A massive summer surf anomaly shattered records from L.A. to San Francisco. A veteran water rescuer wants you to know this before setting foot on the sand.
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A massive summer surf anomaly shattered records from L.A. to San Francisco. A veteran water rescuer wants you to know this before setting foot on the sand.
Pioneering slackliner and world record holder Andrew "Sketchy Andy" Lewis has died in a BASE-jumping accident in Moab, Utah.
Elliot Sudal landed a juvenile great white shark while fishing from the beach. Sudal quickly wrestled the shark to the shallows, removed the hook, and dragged it back out to sea.
“You could tell she has a lot more to give," said filmmaker Jon Glassberg, "and she wants to prove that.”
The Midwest climbing community is mourning the tragic loss of Audrie Pelosi, who died while guiding at Devil’s Lake State Park in Wisconsin
After a young man collapsed on the Bright Angel Trail, rangers are reiterating a stark warning: Never underestimate the psychological and physiological trap of hiking into the Grand Canyon.
Trail workers are removing years of accumulated human waste from one of the state's most beloved alpine destinations as new regulations require hikers to pack out what they leave behind.
When a new executive order put QR codes in parks asking visitors to flag "disparaging" history, 35,000 people wrote back. A Sierra Club lawsuit shows they brought receipts—and plenty of sarcasm.
To establish 130 BPM, the 28-year-old stepped away from the “over-engineered” nature of modern bouldering and listened to her gut.
Muscle memory, proprioception, and more tools that Jesse Dufton used to stick the dynos on a 5.12- trad route.
A new accountability tool shows exactly how every member of Congress voted on national parks, forests, and wilderness areas . Here’s how to see whether your representatives are in support of public lands.
A team of experienced divers was exploring a reef in the Maldives when a detour to an underwater cave ended in tragedy. Experts believe a freak current may have pulled the group to their deaths.
After recent grizzly encounters in Glacier and Yellowstone left one dead and two injured, Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke says it's time for states to manage the predators. Top wildlife biologists call the political push misleading.
Tim Howell spent years preparing to jump from a 27,230-foot-high point in the Himalaya. A routine walk in the French Alps brought his historic expedition to a sudden halt.
American mountaineer Shelley Johannesen, 53, had just stood on the summit of the world's fifth-highest peak. On the descent, a highly unusual wind slab avalanche swept her and her team down the mountain.
A routine descent in Utah's San Rafael Swell turned into a nightmare when a specialized anchor gave way. Miraculously, both the 33-year-old canyoneer and his canine companion walked away from the 30-foot drop.
Federal officials now say they believe vertical limestone walls and cutting-edge surveillance will be more effective—and sustainable—than a physical fence.
The Department of the Interior’s new directive is dismantling decades of safety-first conservation. Former National Park Service leaders are sounding the alarm.
Extreme drought, overstretched crews, and a sweeping Forest Service restructuring are converging into what experts fear could be the most volatile fire year in U.S. history.
After a sideways fall on 'Rutabaga' (5.11a), Stanhope suffered a severe head injury. His partner, Marina Leon, recounts the accident and the rescue that followed.
