The Definitive Ranking of Livestream Wildlife Cams
It’s that time of year again. The Explore.org Katmai bear cam is back in action, providing a 24/7 livestream of unsuspecting brown bears in their natural habitat. The bear cam and the dozens of others...
View Article'Free to Run' Is the New Film That All Running Nerds Should See
The documentary Free to Run opens with running icon George Hirsch standing on a balcony overlooking Central Park, reminiscing about how, in the late 1960s, he could do a full loop around the park and...
View ArticleWhat ‘Buddymoon’ Gets Right and Wrong About Hikers
Backpackers can be a precious lot: religiously counting calories and every pound that goes into a pack; endeavoring to out-minimalize and leave-no-trace one another. We eat coconut oil mixed with tuna...
View ArticleYes, It’s Already Time to Get Stoked for Ski Films
Just as the arrival of cooler temperatures marks the transition from summer to fall, the annual release of ski movie trailers signals that it’s finally okay to start Instagramming about your dream...
View ArticleThe Legends of Women’s Snowboarding Unite—Finally
“Did I look skinny?” Canadian backcountry guide-in-training Robin Van Gyn says after straight-lining a run wearing nothing but an avalanche beacon. After a season with historically bad snowfall and...
View ArticleHow Violin Virtuoso Kishi Bashi Added Drama to 'The Fourth Phase'
In 2011, Travis Rice redefined the action sports genre with The Art of Flight. The film is generally regarded as one of the best action sports film of the decade. The Fourth Phase, out October 2, is...
View ArticleThe Lost Origins of Snowboarding
Old school barely begins to describe Petranboarding, which might be the world’s earliest form of snowboarding. The gear hasn’t changed much from the 18th century, when it originated in Petran, Turkey:...
View ArticleWhat Horror Films Teach Us About Staying Alive in the Wilderness
In the 1999 horror flick The Blair Witch Project, three college students hike deep into the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland, a bleak forest allegedly haunted by a witch. On the sixth morning, two of...
View ArticleWhy Is It So Hard to Get Answers About Deepwater Horizon?
It seemed inevitable that the deadly 2010 explosion of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform, which caused millions of gallons of oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, would...
View ArticleFact-Checking CBS's "The Great Indoors"
Last night, CBS debuted its new sitcom the Great Indoors, about Outdoor Limits, an outdoor-focused magazine making the transition from a print-dominated past to a digitally-driven future. (Sound...
View ArticleThe 15-Year-Old Girl Who Tames and Hunts with Eagles
Looking over his daughter’s first captured fox in the film The Eagle Huntress, Rys Nurgaiv says: "To be sure, this is no ordinary bird. This was a tough endeavor." Nurgaiv Aisholpan, a Kazakh teenager...
View ArticleThe Survival-at-Sea Story That Hollywood Couldn't Out-Dramatize
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis, at the tail end of World War II, was the worst at-sea disaster in U.S. naval history. Nearly 900 sailors died, an outcome that led to the unfair court-martial and,...
View ArticleThe 10 Videos You Loved Most in 2016
All year we scour the internet to find the best outdoor videos, and hey, we also make a lot of our own videos. For your viewing pleasure, here's a look back at the best of both in 2016—according to...
View Article4 Signs of the Future of Adventure Film
The most surprising things we’ve seen at adventure film festivals like 5Point and Telluride Mountainfilm this year weren’t just good movies. From feature films shot on iPhones to an expanded range of...
View ArticleReality TV at 29,000 Feet
Even in seasons immediately following disasters, climbers have flocked to Mt. Everest, undeterred. And on a mountain where it's been estimated that one person dies for every ten who summit, drama and...
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