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Jason Hobbs, like many of us, owns a pocket knife. But unlike you and me, Hobbs has within the week plunged his miniature blade into the muscular chest of an aggressive mountain lion. I guess when you turn around to see a gigantic cat dragging your six-year-old son by his… Read the rest

Are you a liberal-minded newshound who is sick of hearing from pollsters predicting which candidate-of-the-week will sweep the next key state in the Republican presidential primary race? Perhaps the results from the 2012 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll will make you a little more… Read the rest

When someone starts a Tumblr-blog dedicated to free porn, it’s bound to attract followers—even if the subject of said porn is cabins. Just. Plain. Cabins. (And awesome photos thereof.) Featuring over 20 pages of cool shots of shanties, lean-to’s, forts, tiny houses, barns and bone-fide cabins in iconic locations, the… Read the rest

When Rory O’Connor slid his kayak into the Gulf of Mexico for some fishing, the last thing he imagined he’d pull out of the water was an injured dog. But that’s exactly what happened to the unsuspecting fisherman, whose actions would soon reveal a story with a more bitter-sweet ending… Read the rest

Imagine this: You and some friends are enjoying the solitude of a remote snow shelter on Mount Rainier on a sunny New Year’s day when a helicopter appears in the distance. You watch it’s slow approach, wondering if perhaps a snowshoer has gone missing in the wilderness. But soon it’s… Read the rest

The Outdoor Alliance, a coalition of national groups representing human powered outdoor recreation, hosted a partnership summit in Golden, Colorado  earlier this month. Inspired in part by Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, the summit’s goal is to increase public-private partnerships leading to greater stewardship, protection and enjoyment of public lands… Read the rest

If you’ve ever wondered how you might become an explorer for National Geographic believe it or not it can be as simple as attending a seminar.
During the Banff Mountain Film Festival in a conference room at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada aspiring young explorers learn the ropes of… Read the rest

The young man known as the “Barefoot Bandit” pled guilty to several criminal counts in a Washington state courthouse today, earning himself more than 7 years in prison. Colton Harris-Moore, 20, managed to evade police in stolen planes, boats and cars for 2 years before officials finally caught up with… Read the rest

Bihar is one of India’s poorest and most populous states and life is especially tough for girls. One of their biggest obstacles is the commute to school, which is often arduous at best.
Enter Nitish Kumar, the state’s chief minister who three years ago adopted a “gender agenda” to balance… Read the rest

Photojournalists Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele want to show a side of science that often goes overlooked. Based more on observation and than hard data-based research natural history is science so soft as to be considered art. The role of natural historians has long been to document the current… Read the rest

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg–a major hindrance considering the fibula is responsible, with the help of the tibia, for connecting your knee to your anklebones. At age 3, Fitzgibbon’s right leg was amputated, but this didn’t stop his parents from encouraging his love for… Read the rest

Grandma and Grandpa may think they had it bad, but 80 children living in a remote village in the Pamir mountains in China totally win the my-walk-to-school-was-harder-than-your-walk-to-school battle.
The kids, some as young as 6-years-old and some as old as 17, live in Pili, a small village of about 400… Read the rest

Scotland just opened the world’s first year-round avalanche training course designed to help rescuers find victims. And while Scotland certainly isn’t the snowiest place in the world throughout the year, wood chips are substituted when the winter weather is lacking.  Transceivers—which some skiers, snowboarders and climbers carry with them on… Read the rest

Extreme skiing lost an iconic member of its community Sunday, November 13, 2011. Jamie Pierre, best known for his record-setting cliff huck, died in an avalanche at Utah’s famed Snowbird Resort. Pierre, snowboarding with a friend in the South Chute area at the still-unopened resort, triggered a slide, which swept… Read the rest

Authorities in southern Utah are on the hunt for this man. The unnamed hermit, notorious for camping in the summer and squatting in vacation cabins in the winter, has eluded the law years now. And now, after several reports of random yet harmless violence, cabin owners and law officials alike… Read the rest