Empower
(Haven’t read our review of The Climb: Episode 1 yet? Start here!) In climbing, your choice of route — the path you commit to ascend up the rock — is critically important. Following your chosen direction with unwavering passion, purpose, and confidence — on the wall and everywhere else — is the overarching theme of [...]
When wildlife biologists recovered footage from a Boulder, Colorado trail camera last week, they found 580 photos. 400 of them were bear selfies. Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) division has nine trail cameras distributed across more than 46,000 acres of public land. The cameras allow the biologists to observe wildlife up close without [...]
The hole in the ozone layer, which shocked humanity when it was first discovered 40 years ago, is now on track to heal completely—and soon. According to a new United Nations report, the vast majority of the earth’s ozone layer should be healed by 2040. That excludes areas over the poles, which are recovering at [...]
While some ice anglers have hard-and-fast rules about how many inches thick the ice should be to make it safe to fish – the reality is, no ice is truly safe ice and any journey across it comes with its own risks. Note that safety depends heavily on the quality of ice—not just the thickness, [...]
Do you know that song about catching lightning in a bottle? Well, with this space-age new tech, the idea might not be so far-fetched after all. An international team of scientists has recently used a powerful laser to capture and divert lightning strikes. They tested the technology on one of the most lightning-prone mountains in [...]
On January 17, 2023, the Biden Administration announced a sweeping, multibillion-dollar wildfire plan that could bring much-needed relief to 11 wildfire-prone U.S. states. Over the past 10 years, record-breaking wildfires have swept across the American West, destroying homes and beloved recreation areas alike. The toxic air quality has been especially difficult for millions of locals, [...]
On January 19, 2023, two skiers got caught in an avalanche just outside Heavenly Mountain Resort’s ski area boundaries. Both survived. According to the Sierra Avalanche Center (SAC), the avalanche forecast that day was “considerable,” a designation that indicates significant avalanche danger in backcountry terrain. That’s mostly owing to the recent storm cycle, which deposited [...]
On December 30, 2022, Vincent Dashukewich was playing with his dog in his backyard when his 3-year-old pitbull suddenly became fixated on something beneath the back deck. Dashukewich peered under the porch—and discovered an enormous male black bear curled beneath, hibernating. In a video that’s since gone viral, the bear (now named Marty) turns and [...]
Winter is exhilarating climbing, ski and snowboard season, but it’s also avalanche season—that time of year when layers of accumulating snow are more likely to collapse and slide downhill in a rush of icy terror. This avalanche season has played out as if it’s on steroids; because it has been one of the most intense [...]
Bear Grylls became the youngest-ever Chief Scout when he was first appointed to the position at age 34. The adventurer, survivalist, and global ambassador has continued in the role since 2009 and has successfully expanded the reach of the program. Grylls has also been able to infuse some of his personal brand of beliefs into [...]
