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Millionaire Forrest Fenn launched a thousand trips when he filled a chest with gold, rubies, and diamonds, and hid it somewhere north of Santa Fe. If one man is going to find it, by god, it’s an ex-cop from Seattle named Darrell Seyler.
It's summer! I'm doubling my mileage and already feeling the pain. What can I do, aside from cutting back or resting, to stay healthy?
Famed marine expert and non-fiction author Susan Casey takes us on a deep dive into humanity’s complex connection to dolphins.
Endurance expert Matt Fitzgerald shares how to push your body further by mastering your mind
In a new memoir, William Finnegan takes a break from hard-hitting reporting to explore his passion for the water
The best stories aren't just on paper anymore. Our (totally subjective) ranking assembles the millenium's 33 best new classics.
A former firefighter himself, former 'ϳԹ' editor Kyle Dickman retells the story of the tragic 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona in his new book.
The bestselling author fielded questions in front of 600 people last night
Endurance cyclist Juliana Buhring left a notorious cult, wrote a bestseller, and then rode her bike around the world. She's just getting started.
The book showcases some of the best photography and personalities in the adventure world. Here’s a quick preview of what to expect from the new coffee table favorite.
In his latest book, 'Missoula', the writer who became famous for diving deep into true tales of human tragedy uses a college town in Montana to underscore the national issue of college sexual assault.
The 2014 Boston Marathon winner’s new book, 'Meb for Mortals', is just that: a guide to getting better as you grow older.
Chris Burkard is writing a children’s book for young explorers, complete with unreal illustrations inspired by some of his most famous shots
The upcoming picture book ‘The Boy Who Spoke to the Earth’ is a welcome counterweight to our kids’ plugged-in lives.
A fresh look at Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey, plus this month's best novel-soundtrack combo
New books to reach for, whether you're of the mind that everything is going to be okay, or that everything is terrible all the time
The 2000 ordeal of four kidnapped climbers in Kyrgyzstan was only the beginning.
Journalist Edward Struzik renders a barely recognizable far north—but it’s one worth getting to know.
Bottom line? Eat like an elite to maximize health and performance.
As America's favorite ski racers compete at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships, a new book tells how they changed the game forever.
In his debut novel, John Vaillant delivers a terrifying border tale
What happens when a wolf comes to visit—and stays? A new book looks at the unlikely six-year friendship between a wild wolf and the people (and dogs) of Juneau, Alaska.
The German-American surfing writer was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2012—and held for two years and eight months. Joshua Hammer reports on his imprisonment, drawn-out negotiations to ensure his release, and the ugly business of kidnapping for cash. As the global debate over ransoming hostages heats up, just how should we be getting our journalists home?
Jamie Smith says he was recruited into the CIA as an undergraduate at Ole Miss, cofounded Blackwater, and has done clandestine intelligence work all over the world, operating out of a counterterrorism boot camp in the woods of north Mississippi. Plenty of people believed him, including the Air Force (which paid him $7 million to train personnel) and William Morrow, which signed him up to write his memoir. There's just one little question: How much of it is true?
The Olympian is a beer-drinking, book-writing, and record-setting outdoorsman who can run a half-mile faster than you can read the first page of his new book.
There are two sides to the story of the biggest environmental lawsuit ever, but a new book tells only one of them.
Almost 50 years ago, a superstorm on Denali created one of the worst—and most mysterious—climbing disasters in America’s history. Now an author with a very personal connection to the tragedy hopes to find some truth.
At least not of the traditional, compulsory, watch-the-clock-until-the-bell-rings kind. As a growing movement of unschoolers believe, a steady diet of standardized testing and indoor inactivity is choking the creativity right out of our kids. The alternative: set 'em free.
One man and his canine pal cover 13,000 miles in 32 states to discover just how strong our relationship is with man's best friend.
In the half-century since the Wilderness Act was passed, almost everything has changed. All the more reason to go wild.
In The Art of Competition, Ironman-turned-author Mark Allen gives insight into the thoughts that helped him race his fastest while living to the fullest.
An excerpt from Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies examines the spaces between borders
New research suggests your pet really loves you, just not necessarily in the way you think.
From wombats to killer whales, animals suffer from OCD, PTSD, anxiety, phobias, and mood disorders. What that says about us, and how we can learn to be "therapy humans" for our pets.
Don’t waste time on trashy novels at the beach this summer. These new outdoor and adventure page turners prove yet again that true stories trump fiction for fun reads. Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art | (Courtesy of HarperCollins) By…
When Matthew Inman shared his running motivation with the Internet, the creator of popular webcomic The Oatmeal started a fitness sensation.
Three new essential summer reads examine justice and payback in the wilderness.
Green biz expert and author of The Big Pivot Andrew Winston says that how much we buy and consume may not be the root of our environmental woes.
Two adventure masterpieces revisit epic failures of ambition
If you're starving to death in the wilderness, your body's on the menu.
"Raising our baby girl is our new Everest."
To many entrepreneurs across the world, rising temperatures, drought, and ice melt represents a market opportunity. McKenzie Funk spent the past six years reporting around the world on how the business world is preparing for a warmer planet.
River renegades! Crazy foreign correspondents! Somali kidnappers! These were the epic yarns and soul-stirring stories that held us transfixed.
Every year, scores of Into the Wild fans tackle a dangerous river crossing to visit the last home of Alaska's most famous adventure casualty. Why are so many people willing to risk injury, and even death, to pay homage to a controversial ascetic who perished so young?
Into The Bus: An intimate tour of the Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142, where the late Chris McCandless was discovered
I'm having trouble figuring out what gear to give my loved ones for the holidays.
A new book, DEEP, digs into the science and emotion swirling around climate change and how it will impact the ski industry.
In a new book, author and naturalist Doug Peacock imagines our species’ next big adventure—coping with a climate apocalypse that may now be imminent.
Harvard biologist Daniel Lieberman's new book, The Story of the Human Body, digs deep into the real meaning of "paleo" and why we struggle to stay fit and healthy in the modern age.
Books, far more than movies or television or video games, impose a very useful obligation on the reader: the joy of exercising your imagination. These are our top classic tales for formative years.
Two literary lions deliver long-awaited epics about espionage and globalization
Can guidebook companies survive in the digital age? We take a look and try some new alternatives
Ben Hewitt talks about his new book, Saved, and the challenges of learning to live the cashless dream
The iconic travel-writer addresses his new book and the claims that he is an "Afro-pessimist"
Life Lessons from the toughest, hardest, foulest-mouthed children’s author on earth. *Parental guidance suggested.
When he isn't guiding world-renowned photographers, psychologists, and Hollywood acting coaches, Chris Dombrowski is writing. We caught up with him on the occasion of his new book.
Dan Baum, author of Gun Guys: A Road Trip, talks to Jason Fagone about the appeal of the AR-15 rifle, the link between gun love and social class, and how carrying a firearm changes the way you look at the world
In this chapter from Animal Wise, the latest book from journalist Virginia Morell, the author visits renowned scientist Dr. Irene Pepperberg to explore cognition in parrots, specifically, Alex the African Grey
Jim Harrison's new book, made up of two longer stories, is a fascinating read about the way we navigate rivers and life
Pilgrimage, a new book and traveling exhibition by one of the magazine world's most famous working photographers, was inspired by a close-to-home family vacation
I wrote a version of this story in October 2011. Emily Rapp’s two-year-old son, Ronan, died this morning, so I post it now in honor of him and Emily and parents everywhere who are brave enough to share their stories of living, loving, and dying.
What can we learn from traditional societies?
The Disaster Diaries author on self-reliance, situational awareness, and adulthood
It's Seven Cups of Deceit time. Read all about it here.
FalconGuides just announced the first 12 titles in a new line of interactive outdoor guides the company developed in partnership with Inkling, a platform for interactive learning. For the price of the download, readers get expert content optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Web, with…
In 1950, a young Australian mining engineer named Ben Carlin set out to do the impossible: circumnavigate the globe, by land and sea, in a single vehicle. In Half-Safe, the latest story from The Atavist, James Nestor sets out to uncover Carlin's fate and fin
While awaiting further judgment on a case against the accuracy of Three Cups of Tea, the bestseller he co-wrote with Greg Mortenson, Relin committed suicide by putting himself in the path of a moving freight train
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares ϳԹ contributing editor Steven Rinella's instructions for cooking up a squirrel (or three) over the fire
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares the fire cooking technique of Francis Mallmann, the Argentine figurehead of grilling
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares Marco Canora's sure-fire technique for carving chickens into thighs, legs, wings, and breasts
The Ledge. Photo: Random House The National Outdoor Book Awards have released their picks for the best books of 2012. This year's titles include 15 winners and honorable mentions in nine categories, ranging…
David Walsh/Twitter. Photo: Screenshot When journalist David Walsh, the chief sports writer for the Sunday Times and the author of From Lance to Landis and…