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SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHO WON OUTLAST ON NETFLIX They’ve been called reality TV’s “biggest villains ever,” and that’s really saying something in this day and age. Jill Ashlock and Amber Asay may not have won Netflix’s thrilling new adventure competition Outlast, but they’ve made as big [...]
The feature-length documentary Finding Michael, about Spencer Matthews’ search for his brother’s body on Everest, is now available to stream in the U.S. on Hulu. The film, executive-produced by Bear Grylls, tells the true story of Michael Matthews, who in 1999 became the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest. Tragically, shortly after he summited, Matthews [...]
When we last left off, the four teams on Outlast were racing each other to an Alaskan island on makeshift river rafts to score five crab traps. Nobody had eaten in three days and the prized pots would not only bring them back to life nutritionally but could change the balance of power to win [...]
If you crave the adrenaline rush of high cruising speeds on the open water, a speedboat is the marine craft for you. According to a variety of boating authorities, the average top speed of a powerboat is 70 miles per hour (mph), with high-performance competition boats well into the 100s. The Guinness World Record holder [...]
The first episode of Netflix’s extreme new reality competition show, about sixteen survivalists dumped into the Alaskan wilderness, starts off with a bang. Literally. One contestant, Andrea, shoots her flare gun after just one day, which signals to producers that she officially gives up and wants the hell out. Another contestant, Amber, casually mentions that [...]
At the beginning of 2022, Carl “Professor” Stanfield called his shot and swung for the fences. An accomplished thru-hiker, he’d decided he wasn’t only going to complete hiking’s Triple Crown—the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail—within the calendar year. In and of itself, that combined distance of approximately 7,875 miles is [...]
The second largest state in the country, Texas isn’t short on wide open spaces to explore. Whether you want to summit the highest peak in the Guadalupe Mountains, hunt for dinosaur footprints in an ancient seabed, or kayak down the Rio Grande, there’s always a new adventure around the corner. Here are the best national [...]
The Grand Canyon draws in millions of annual visitors with its steep, rusty red cliffs and sprawling natural vistas dotted with ponderosa pines. But this canyon is huge—277 miles long, to be exact—and offers far more to explore than a simple drive-by will allow. Fortunately, the vast majority of lodging in and around the Grand [...]
There is perhaps no thrill greater than climbing aboard a snowmobile and hearing that engine turn over waiting for you to hit the throttle. Whether you’re whizzing across frozen fields, navigating groomed forest trails or riding in the shadow of an imposing mountain range, there are thousands of miles of trails to explore across the [...]
From tropical wetlands and fields of wildflowers to barrier islands and yawning canyons, Texas boasts some of the most diverse (and gorgeous) ecosystems in the United States. The best way to see everything the Lone Star State has to offer? On foot. Here are the top hikes through Big Bend National Park, Hill Country and [...]
