A Bike To The South Pole

    [embedImage=https://www.theactivetimes.com/sites/default/files/u8555/eric_larsen_fat_bike_embed.jpg] Three Poles explorer Eric Larsen recently announced an attempt on his dream expedition, cycling from the coast of Antarctica at Hercules Inlet (80°S) to the Geographic...

    By ExplorersWeb November 5th, 2012 Read More
  • Best Ski Boots 2013

    No one really makes bad ski boots anymore. In fact, there are so many quality boots on the market it's hard to decide which boots are best...

    By Jeff Burke November 2nd, 2012 Read More
  • A National Park Takes Shape In Patagonia

    Down in Patagonia, along the Chile-Argentina border, a new national park is taking shape thanks to the efforts of Kristine and Doug Tomkins. The two industry legends—Kristine...

    By Megan Taylor Morrison October 31st, 2012 Read More
  • VIDEO: Paraglide Over Paradise

    Ever feel like escaping to a virtually uninhabited island where the plants and animals look like they sprang from Dr. Seuss' imagination? Picture turquoise surf pounding against...

    By Megan Taylor Morrison October 30th, 2012 Read More
  • Chasing Mavericks Is Out, And Reviews Are In

    [embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/VJajgML6nWM]Chasing Mavericks opened in theaters today, and the reviews have been coming as fast and furious as the waves. With big actors (Gerard Butler), perhaps bigger surfers...

    By Lisa Hoehn October 26th, 2012 Read More
  • Getting A Ski Pass The Hard Way

    With others to the left and right of me, we're on the job, stamping our feet backward down an icy slope of manmade snow recently sprayed into...

    By Nelson Harvey HCN October 26th, 2012 Read More
  • Southbound For Adventure

    Now that the fall Himalaya climbing season has wrapped, it's time to turn our attention southward. As I write this, teams of adventurers, explorers and researchers are...

    By Kraig Becker October 26th, 2012 Read More
  • 5 Breathtaking Mexican Cenotes To Visit

    Sinkholes inspire images of oversized pot holes swallowing cars, not beautiful locations and clean water. But that changed for me when I went to Mexico—and swam in...

    By Josephine Parr October 25th, 2012 Read More
  • Can Your Dog Paddle?

    Man's best friend can be a skipper extraordinaire, but canoeing or kayaking with your pet isn't as easy as a walk in the park. You need to...

    By Molly Raisch October 25th, 2012 Read More
  • The Importance Of Bad Sportsmanship

    It's been said that I like a good controversy. True. But I've seen so many half-truths, faulty reasonings and outright lies bandied back and forth since Julian...

    By Tetsuhiko Endo October 25th, 2012 Read More
  • "Father Of Modern Skiing" Dies At 100

    He won four world championships at the dawn of competitive skiing; helped found one of the world's largest ski schools (École du Ski Française); coached French, Canadian...

    By Peter Koch October 22nd, 2012 Read More
  • Great Hikes: Boiling Lake, Dominica

    Boiling Lake in Dominica is the second largest such lake in the world and well worth a trip to the tiny Caribbean island. This flooded fumarole (or...

    By Megan Taylor Morrison October 19th, 2012 Read More
  • SLIDESHOW: Hayden Kennedy's Climbs

    Hayden Kennedy, son of renowned mountaineer Michael Kennedy, is making a name for himself and blazing his own trails. [slideshow:569]As an ambitious climber in the new generation of...

    By Megan Taylor Morrison October 19th, 2012 Read More
  • VIDEO: Return To Meru

    [embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/qNvUNPDfDwc?rel=0]Four years ago, climber/photographer Jimmy Chin clung to the upper flanks of northern India's Meru Central (6,310m), his feet bloody with frostbite. "Maybe this just wasn't meant...

    By Peter Koch October 18th, 2012 Read More
  • Wild Things

    It began even before the kids were born, more than 20 years ago. Marypat finally got pregnant after years of miscarriages. We were halfway through winter in...

    By Alan Kesselheim HCN October 18th, 2012 Read More
  • Dispatch From The Edge: A Hairy Ride

    "I can't sleep. It's 3:15am and the car seat I am crumpled on what feels like a medieval torture device, and it's not because of my insomnia....

    By The Active Times Staff October 16th, 2012 Read More
  • Straight Shooter: Photo Tips From A Pro

    A decade ago, Keith Ladzinski had just recovered from a 35-foot climbing fall—one that left him with a broken neck, fractured organs and collapsed lungs—when he got...

    By Katherine Bagley October 16th, 2012 Read More
  • First Ascent On New Himalayan Route

    Four French climbers from the Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne claimed the first ascent of the 25,445-foot southwest face of Kamet in the Himalayas.Kamet is located in...

    By Megan Taylor Morrison October 15th, 2012 Read More
  • PHOTOS: An Expedition Gone Horribly Wrong

    Countless historical expeditions are remembered for their leaders—brave, charismatic characters, mostly male and often military officers at one point or another. Think, for instance, of...

    By Peter Koch October 15th, 2012 Read More