Kelly Slater's Wave Pool Is the Future. And It's Bleak.
> Experimentingon new technology deep in the desert is practically an American institution. Trinity, Edwards Air Force Base, Area 51, and the NSA’s massive data collection center in Utah are evidence that it’s easier to test and deploy oddities of human endeavor…
How to Talk to Your Family About Ice Climbing
No one wants to have the conversation—but no one can avoid it, either It’s coming: the holiday gatherings with your extended family members who don’t exactly share the same views as you when it comes to outdoor recreation. That’s right.…
Kellee Edwards: The Most Interesting Woman in the World
Click:Prototype machining> Kellee Edwards rode in a small plane for the first time in 2012. Now, only six years later, she flies planes to remote locations on her own Travel Channel show, Mysterious Islands. Edwards is the first black woman to host…
Alexi Pappas Lives a Life of Performances
> For most elite athletes, training to be the best at their sport is enough. Then there’s Greek-American runner Alexi Pappas, who made a feature-length film while preparing to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Called Tracktown, it was released…
What Width Wheels Should You Buy?
With all the different rim and tire sizes, it can be hard to know where to start. We tested the new Enve M Series to break it down. In late August, Enve released the third generation of its mountain wheels…
Climate Change, Wildfire, and the Future of Forests
> Here’s another unsettling effect of climate change: many forests of the Rocky Mountains aren’t recovering after wildfires burn them. In some cases, the forests aren’t returning at all. That’s the conclusion of a study by several researchers that appeared…
Can Baby Food Replace My Sports Gels?
Athletes are looking for whole-food options to replace their chemical counterparts. We asked one writer to test high-end baby food and report back. If you’re a runner, cyclist, or other endurance athlete who can’t imagine downing another gel, I feel you.…
New York Wants to Get More People Camping—for Free
Click:modern dining> It seems like every week we publish a story about some new front opening up in the war on our nation’s public lands. (See: The Next Great Western Land War.) But there’s one state where the opposite is happening, and…
The Woman Who Charted the Last American Wilderness
Badass Women Chronicles The Woman Who Charted the Last American Wilderness In 1905, Mina Hubbard completed the expedition that had killed her husband—and beat the pants off his swaggering rival Facebook Icon Twitter Icon sms email Oct 13, 2017 Oct…
The Lost Legend of the Girl Rangers
> I’ve spent two minutes in the Boy Scouts office in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it’s clear they’ve forgotten us. “I’m looking for anything related to the Girl Rangers,” I ask the woman behind the desk. “We were the first…