As I clutched the side of the boat, drenched, shivering and desperately trying to keep my breakfast down, I couldn’t help but remember that Steve had tried to warn us. Steve was one of a handful of journalists who, like me, had been dispatched to Tahiti in late October to cover the Hawaiki Nui Va’a, [...]
In typical and spectacular Survivor style, on Day 1, the newest batch of 18 tribe members blast in on three separate speedboats to meet host Jeff Probst on a beach in the Mamanuca Islands, Fiji, South Pacific. The cast (hopefully ready to outwit, outplay and outlast for our entertainment) is already separated into three tribes of [...]
Even the most outdoorsy folks need a quiet night on the couch now and again. When you want to binge something better than stale sitcom reruns, these exhilarating documentaries will inspire you to chase adventures of your own—tomorrow, perhaps. 1. Free Solo A true edge-of-your-seat story, this award-winning film follows free soloist Alex Honnold as [...]
POV: You’re swimming off the coast of South Africa, and along comes a great white shark. What do you do? When this happened to a diver near Mossol Bay last week, they managed to stay calm enough to film the whole encounter. The footage shows the diver holding steady as the shark turns straight toward [...]
Bear Grylls is no stranger to surviving in sub-zero temperatures on varying terrain, from mountains and glaciers to the polar regions. To find food in snow and ice, he has a few tricks, as he writes in Born Survivor. Food can be scarce in cold regions so what you can find might depend on where [...]
A black bear in California’s Los Angeles County had a bit of a mishap when it tried to fit its massive body into a tiny tub of water. The hilarious incident was captured by a security camera last year, but bear antics are timeless, and it’s making the rounds once more. The giggle-worthy footage shows [...]
Yosemite National Park just can’t catch a break. Just days after thousands of pounds of rockfall closed the park’s main road, record-breaking storms swept across Northern California, completely burying Yosemite Valley in snow. Originally due to reopen today, the park has just announced that it’s going to remain closed to visitors indefinitely. Most of the [...]
