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Alex Honnold
For Outside's 40th Anniversary, We're Featuring People Who Changed Our World. This Month, We Look at a Climber Who Makes or Palms Sweat.
The God Dimension
Athletes Are Turning to Meditation and Mindfulness for a Performance Boost. But Neuroscience Shows That It’s the True Believers Who Are Finding That Higher Gear Through Prayer.
Did Airbnb Kill The Mountain Town?
Living the dream has never been easy in the West’s most beloved adventure hamlets, where homes are a fortune and good jobs are few. But the rise of online short-term rentals may be the tipping point that causes idyllic outposts like Crested Butte, Colorado, to lose their middle class altogether—and, with it, their soul.
Into The Wyld
The women at Wylder Goods had a big dream: to create the world’s first outdoor-gear retailer for women, bust into an industry overrun by bros, and save the planet. All in four not-so-easy steps.
Exit Stage Left
During her four-year tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, a former oil-industry engineer and CEO of REI, has helped designate 18 new national monuments, increase youth engagement in the national parks, and limit access for energy exploration. As a Trump administration with very different views on conservation prepares to take the reins in Washington, Christopher Keyes sat down with the secretary to discuss her legacy—and the uncertain future of America’s public lands.
Feel The Noise
Most of Us Hit the Outdoors Seeking Calm and Quiet, but Chuck Thompson Prefers to Blast a Little 38 Special by His Campfires. Still, Even a Rustic Headbanger Like Him Has to Wonder if the Coming Age of Total Backwoods Connectivity Is Good for Bees, Beasts, and Man.
Leader Of The Pack
CAN WOLVES AND HUMANS COEXIST IN YELLOWSTONE?
Lindsey Vonn
FOR OUTSIDE'S 40ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE FEATURING PEOPLE WHO CHANGED OUR WORLD. THIS MONTH, A SKIER WHO JUST CANT BE KEPT OF THE PODIUM.
Single-Track Minds
HOW A COUPLE OF HEIRS TO AN AMERICAN RETAIL DYNASTY ARE PUTTING BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ON THE FAT-TIRE MAP
Nowheresville
TWO NEW NONFICTION BOOKS BY STAR JOURNALISTS EXPLORE A CHANGING WAY OF LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA
Reduce, Reuse, Resell
WHY OUTDOOR BRANDS WANT TO HAWK YOUR OLD EQUIPMENT ONLINE
Grain Bowls for Dummies
TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF FUELING AND FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE FORMULA
Dispatches News From The Field
Safety in numbers? How a park city, utah, tech start up is trying to make avalanche deaths a thing of the past.
Playmaker
How Thomas Meyerhoffer designs our favorite things
The Ultimate Life Hack
What if you could alter your DNA profile, erase your risk for cancer, or just brew glowing beer? That’s the dream of biohacker Josiah Zayner, and whether that makes you giddy or terrified, he’s determined to take genetic engineering to Ultithe masses.
Get Stranded
Why One Couple Couldn’t Keep a Secluded Caribbean Island to Themselves
Recipe For Disaster
Team Rubicon Began In 2010 With A Unique Dual Mission: Providing Disaster Relief And Giving Struggling American Veterans A Vital Sense Of Purpose. The Program Has A Reputation For Ignoring Best Practices And Obliterating Red Tape, And It Has Already Disrupted The Aid Industry. Now founder Jake Wood Wants To Take On The Red Cross.
A Different Feather
MEET THE NEW FLOCK OF SYNTHETIC FILL
Mr. Benitez Goes to Washington
While the nation freaks out over the presidential race, a climbing legend is quietly helping the outdoor industry become a powerful political force
Less Is More
You’re addicted to your phone. You’re loaded down by useless stuff. And you eat like a teenager. No wonder you can’t find the time to play outside, see the world, and get in shape. Fortunately, streamlining your life—and having more fun—is easy: just do less. Here’s how.
Kai Lenny Walks On Water
Or So It Seems. The 24-year-old From Hawaii Is a Multiple-time World Champion of Stand-up Paddling, a Dominant Wind- and Kitesurfer, and One of the Most Fearless Big-wave Riders on the Planet. His Combination of Talents Would Seem Impossible if He Didn’t Make It All Look So Easy. Susan Casey Drops in on the Aquatic Savant to Find Out How He Plans to Get Even Better.
Let's Fix This For Good
THE HORRIFIC SCANDAL IN U.S. GYMNASTICS IS PART OF A LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN AMATEUR SPORTS—ESPECIALLY SWIMMING. THE TIME FOR LASTING CHANGE IS NOW
Racing Thoughts
IN TWO NEW BOOKS, A RECORD-HOLDING MARATHONER AND A JOURNALIST EXPLORE HOW YOUR MINDSET CAN IMPROVE YOUR RUNNING AND YOUR RUNNING CAN IMPROVE YOUR MIND
Over Exposed
When alpinist and photographer Cory Richards dug himself out of an avalanche in 2011, he emerged alive but scarred—an ascendant star in a community that tends to shun the very idea that trauma can have lasting effects. As his profile climbed ever higher, his career and personal life imploded. Six years later, one of the world’s best artist-adventurers comes clean about the panic attacks, PTSD, and alcohol abuse that nearly killed him.
Charging Cross-Country
Electric Cars Are the Future for Commuters,but Can They Go the Extra Mile on a Road Trip?
Water Works
The Best Brewers Know: Good Beer Starts at the Source
Marianne Vos
For Outside's 40th anniversary, we're featuring II people who have changed our world. This month, the winning est female cyclist of all time.
24 Hours In San Diego
The past four decades have transformed this sunny city of 1.4 million from a lonely military hub into one of the world’s greatest coastal playgrounds. Beyond the 25 miles of beautiful beaches and killer surf, visitors can peruse an eclectic mix of colorful neighborhoods, hip eateries, and more than 114 craft breweries and brewpubs. Here’s how to make time for sand, sun, and the freshest fish tacos you’ve ever tasted.
Instant Karma
Upscale Meditation Studios Are Bringing Mindfulness to the Masses. Are They Also Diluting the Practice?
Waiting To Inhale
When his daughter developed a serious form of arthritis, LOGAN WARD watched her drop out of sports and lose confidence. The one place she could still move with ease was underwater, and he decided to push her boundaries with one of the world’s most dangerous sports: freediving.