California is home to some of the most incredible cave systems in the U.S. From the sprawling marble caves of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the unique lava tubes in the Mojave, the caves of California draw novice and experienced cavers alike. Let’s take a look at some of the best underground adventures to be [...]

Wings open, her eyes scan the frozen foothills. She’s capable of spotting prey 11 miles in the distance and has located her target.  Before the hearts of the watchers on the ground have a chance to beat, her stillness becomes a dive, hurtling downward. To the watchers, she is but a blurry speck glinting golden [...]

In the spring of 2021, freeskiers Jackie Paaso and her husband Reine Barkered completed a 26-day expedition climbing and traversing Sweden’s 12 tallest peaks. Until 2016, it was thought that there were only 11 mountains higher than 2000 meters (​​6562 feet). It was then discovered that Sielmatjåkka also stood at 2000 meters, rounding out the [...]

Let’s face it, our four-legged friends make the best adventure buddies. They rarely get a grump on, they never contest the route choice, they almost never engage in mindless chatter (unless you have a rather talkative husky like me), and their interest in everything around them is infectious.   With spring and summer knocking on the [...]

As well as being an accomplished adventurer and Chief Scout, Bear Grylls is a best-selling author. He has written over 90 books, and his new book, You Vs the World, is written for young people, aiming to help them develop the mindset they need to thrive in the world. Bear recognizes that kids today have [...]

In honor of National Park Week (April 24-28), the team here at Outdoors.com has curated an inspiring list of 100 facts and things to love about America’s treasured National Parks. Consider this as your invitation to make summer 2023 the year you get outside and explore what Wallace Stegner called “the best idea we ever [...]

by Buck Lunak Picture this: You’re a horse thief, running loose colts at top speed across the plains of Montana at sunset. You’re galloping so hard and fast, the adrenaline is running for you and the horses. You’re trying to keep it under control, but you got helicopters chasing you, breathing down your mane. With [...]

They say kids love sharks and dinosaurs. Well even though I now consider myself a filmmaker and conservationist who focuses on investigating international wildlife crime and conflicts, one of my lifelong passions has been diving and swimming with sharks. I’ve been into them since I was 13. It all started when I was on holiday [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]