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What happens to your body when you get lost and confused on a mountain in the bitter cold of a winter night?

Matthew Bryce went surfing alone. Would he die alone, too?

When John Orth, a violin maker from Colorado, set out to break his own world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours, he had no idea he was competing against a college kid from Virginia

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Shaun White has been the face of snowboarding for two decades. So what’s he doing in retirement?

It was the trip of a lifetime. Several months paddling the Amazon, trying to eat without being eaten. It almost all went to plan.

JJ Harrison is the only person at a rodeo who is supposed to get hit by the bulls

The US military is responsible for the emission of more greenhouse gasses than any other single institution in the world. It is actively planning for the consequences of climate change, but is it doing anything to prevent it?

Claire Nelson was more than a mile off the trail when she fell 30 feet in Joshua Tree National Park

When Katie Arnold and her husband Steve were invited to run the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, it was a lifelong dream come true. But then disaster struck.

Camping in 120 degree heat can be deadly. But can it also be beautiful?

The border wall had an all star cast of political operatives trying to get it built. The butterflies had Marianna Trevino Wright.

How did a US congressional candidate and the director of the National Butterfly Center end up in a physical altercation on the US border with Mexico?

Was Homero’s death an accident? Or murder? And who would want Homero dead?

Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace.

The world's most interesting video game designer just hid a treasure in the woods. What's he up to?

When Ada Limón, America’s first Latina poet laureate, was tasked with bringing poetry to people who otherwise might not be exposed to it, she knew just where to put it: National Parks

A quarter of the money at the world’s largest banks goes directly to funding fossil fuel projects. But what if it didn’t?

Emojis are silly. But sometimes something silly gets lodged in your brain and you can’t stop thinking about it. Recently, reporter Meg Duff noticed that her phone was mis-classifying a handful of animal emojis, and an internet rabbit hole turned into a headphones smiley face.

What’s stranger than a story about people stuffing ferrets down their pants? How about that story leading the writer to create one of the largest, most successful digital media companies, ever

Since the beginning of women’s sports, a question has loomed: who qualifies as female?

When a technological breakthrough gives some athletes a major advantage, how should we think about the victories, the medals, the world records?

Some of the most hardcore athletes in the world are elite race walkers. Moving faster than most people can run, their sport pushes the limits of endurance, pain tolerance, and fueling.

After suffering a mental health crisis during a mountaineering expedition, National Geographic photographer Cory Richards walked away from his climbing career. After a terrible rafting accident, ���ϳԹ��� writer Katie Arnold nearly ended her marriage. This summer, they are both telling their stories.

After ‘My Octopus Teacher’ won the Oscar for Best Documentary, the producers realized they had left an important voice out of their movie—indigenous South Africans who had been silenced and separated from the ocean by apartheid

Caroline Gleich is a renowned climber and skier, a climate activist, and now the Utah democratic party’s candidate for US senate

What does a professional kayaker do when he realizes he’s in the twilight of his career? He releases a rap album, of course.

Three days in total blackout darkness doesn’t sound that hard, until you hear this story about someone who tried to do it

If your family dog ran off on its first camping trip, how far would you go to get them back?

Is the Aurora Borealis magic, science, or something in between?

When the British Empire finally put boots on top of the world on May 29, 1953, the news was entrusted to a young man named Ten Tsewang Sherpa, who ran 200 miles to Kathmandu

Athletes train for years to overcome pain, exhaustion, and fatigue. But some people take it too far and are never the same again.

When PTSD from military service in Somalia changed the course of Chad Brown’s life, the subtle art of catch and release fly fishing changed it back

Movies don’t get much better than surfer-heist popcorn flick ‘Point Break’ (1991). Movies don’t really get much worse than surfer-heist popcorn flick ‘Point Break’ (2015). What happened?

“Forever Chemicals” keep mud out of your boots and make rain jackets waterproof, but they’re about to be illegal

Where did eagles come from? Why are grizzly bears so mean? In this Audible Original excerpt, host James Dommek Jr—the great-grandson of a famous Iñupiaq storyteller—travels around the state sharing legends from different cultures and traditions

Singer-songwriter David Lindes found his way into running with help from the most unexpected teacher: a bull moose

We think of New York as having a rat problem, but cats are doing just as much damage

Look around the start line of an endurance race and you don’t see many tall competitors. Look on the podium, and you never see any. Why is that?

When Marty Moose strolled into Santa Fe looking for a mate, he became a viral sensation in New Mexico. But that did nothing to help his search for love—and it created big issues for wildlife managers.

People dream of boating or swimming with whales. But that’s based on the false assumption that they are gentle giants that don’t bother humans.

How do you make the best of a golf addiction? Add running.

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The abandoned vehicle where Chris McCandless died teaches us a lot about modern Alaska

Before she became famous for her lawsuits against former President Trump, the writer took a road trip for an ���ϳԹ��� story that had her asking total strangers if they had sex outdoors.

What’s an acceptable baseline of fitness? According to the most adventurous American president in U.S. history, it was an ultra endurance trek.

Is Taylor Swift an elite endurance athlete? On the Eras tour, the singer-songwriter is performing three nights a week, singing and dancing for as long as it takes most people to run a marathon.

After a certain number of hours, endurance races are basically eating competitions

In-N-Out Burger’s iconic palm trees are a reference to buried treasure, but they also make the restaurant a very unlikely climate change indicator

We try to gain a competitive edge from things like nutrition, recovery, weight training, and new shoes. But what if becoming a parent does the trick?

After 50 years, one of the most consequential environmental laws in U.S. history may no longer be relevant to the world we’re living in

Mountain lions are becoming more aggressive. Or maybe they aren’t?

Our founding host, Peter Frick-Wright, is returning—and we couldn’t be more excited

When you’re one of the greatest skiers of all time, there are some things you only say to the person you trust most in the world

Honoring the life of someone who spent their days exploring wild places often means embracing the pursuits that brought them joy

People all over the place are creating outrageous unofficial athletic contests that are equal parts grueling and just plain silly. What’s going on?

Spiders and other hairy scary critters are everywhere. It’s best—for us and the planet—if we can figure out how to coexist.

There’s no way to guarantee that your kids will embrace nature and adventure, but you can do some things to point them in the right direction

For endurance athlete Dillon Quitugua, ultramarathons became a way to work through the pain of the abuse he’d suffered as a child

Indigenous model and activist Quannah ChasingHorse lives her life in two very different worlds

The singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie applies the same approach to ultramarathons that he does to touring: just keep moving

Nothing says “for better or for worse” like forcing your wedding guests to trek 60 miles to a ceremony deep in the jungle

What really happens to you when you spend months trekking the Pacific Coast Trail? Getting tired and filthy is just the start of it.

Artificial light makes it impossible for most people in North America to see the Milky Way. But we don’t have to live like this.

When Pam Houston traveled to the nordic island nation to ride its unique breed of spirited horses, she wasn’t just after an adventure—she was urgently seeking a way to be well again

You say yes, of course. But what about those other wild opportunities that you’re not so sure about?

America’s most classic hiking route is generally a safe place for an adventure. But not always.

When your most cherished childhood experience becomes impossible for your own kids, there’s only one choice: recreate it for them yourself

When W. Ralph Eubanks began exploring his family’s homeland, he fell in love with it—and came to understand how this troubled part of the state gave birth to the blues

Backpacker editor Zoe Gates sets off to discover if chatbots are the solution to our trip-planning woes

There are passionate birders and then there’s Peter Kaestner, whose devotion has him traveling the globe in pursuit of the ultimate record.

After years of pushing himself to go as big and far as he could, Alastair Humphreys realized that the most valuable trips we take are usually the ones right out our doors

Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping, and your heart is racing. And that’s just the start of it.

If you want to know what it was like to travel this legendary trail, there’s only one way: get on a horse and follow all 2,000 miles of it

Studies show that astonishing experiences in nature can have life-changing benefits, and that even small everyday doses of time outdoors can have immediate impacts

The actor’s flight into space in 2021 left him with an urgent desire to make us aware of the fragility of our home—a feeling that has yet to fade away.

There’s a reason the acclaimed author wrote his latest book in the voice of a stray dog: it enabled him to run free all over an imagined seaside park

When veteran climber Mark Jenkins came up with a plan to witness a solar spectacle from the summit of a 20,000-foot peak, he had little idea what he was getting himself into

Working the front lines of America’s wildfires is a difficult and dangerous job, but that doesn’t mean everyone who signs up is chasing adventure

As America continues to grapple with political uncertainty and an uneasy relationship with the planet, the author and environmentalist makes the case for an expansive and inclusive grassroots movement