3 Terrifying Stories from Yosemite’s Search and Rescue
A search and rescue veteran recounts some of the most nail-biting missions on land and water Yosemite National Park is home to some of the nation’s most beautiful natural features that can turn deadly with just one wrong step. In Big…
This English Candy Bar Powered the First Everest Ascent
The story of how a confectionary mishap helped Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the world’s most famous summit When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest in May 1953, they weren’t fueled by carbohydrate cocktails and fancy gels or…
How Big Is Too Big for Kickstarter?
> It all started in 2011, when Greg McEvilly, then a graduate student studying cross-cultural communications in Dallas, fell out of a poorly made hammock on a camping trip. “Now this is a problem I can fix,” he thought. So…
The Virtue of Short Rides
Why you can cut your mileage in half and still come out ahead What’s the worst thing about cycling? Is it the high cost of fancy carbon fiber equipment? “Sharing” the road with idiot drivers? Forgetting to wash the embrocation…
The Best Winter Hats for Kids
> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. You need three things to take your young kids skiing: a constant…
The Dirtbag Climber Behind Hollywood’s Craziest Stunts
For 19 years, Keir Beck has been behind some of the most complex stunts in the industry During the first chase sequence of the 2015 apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron’s character, Furiosa, runs under an accelerating…
The New G-Wagen Is Less Capable—Making It Even Better
> You know it from rap videos and reality TV, but the six-figure Mercedes G-Wagen was actually one of the last truly off-road-oriented SUVs. This new version might look the same, but it's been thoroughly redesigned to replace that dirt…
The 2018 Ford Expedition Is the Best SUV I've Driven
> Big SUVs have always been something of a necessary evil. Their massive proportions mean they can do jobs no other vehicle can do. But their size and truck-like construction have also made them awful to drive and sketchy in…
The Influencers Fighting Instagram's Perfection
Meet the folks who want to turn your feed into a happy space Facebook Icon Twitter Icon sms email On a recent sun-drenched Sunday afternoon in New York City’s Bryant Park, Elyse Fox was laying out picnic blankets, colored pencils,…
Bundy Faces a Fate Worse Than Prison: Irrelevance
> Cliven Bundy’s newfound freedom has cost him the most legitimate pulpit he ever possessed. For more than two years, he had been held on charges stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal officials over his refusal to pay grazing…