Click:Construction diagnostic tool> After summiting Everest, it’s common for climbers to leave behind a memento to a loved one or perhaps a small religious offering. But last week, a team of climbers left something unusual: the equivalent of $50,000 in…

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You can’t be super-lean all the time, so pick your moments—and watch your health The least enviable highlight of Hilary Stellingwerff’s running career is that she barely missed being part of one of the dirtiest races in history. The Canadian…

> Fitness trackers have become ubiquitous, gathering activity and recovery data and providing continuous heart-rate monitoring, among other features. Even so, a 2015 study by the NPD Group revealed that most wearable-tech users shelve the devices after just six months. Whoop, a Boston tech…

> Climbers Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas are currently under scrutiny and facing a 10-year ban from Everest after illegally skiing the Lhotse face. If Nepali officials do ban the climbers, it would effectively end the guiding career of the 49-year-old Benegas, who is…

Part actual book club, part place to explore outdoor culture and media We like talking about books and movies and music and podcasts and all other things culture. It’s our job to find the best new stuff, appreciate (and sometimes…

New approaches to wellness travel offer detoxifying spa treatments, nutritious meals, and awesome fitness options Sometimes we all need an escape hatch from our overly connected lives. To fill that demand, a multitude of wellness vacation spots have popped up…

Getting acquainted with nature’s carbon fiber I was recently stepping out of my building when UPS pulled up with a coffin-sized box that was way too large to be the phone charger I'd ordered. Having been spared by a matter of…

> “Zinke is an oil-friendly, coin-commissioning, non-Bin Laden-killing weirdo who throws second ladies around, and he is not a fucking geologist. America!” That’s how John Oliver summed up his segment on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke last night.  It’s definitely worth…

Badass Women Chronicles The First Woman to Brave the English Channel When Gertrude Ederle swam the notorious strait in 1926, she beat the times of all the men before her. By two hours. In a violent storm. Facebook Icon Twitter…