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Could TikTok Upend Outdoor Influencer Culture?

Scrolling on TikTok is an immersive experience that some creators have used to help viewers feel closer to the outdoors.(Photo: TikTok) For years, Par…
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A New Book Explores the Fascinating History of Camping

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17 Hill-Climbing Strategies

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Would You Let Your Kid Become a Pro Cyclist?

Crashing isn’t the only danger in professional cycling.(Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty) As someone who spent far more time daydreaming than playing sport…
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Everything Our Editors Loved in May

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What a TikTok Star in the Arctic Circle Can Teach Us About Isolation

Blomdahl, a self-taught photographer and videographer, has lived on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard for the past five years.(Photo: Courtesy Cec…
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Enter the Outside and Proud Photo Contest

In honor of Pride Month and the coming out of Outside Inc.’s queer- and ally-run LGBTQ+ community, we want to encourage you to show your pride outside…
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Your Mellow Outdoor Activities Are Rad, Too

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Pride 2021: The Catalysts

Every day during Pride Month,Outsideis celebrating a different non-profit organization making the outdoor, yoga, fitness, nutrition, endurance, and we…
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‘Wild Child’ Is the Perfect Cookbook to Spice Up Family Campouts

While <i>Wild Child</i>’s more than 50 recipes can be easily adapted for your stove, the bright photos are bound to tempt families into campfire culin…
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Our Favorite Documentaries from This Year’s Mountainfilm Festival

Mountainfilm has gained a reputation over 32 years for airing some of the best documentaries about the outdoors, and significantly increasing the numb…
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Reflections on a Magazine Cover, Jimmy Chin, and Representation

(Photo: Peggy Sirota (Jimmy Chin), Bailey Zindel/Unsplash (Yosemite)) On my desk sits a copy ofOutside’s currentApril/May issue. On its cover,Jimmy Ch…
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Running’s Cultural Reckoning Is Long Overdue

There’s no easy fix for these systemic issues. But athletes today, particularly younger ones, are standing up for themselves and demanding fair treatm…
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What If I Run Out of Time to Decide About Kids?

Female athletes often face a difficult decision around motherhood.(Photo: Cody Kaemmerlen) When I was in my late twenties, I attended six baby showers…
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These Two Guys Climb Cotopaxi and Ski Rainier on Their Weekends

At the start of his freshman year at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York, Mike Chambers was hanging out with his roommate when their dorm-room…
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Sebastian Junger Walked America’s Railroads to Learn About Freedom

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Welcome to the Outside+ Membership

If you enjoy reading the digital pages of Outside Online, Outside+ is the perfect way to get more of what you love. This subscription brings together…
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A Classic Book About the Joy of Wild Swimming Has Just Been Reissued

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The Culture Buff's Guide to Southern Utah

A trip through southern Utah, with its petroglyphs, dinosaur fossils, and ancient geology, is also a trip into deep time. Just keep in mind before you…
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How I Got to See Forrest Fenn’s Treasure with My Own Eyes

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Women in the Backcountry Don’t Need Your Help

I was a capable backpacker out for a casual outing with friends on a trail well within my comfort level. But to these men, I was some sort of girlish…
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Meet the People Trying to Use Technology to Save Nature

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Facebook Wants to Hook Your Kids Now

But as any caregiver who has let their child play with a smartphone knows, screens are addictive.(Photo: Irina Efremova/Stocksy) This spring, Facebook…
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Why Can’t Politicians Ride Bikes?

Senator John Kerry riding his bicycle in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2004.(Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty) Despite advising the president of the United…
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48 Reasons to Feel Optimistic Today

Jimmy Chin and the North Face have a $7 million plan to make adventure more inclusive.(Photo: Peggy Sirota) Yeah, we get it. We feel thelanguishing ef…
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People Are Actually Pretty Decent

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Walls Are Coming Down

“To find places of intersection and connection is something I’ve been able to experience, and I want to share that,” says Chin.(Photo: Peggy Sirota) B…
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I Was a Bad Dog Owner. Don’t Be Like Me.

You may have noticed that there are a lot of dogs out and about these days.(Photo: Douglas Robichaud/Stocksy) Even as far as deserts go, the Bisti Bad…
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Maggie Shipstead Traveled Around the World to Write Her New Novel

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So Your Boyfriend Doesn't Want You to Backpack Solo

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Let the Racist Vandalism of Petroglyphs in Utah Be a Teaching Moment

Petroglyphs in the Moab, Utah, area, similar to those bolted over north of Arches National Park, as well as the ones an unidentified party defaced rec…
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Alison Bechdel Seeks Enlightenment via Fitness Crazes

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What ‘Free Solo’ Taught Sanni McCandless About Love

The overwhelming sea of press and publicity taught me to let go of what other people think of me and my relationship.(Photo: Courtesy Sanni McCandless…
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Climber Jordan Cannon Shares His Coming-Out Story

He decided he wanted to come out publicly, and he reached out to us to help him do it.(Photo: Courtesy ARC'TERYX) Jordan Cannonis a professional climb…
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Everything Our Editors Loved in April

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Inside the Most Fascinating Scene from ‘Life in Color’

Anytime I watch a nature documentary, I hope it will include my favorite type of scene: animals edited into an Old Western-style showdown sequence. Th…
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These Women Mountain Bikers Are Jackasses. I’m Here for It.

Avra Saslow,Clare Hamilton, andDelilah Cuppare jackasses—and I mean that as the highest compliment. In the new short filmGirls Gotta Eat Dirt, from in…
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You (Probably) Can’t Everest Mount Everest

You can Everest anywhere you can find a decent-size hill. You can Everest a big hill, or a small hill, and you can do it via bicycle or on foot.(Photo…
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Will Anti-Trans Laws Upend Cycling in Arkansas?

The new laws also come just as northwest Arkansas is establishing itself as a premier cycling tourism destination.(Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty) Next Jan…
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What’s the Deal with This Creepy Outdoor Brand’s Website?

Ours is not a real brand. It’s a browser-based art exhibit at the New Museum designed by Samuel Marion, an artist who focuses on digital spaces and co…
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This Children’s Book Redefines Who Gets to Be an Adventurer

<i>Fatima’s Great Outdoors</i> tells the story of a young immigrant girl who goes camping with her family after a particularly tough day at school.(Ph…
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Why Would You Walk from D.C. to New York?

Why jet halfway around the world to seek out strangeness and adventure when strangeness and adventure can be found just down the road?(Photo: Michael…
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3 New Books Explore Mysteries and Trauma on Everest

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‘Seaspiracy’ Gets Overfishing Wrong. Here’s What to Watch Instead.

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Desert X Is the Artsiest Drive in the U.S.

Desert X happens every other year, and little did the organizers know that the year of its third iteration, 2021, would be the most perfect year for o…
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What Plants Can Teach Us About Politics

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The Case for Dressing Your Dog in Goofy Outfits

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You’ve Probably Never Heard of the World’s Smartest Bird of Prey

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Everything Our Editors Loved in March

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How Polar Bears Became Avatars for the Climate Crisis

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These Beloved Nature Books Were Just Translated into English

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Transgender Kids Need Sports, Too

A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer.(Photo: Rick…
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Life Lessons from a Moab Trailer

Over the years, someone christened the place the Shinglewide. The name stuck.(Photo: Sonia Pulido) In 1993, while squandering a perfectly good college…
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26 Useful Facts About Running

It is generally unacceptable for runners to share usage of the same treadmill at the same time.(Photo: Brendan Leonard) 1. It is OK to take breaks whi…
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'A Long Time Coming.' Why Deb Haaland's Confirmation Matters.

Secretary Haaland not only inherits the long and tumultuous history of the position she has been appointed to, but also the uncertain questions of the…
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What to Do When Your Training Partner Can't Train with You Anymore

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‘Light’ Takes on Eating Disorders in the Climbing World

The 45-minute documentary, which is available for free on YouTube, tells Treadway’s story alongside those of four professional climbers who also exper…
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This History of the Conservation Movement Couldn’t Be More Timely

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A Park Slope Transplant Wrote a Cheerful Story About Boulder...

Jennifer Miller with her son Fenn(Photo: Courtesy Jennifer Miller) Hell hath no fury like social media does for a well-meaning Brooklyn mom and writer…
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This Influencer Wants You to Start Growing Mushrooms

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Everything Our Editors Loved in February

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3 New Fiction Books About Disaster, Climate Change, and Survival

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A New Documentary Shows the Darker Side of Warren Miller’s Life

<i>Ski Bum</i> examines how the story of Warren Miller the ski icon diverged from the reality of Warren Miller the human.(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives…
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How to Find Zen by Splitting and Stacking Wood

Recently, the joys of splitting and stacking wood helped alleviate a different, more internal, kind of chaos.(Photo: JP Danko/Stocksy) In 2012, I spen…
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How to Get an Entire State Hooked on Skiing

The nonprofit Skiku is introducing a growing number of Alaskan youth to cross-country skiing.(Photo: Skiku) Late winter inAlaskacan be a magical time.…
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We Have a New Home!

Here at Outside, inspiring readers to live active, adventurous lives has been our mission for over four decades. Producing exceptional stories has bee…
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In ‘Nomadland,’ Vanlife Is a Necessity—Not a Choice

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5 New Outdoorsy Podcasts We Love

Giving these shows a try may freshen up your library and teach you a little something, too.(Photo: Steven Kamenar/Unsplash) We love to talk about podc…
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Inside the Movement to Abolish Colonialist Bird Names

Townsend’s Warbler is named after John Kirk Townsend, who who subscribed to the pseudoscience of phrenology and plundered skulls from Native American…
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Sex Outside: A New Podcast, but Also Not a Terrible Idea

There are big overlaps in the way we think about the outdoors and the way we think about sex.(Photo: Jordan Lutes/Cavan) Let’s try something. Make a l…
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How to Apologize to Your Friend When You Mess Up

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What Gretel Ehrlich Gets Wrong About Climate Change

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Everything Our Editors Loved in January

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Team Sports Are on the Decline. And That's OK.

We have to capitalize on the momentum we built in 2020.(Photo: pixdeluxe/iStock) The struggle to pry kids away from screens can be traced back for dec…
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Post-Workout Recovery Methods That Haven't Been Proven to Work… Yet

Chips are so good.(Photo: Brendan Leonard) You just clicked the “stop” button on your watch, or did your last burpee, or put away your bike. You’re ca…
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A Simple Plan to Get Your Family Outside More Often

The premise of 1000 Hours Outside is simple and straightforward: if your kids can spend four hours a day in front of screens, they can spend a roughly…
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The Avalanche Doesn't Care

The avalanche doesn’t care if you’re an expert.(Photo: Brendan Leonard) As the saying goes,The avalanche doesn’t care if you’re an expertOn avalanches…
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'Oak Flat' Chronicles a Decades-Long Battle to Save Sacred Land

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Alexi Pappas's New Book Tackles the Heavy Stuff

You’ve probably heard that Alexi Pappas isn’t an ordinary professional runner. In addition to being an Olympian in the 10,000-meters, the 30-year-old…
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Everything Our Editors Loved in December

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