They’re in your gels, chews, and drinks, but do you really need them? Given how often we see the word “electrolyte” listed on sports nutrition products, you’d think we’d know a little more about them. Instead, many of us drink,…

Everything our editors couldn’t stop talking about this month This month, many Outside staffers mingled with the masses at Telluride Mountainfilm and many more escaped into the woods for low-key weekends with no humans in sight. Either way, we made…

> In Nepal, there’s a new scam directed at trekkers in the Mount Everest region, and to see how it works you need look no further than the experience of Jessica Reeves. The Australian told Agence France-Presse that she was trekking with Himalayan Social…

> Caden Fuchs can’t tell me what he did in the sweat lodge. “It’s secret,” says the 14-year-old. “But,” he offers, “it’s a little bit like I went in a boy and came out a man.” A statement like that…

> 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. While I prefer to write reviews of water filters and ski…

> 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. Krystle Wright is not one for staying put. The pro adventure…

> One Thursday evening last summer, my personal trainer, with a wild look in her eye, whipped out a red resistance band. “I thought of a genius way to help with your push-up problem,” Andrea (not her real name) told…

These between-meal bites are major performance boosters. And they can be whipped up fast in your kitchen. Whether you’re working, playing, or training outside, hunger pangs are public enemy number one. Devising the kind of snacking strategy that can keep them at bay…

> Microadventures are to weekdays as epics are to weekends. When we can’t escape the responsibilities of the day-to-day, they’re little ways to spice up life, like an evening hike by headlamp light, a few laps on the closest singletrack,…

> 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’ve got the four-season tent and the winter sleeping bag, but there…