Ayers Rock, a huge, flat sandstone summit in the middle of the Australian desert, draws huge crowds. But part of that tourism involves climbing over ground that the Anangu tribe, the owners of the land, consider sacred.
Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
This summer, GP’s Jason Heaton set out to dive five of Lake Superior’s most notable wrecks.
The Hi-Mod Evo is a racer that’s lighter, stiffer, and stronger than most everything else on the road.
Dan had mentioned his novel idea before our summer trip to Switzerland: we’d go backpacking, in the Alps — no huts. Bring your sleeping bags and bivy sacks, he said.
From hiking the Speyside Way to mountain biking in Torridon, Scotland is the land of outdoor adventure.
With wind-tunnel fluidity and lab-engineered stiffness, the new S5 is made for straight speed on the open road.
Gore-Tex’s latest technology is their new “C-Knit” fabric, which will debut in Gore-Tex-equipped jackets in 2015.
At 40 years old, he had achieved some of the most astounding ascents in mountaineering history. He was seemingly invincible.
After years mastering groomed trails, lift lines and overpriced hot chocolates, some people just need a change of pace when it comes to winter adventures. Whether it’s snowshoeing in Maine, scaling manmade Colorado glaciers or camping in a Californian desert — these destinations should be on every winter sportsman’s radar.
The person responsible for cycling brand Rapha’s display of enthusiasm for fashion and cycling is the company’s Head of Central Brand Marketing, James Fairbank.
Welcome to our sprawling travel journal of Scotland’s environmental, cultural and culinary riches. Over the next two weeks we’ll be sharing our collection of 50 essays, videos, anecdotes, photo essays, travel guides, recipes, poetry and tall tales gathered during one hell of a trip.
This is bomber, save-your-ass gear that’ll get you started with trad climbing, but a word of caution: it’s only as good as the climber using it.
Freddie Wilkinson makes his home in the White Mountains, where he climbs and guides most of the year between putting up alpine first ascents on expeditions to Alaska, Nepal, Patagonia, India and Antarctica.
A look inside the manufacturing process of the heartiest outerwear on earth, proudly made in Toronto, Canada.
Cotopaxi’s Cusco 26L pack is a sturdy lifestyle daypack that lends itself to durable longevity, but still offers relevant technical features often overlooked in “lifestyle” packs.
Outdoor survivalists often teach the rough rule of three’s: humans can only survive three minutes without oxygen, three hours without proper shelter (given extreme conditions), and three days without water. H2O is the most suspect of the bunch.
Shelter is the most important ingredient for wilderness survival.
Buck Tilton is a lot of things: part founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute; part English professor; part Game of Thrones fan. He’s America’s go-to-source for backcountry medicine, and is currently helping the Boy Scouts of America rewrite their medicine curriculum, which he originally helped instate.
Already strapped in, with a stranger tightening my parachute, it becomes jarringly clear Red Bull race planes don’t have ejection seats. “In the event of an emergency, the canopy flies open, and I’ll be yelling ‘Bail!