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.