On January 14, after 19 straight days of clinging to Yosemite’s El Capitan, climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson successfully completed the first free ascent of the 5.14d Dawn Wall, widely considered the most difficult big wall rock climb in the world.
Tough Mudder, which currently produces 150 events in 7 countries, will add 10 new obstacles, redesign its existing obstacles and launch a brand new event series called Urban Mudder.
For the more exercise-centric, or athletes who simply want to try something new, cross-country skiing might be the best way to experience the winter outdoors. We’ve picked out the 15 best Nordic ski areas America has to offer.
The Baby Bjorn Travel Crib Light sets up in seconds and travels easily: no more relying on in-laws and hotels to keep a crib on hand.
The Azores, a chain of nine islands just west of Portugal, are a melting pot of landscapes and cultures, evoking Hawaii, Scandinavia, Seattle and Wisconsin in the space of an hour.
We boarded the Emirates A380 before its maiden voyage to Dubai from San Francisco, and checked out the digs on the world’s largest passenger aircraft.
Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
Begun in the winter of 1959, the Isle Royale Wolf & Moose Project is the longest-running large animal study in the world.
This summer, GP’s Jason Heaton set out to dive five of Lake Superior’s most notable wrecks.
Outdoor enthusiasts sometimes turn their backs on organized, outfitted tours.
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.
Meeting a fishy relative in beautiful Cairngorms National Park.
From hiking the Speyside Way to mountain biking in Torridon, Scotland is the land of outdoor adventure.
You can have your camembert, langres and morbier, friend.
The two fishermen who delivered the scallop shells walked right through the back kitchen door of the restaurant like they were barging into their own home, big and fishy-looking.
The average Scottish sheep weighs between 100 to 300 pounds, lives ten to twelve years, breeds seasonally and, somewhere inside its stupid, thick skull, thinks it’s an absolutely magnificent creature. This is because, in Scotland, it has no natural predators.
As we drove toward the Storr we could see the cliffs and the jagged rock pinnacles rising in the distance, partially obscured by clouds.
We drove north toward our next destination, the Isle of Skye.