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Have doping scandals made you want to swear off the Tour forever? Here are five reasons not to pull the plug on this year's race.

Wild family adventure in King Arthur country

November is fast approaching, but neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama is talking about the E-word. Our eight experts coach them on how to handle one of the year's most sensitive issues.

A descendant of America’s most famous acrobatic family brings classic daredevilry back to Niagara Falls

All you need to know about going wild with man's best friend, including training tips, canine gear, and wilderness etiquette

The Olympian on beating Bolt and how he came back from his doping ban

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Robert Young Pelton has traveled to war zones, been kidnapped by rebels, and tracked pirates in Somalia. Why does he keep going back?

Why the crisis in California’s state parks could foretell turmoil for public playgrounds everywhere

Burt's Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby wants to hand the government a new national park in northern Maine—election-year politics and residents' NIMBYism be damned. Brian Kevin investigates the boldest conservation plan in decades.

The 10-summit tour across the top of Wyoming’s Tetons is one of the most difficult—and stunning—climbing trips in North America. Christopher Solomon has the scars to prove it.

From paddling to biking to hiking, here are the top spots from Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories

The stablest country in the Middle East also makes for the most action-packed getaway

Short conversations with the world's most interesting people

In February, Andy Schleck became the official winner of the 2010 Tour de France when Alberto Contador was stripped of his title following a positive drug test. This year, he plans on winning it in Paris.

Sasha DiGiulian has already climbed harder than any American woman in history. We caught up with her to talk about college and whether women will ever outclimb men.

The world record holder dishes on his diamond grills and his plans for London

In the stunning and remote wilderness along northern British Columbia’s Highway 16, at least 18 women—by some estimates, many more—have gone missing over the past four decades. After years of investigation, authorities still don’t know if it’s the work of a serial killer or multiple offenders. Bob Friel drives into the darkness for answers.

The legendary daredevil talks about recovering from the accident that almost killed him

Priceless advice from world-champion decathlete Trey Hardee, who has distilled a decade of training and nutrition wisdom into one customizable gold-medal fitness formula.

The champion decathlete shares his favorite recovery meal

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The filmmaker behind The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom explains why she's drawn to the world's gnarliest spots

April Vokey’s crusade to save a foundering sport

Ric Gillespie has spent the past three decades looking for what he calls an “any-idiot artifact”: a bombproof discovery that will persuade the world he’s found Earhart’s crash site. Here are TIGHAR’s greatest whiffs.

Tantalizing new evidence prompts an ambitious search for Amelia Earhart by a group that can't seem to quit