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Earlier today, renowned climber, Jake Norton reached the 18,500-foot summit of El Pico de Orizaba, Mexico’s highest mountain and the third highest peak in North America.
Norton is aiming to be the first climber to complete the Triple Seven Summits – the three highest peaks on each continent – to… Read the rest

Cold … Read the resthas been making the rounds at film festivals across the globe and took the grand prize at the 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival this year. Climber, photographer and filmmaker Cory Richards took a few minutes to tell me about his life now making movies on the highest mountains in

For 18 years prAna has dressed climbers, yogis and outdoor lovers in functional, nature-guided threads. The brand has won the hearts of mindful adventurers with sustainable designs that can be worn, loved and lived in—designs that are inspired by movement and ‘born from the experience.’ In Sanskrit, prana is your… Read the rest

National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan B. Jarvis says, “Being outdoors has positive effects on health that don’t cost a dime.” This was the major focus of his keynote speech Sunday at the 2011 American Public Health Association conference and an apt one, as the theme of the symposium is… Read the rest

From Yvon Chouinard setting routes and inventing dependable climbing gear, to advanced climbers scaling big walls and base-jumping, the culture of climbing is constantly evolving. Jimmy Chin is on assignment for National Geographic to study this evolution and document the climbing culture in Yosemite Valley, home to the most classic… Read the rest

Ron Kauk is one of the best known climbers in Yosemite Valley. He was among that early generation of big wall pioneers that set the standards and established the major routes that are still popular today. Since 1974, he’s been a regular in the Yosemite climbing community. Having made the… Read the rest

Dad, Kevin, takes 9-year-old son, Hunter, on a fishing trip by kayak off the coast of Gavelston, Texas. Dad accidentally hooks seven-foot-long black tip shark and spends about an hour attempting to keep the shark hooked and positioned just right so that son Hunter can get a video of the… Read the rest

We’re pretty sure you’ve–at the very least–seen the trailer of 23 Feet. If not, click play above and watch!
The filmmakers’ run-down of it goes like this:
Three women set out across the west in their 23 foot, 1970 Airstream to search for the stories of people who have turned … Read the rest

Pickles and raw meat and donuts, oh my… Read the rest! As seen in this video, this sort of sums of the strange tradition that has taken root in the Tour of Utah, during which spectators connect with competitors through all sorts of odd food hand-ups.
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Is surfing a white person’s sport? The documentary film White Wash… Read the rest will certainly make you ask yourself that question.
Narrated by Ben Harper and Tariq “Blackthought” Trotter of the Roots, the film dives into surf culture, using it as a lens through which to examine race and segregation in America

This year, the American Alpine Club is bringing its annual Craggin’ Classic climbing festival to the Northwest to celebrate the land purchase that has kept a key climbing area from becoming a privately-owned development. In 2009, AAC, Access Fund, the Washington Climber’s Coalition and locals raised the funds necessary to… Read the rest

An open water channel crossing of the Hawaii Islands will always make for good cinema. And Destination 3 Degrees… Read the rest, a film by Chris Aguilar and Soul Surf Media Productions, does not disappoint. Though hardly a triumph of movie-making, the film pulls together the key components of a complex recipe

Dean Potter. His name is synonymous with adventure. He not only highlines far above and beyond most human beings (sometimes without a tether), he also BASE jumps and climbs, often making first ascents, speed ascents and free solo ascents.
Of course, Potter’s at it again. This time he’s highlining above… Read the rest

Some people are naturally better at certain things than other people. Danny Macaskill is better at maneuvering his BMX bike around than anyone we’ve ever seen. In fact, he just may be better on his bike than he is on his own two feet. (See minute 2:28 through 2:41 and… Read the rest

In Accra, Ghana, a group of Bikelordz reign. They are a group of young men who have an uncanny set of bike skills that seem to fuse BMX style with acrobatics. What’s more, the Bikelordz are using their talents to make a living–treating the fun and games as daily work.… Read the rest