Adventure

How much does it cost to climb Everest? This is probably the most...

It’s spring. The sun is out, the snow is soft and the decks... well, the decks are warm and the beer is cold. Spring...

This compass will tell you how to get there (and back...

Before setting off in August 2011 to float for 31 days down the longest undammed river in the lower 48, filmmaker Hunter Weeks had spent just a little time rafting the Arkansas. It had been 10 years since he’d caught a fish...

As Jason Haas clears off a tabletop littered with fake fruits and vegetables, piling them into a plastic shopping cart that barely reaches his knees to the sounds of his giggling son shuffling across the kitchen, the mountaintop solitude that defined his life 15 ...

More people have traveled to space than have completed the “Triple Crown” of hiking, the cumulative mileage of all three of the U.S.’s premiere...

Chimani LLC has unveiled a new application for the iPhone and iPad that works as a virtual passport for visitors to the National Parks...

Over the past five years, fueled by concerns about sustainability, global warming and environmental footprints, and fed by the recent collapse in the real estate-fueled resort economy, skiers and snowboarders have started to become activists, creating a variety of ...

Two hundred miles. Two mountain passes. Twenty-four hours — from Friday, Aug. 6 to Saturday, Aug. 7 — on the move. More than 16,500 feet in total elevation gain. Thirty-six legs. Fort Collins as the start, Steamboat the finish line. That’s the Wild West Relay race ...

In 2008, Alan Carpenter decided to try his first long distance hike. He picked the manageable John Muir trail, a 218-mile walk through the Sierra Nevada mountains, as he says...

As the camera pans away from the glare of the rising sun, jagged white and blue ice peaks fill the screen. In the middle distance, the tallest catches the first pink light of dawn. In the foreground we see a climber encased in his red down survival spacesuit. He is ...

Steve House was seeking a better way to train after he was forced to turn back during his attempt at Pakistan’s Masherbrum, a 25,659-foot peak, in 2003. He’d had overtrained for the climb, according to Scott Johnston, who stepped in to provide some advice. Johnston ...