The Dirty Secret Hiding in Your Carbon Mountain Bike
Riding bikes may be green, but the manufacturing behind them can be far from it Facebook Icon Twitter Icon sms email Last January, Leo Kokkonen, founder of Finland-based Pole Bicycles, visited China in search of a frame manufacturer, the final…
Cooler Companies Capitalize on Yeti's Spat with the NRA
> When a feud between Yeti coolers and the NRA heated up on social media over the weekend, competing cooler companies smelled opportunity. Pelican, Orca, Rtic, and Bison have published social-media posts expressing support for the Constitution and the Second Amendment. Some are…
Is America's Happiness Industrial Complex Working?
Americans are spending more money than ever trying to be happy, but all signs say that we’re still pretty miserable Facebook Icon Twitter Icon sms email Today, there are happiness consultants, happiness coaches, happiness summits, and happiness workplace seminars, which…
Where to Eat When Visiting These 5 National Parks
Skip the overpriced food from the concessioner and check out these local restaurants instead Maybe you’ve just summited Mount Rainier, biked the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier, or hiked for miles in Zion. Either way, you deserve a good, hot meal.…
The 8 Most Spectacular Hot Tubs in the World
After a day spent outside, there’s nothing better than a superbly placed hot tub We know you’re not going to book a trip somewhere just because there’s an absurdly cool hot tub waiting for you. That’s not why you travel.…
Everest Summit Bids Cut Short by Equipment Failure
> In the early hours of May 16, Adrian Ballinger, founder of Alpenglow Expeditions, was making his way up the North Side of Everest with 13 Sherpa and 13 clients when their oxygen tanks started to hiss and roar, expelling all their precious…
How to Make Cross-Country More ‘Extreme’
To re-invent itself, the sport should go back to its roots On Tuesday, the International Association of Athletics Federations published a press release on the future of cross-country. From the sound of it, things are looking up for a sport…
Book Your Winter Riding Trip to Tucson Now
Five reasons our bike editor loves the Arizona city, from its rocky trails to its warm weather to its great beer I try to spend a bit of time in Tucson, Arizona, annually, but last year, due to extenuating circumstances,…
Must-Read Books about the Grand Canyon
> 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. In 1955, 22-year-old Boyd Moore tried to cross the Colorado and…
One Small Step for a Woman, One Giant Leap for Mankind
> In the grainy black and white footage of a 1961 television interview, a tall, sophisticated pilot stands beside one of her colleagues as an off-screen male interviewer asks her whether a woman astronaut could have a family. Janey Hart responds that…