Digging Delmarva
Winds are hammering out of the southeast, and no captains here in Crisfield, MD, want to fight the five-foot whitecaps churning Chesapeake Bay. It's normally an easy...
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Trip Report: A Thousand Miles Of Memorial Day
Being part of a website start-up is a speedball of contrasting adjectives: stressfull and exciting, frustrating and fun. It's also a lot of work, and after weeks...
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How To: The Hiker's Checklist
Sure, hiking seems like an activity that shouldn't require much instruction. Pick a trail, put one foot in front of the other, gaze at the sublime views,...
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The Bucket List: Snorkeling In Iceland
We stand around the Icelandic marsh in silence. The chill wind picks up, carrying the guides' words away—something about how to properly pull on the drysuit and...
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Everest Isn't A Climb. Discuss.
Mt. Everest, like anything "est"—highest, deadliest, costliest, etc.—is polarizing. And Everest season, which more or less officially ended yesterday with the retreat of speed climber Patricio Tisalema,...
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Report: Yellowstone Grizzlies Are Dangerous
Human-grizzly encounters are on the rise in Yellowstone, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The study, which compared Yellowstone to...
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How To Survive: Mini-Mart Meals
Chances are you've been hungry on a road trip and had to turn to a mini-mart for sustenance. Whether you were driving through parts unknown for a...
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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Swimmer
They call it Polar madness—the psychological mayhem that grips Arctic and Antarctic explorers after months of boredom, isolation and lack of stimulation. But you don't need to...
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Crowds (And Casualties) On Everest
The 2012 Everest season saw its first clear weather this weekend, prompting a virtual stampede as hundreds of climbers pushed up the primary routes to the summit....
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah
Mountaineer and author David Roberts spent six days this spring exploring his favorite place on earth—the red rock canyons and unrestored ruins of Cedar Mesa, Utah. Here,...
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 6)
This is day six of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.Ah, Moon House . . . ....
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 5)
This is day five of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.After leaving Mule Canyon on Day Four,...
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MountainFilm: Telluride's Global Perspective
Telluride, Colorado, over Memorial Day weekend is one of the nicer places to be on the planet. The old mining town at the end of the box...
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 4)
This is day four of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.How many men, women and children lived...
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Good News: Travel Is Not Dead
Paul Theroux has been to a lot of places, on a lot of adventures. A quick glance at his intimidatingly long CV—which includes writing 49 books, more...
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$10,000 For Your Crazy Idea
Choose your own adventure—literally—then write it up in 500 words or less, and submit it along with a photo and up-to-two-minute video at OutsideOnline.com. If your idea...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 3)
This is day three of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.A bit tired after our long, full...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 2)
This is day two of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.At the trailhead, Sheik's Canyon begins as...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 1)
This is day one of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.We hiked west on the rim of...
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What Alaska Taught Me About Skiing
Fourteen years is thirteen too many to go between visits to Alaska. I sensed that every year that passed during my long Alaska pause, but I knew it when...
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Flesh Eating Bacteria In The Water
For many, the scariest (or most exciting) part about zip lining is the heights—the dread of falling. But for Aimee Copeland, 24, the fall was just the...
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You Can Help Save Sasquatch
If there's one thing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has proven in the nearly 40 years since passage of the Endangered Species Act, it's that it...
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Islands In The Sun
Mushy romantic has never been my style, but I admit it: I felt rather goo-goo. There we were, our first night aboard Tui Tai, a 140-foot schooner packed...
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Hiking Italy's Wild Coast
A soft thread of wind purls along the cliff, and for a moment we are relieved. It's a sweltering day on Sardinia, the island 120 miles west...
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Walk A Welsh Coastline
Ever dreamed of hiking the entire coastline of a country? Well, if you hadn't before, now you will. On Saturday, May 5, the Wales Coast Path was...
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Fuel For The Fire Inside
Just like a car, your body needs fuel to keep it going. But not just any fuel will do, especially if you want to push your body...
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Everest Is Falling To Pieces
The sky is falling on Everest. Or, more accurately, rocks are falling because no snow will.In one of the driest seasons on record, rocks from the Lhotse...
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Fave Waves: AW's Mark Singleton
Mark Singleton is the executive director of American Whitewater, a national non-profit founded in 1954 with the mission to...
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If The Boot Fits: Find Your Perfect Hiking Boot
Dreaming of a blister-free hiking boot? Every foot is different, and it's easy enough to go through half a dozen pairs and a first aid kit's worth...
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Old Man River Mississippi Adventure, Episode 5
Now the group is traveling during a record-breaking season of rain and cold. The effects of endless precipitation brings the teams morale to an all-time low.
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