On a trip with Responsible Travel to Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Reserve, the author got lost and found in all the best ways.
The author learns to trust the wisdom of his elders on a wildly jinxed motorcycle-mountaineering trip to Ecuador.
On a motorcycle trip to Italy, we learn it’s not when you arrive, but how, and it’s not what you bring, it’s how you pack it. Sponsored for EVERGOODS.
At The North Face Climbing Festival in London, I spoke with Stefano Ghisolfi, Fay Manners, Nathaniel Coleman, and others about their upcoming projects.
To Grammy-nominated violinist and activist Vijay Gupta, classical music was made for the streets.
Forget the 5.14 sufferfests. We asked elite athletes like Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, and Alex Megos to share the moderate lines they love.
Siebe Vanhee, Séan Villanueva O’Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer completed a first ascent two decades in the making. Now, Vanhee reveals the scariest moments and whether the 5,000-foot route was worth the risk.
On May 9, Konstantin Smirnov’s mountaineering guide abandoned him at 25,900 feet on the fifth-highest mountain on Earth. He's now taking the guide company to court.
Two Wyoming campers did everything right—keeping food out of their tents and using deterrents—but a black bear refused to back down.
Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly approved a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in the mine’s monitoring well.
The Indian government has definitively identified the mountain's most famous dead body. Now comes the dangerous, expensive reality of hacking him out of the ice.
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On a trip with Responsible Travel to Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Reserve, the author got lost and found in all the best ways.
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.
Led by guides Sam Hennessey and Anne Gilbert Chase, the new “Alpine Track” mentor program aims to bring a European-style development model to the U.S. We spoke with Hennessey to learn more.
In November 2025, editor-at-large Owen Clarke toured Tokyo and the island of Kyushu, witnessing Japan’s charming blend of authenticity, tradition, and innovation.
Before the Artemis II crew blasts off for deep space next month, they had to survive the grueling, low-tech wilderness of a NOLS expedition. Here's why the future of spaceflight relies on backcountry survival skills.
We're talking a matter of inches, but it does appear that the state has a new 14,000-foot peak, Crestone East. How? Why? Did the mountain grow? Not exactly.
Sikkim's chief minister called for Kanchenjunga (8,586m) to be closed to climbers. Does he have a point?
A day isn’t far off when anyone will be able to pretend to do anything. What does that mean for an outdoor culture obsessed with self-documentation?
On the intricacies of painting the outdoors, with rock climber and watercolorist Elaine Booth.
The brand just released data on all the SOS reports sent from their inReach devices last year. Here’s what the stats say.
Ryan Borgwardt pretended to drown in a Wisconsin kayaking accident, then ran away to meet a woman he met online.
The elephants died after drinking stagnant water from pools contaminated by algal blooms.
A 100-year-old foot recently “shocked” the world, after it was discovered poking out of a glacier on Earth's highest mountain. Does it matter?
"The mountain does not define us," says Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18. "We define the mountain."
This list of 68 climbs is effectively a "long list" used to select nominees of the prestigious alpine award.
The 73-year-old anti-whaling activist faces extradition to Japan, where he could be slapped with up to 15 years in prison for interfering with their illegal whaling industry.
Local authorities have since arrested Raineri's tour operator, charging him with "an unlawful act [causing] the death of another person."
Ernest Shackleton died aboard "Quest" in 1922. It's wreck was just discovered off the coast of Canada.
A 20-person hiking party was trapped by storms in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nearly half died of exposure.
If you’ve never traveled and camped on two wheels, you’re missing out. Camping off of a motorcycle is a unique (and transformative) experience. Here’s why.