Adventure Begins at Home
A view of the pump track behind the Porter house near Midway, Utah; Photograph by Chad Spector My mom used to ring a huge brass bell when it was time for my brother and I to return home from romping...
View ArticleGreg Long Surfs a 40-Ft Wave at Pico Alto, Peru – Incredible Photo
Greg Long surfs a 40-foot wave at Pico Alto, Peru; Photograph by Richard Hallman See more photos like these in our Extreme Photo of the Week gallery >> “For me, there is no more exhilarating...
View Article3 Adventurers Kayak the Sea of Cortez – Photos
Photograph by Tyler Bradt Last January, extreme kayakers Tyler Bradt and Erik Boomer and polar explorer/adventure extraordinaire Sarah McNair-Landry set out to navigate 450 kilometers across the Sea of...
View ArticleWhat to Pack to Run 100 Miles in the Alps
Montana-based runner Mike Foote's UTMB gear lined up inside his yurt; Photograph by Mike Foote In the 2011 North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), Mike Foote was the first American finisher, 11th...
View ArticleUltra Trail Runner Krissy Moehl on How to Run 100 Miles
Photograph courtesy Fredrik Marmsater, Patagonia For most of us, the idea of running 100 miles is unfathomable. But for a growing number of ultra trail runners, it’s just another distance to run, over...
View ArticleUltra Trail Runner Kilian Jornet Burgada on Risk, Sky Running, and Disconnecting
Photograph by Suunto Spanish ultra runner Kilian Jornet Burgada did not run last night’s The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, though he has won it three times (2008, 2009, and 2011). He is here in...
View ArticleBehind the Shot: Photographer Jordan Manley’s Tyrolean Traverse Kayaking Shoot
Kayaker John Irvine paddles the Seymour River in North Vancouver, British Columbia. In this interview, photographer Jordan Manley explains how he got the shot. See more photos like these in our Extreme...
View ArticleUltrarunner Lizzy Hawker – Vote for the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year
Photograph by Tim Kemple Ultra trail runner and adventurer Lizzy Hawker wins the holy grail of epic trail races for the fifth time. Vote for Lizzy Hawker for the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year...
View ArticleSurfer Ramon Navarro – Vote for the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year!
Photograph by Alfredo Escobar Among the world’s best big-wave surfers, a Chilean and conservationist turns in one of the best barrel rides of all time. Vote for Ramon Navarro See photos of all ten...
View ArticleLivin’ Tiny: Five Skiers Chase Powder From a Mobile House
I had said I wasn’t going to film skiing and snowboarding anymore. After getting caught in an avalanche, while making moves for the camera, I was tired of watching my friends and brothers risk their...
View ArticleThe Adventurer’s Health Insurance Conundrum
BASE jumper Jill Kuzman in Moab, Utah; Photograph courtesy Jill Kuzman Throw yourself off a cliff and you only have yourself to blame for what happens next. The consequences of adventure sports are...
View ArticleSkiing Turkey: Backcountry Gear for Breaking the Snow Ceiling
Photography by Cat Jaffee I live in Kars, a snowy, cold eastern Turkey town that author Orhan Pamuk describes as “the edge of the world.” Sometimes when I am staring off the dramatic dropping cliffs...
View ArticleTonight: Google+ Hangout with Adventurers Jeremy Jones, Josh Dueck, Steve...
What’s it like to be nominated for National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year? How do you build a life and career out of your passion? On May 28 at 7 p.m. mst Business of Fun is hosting a hangout...
View ArticleVideo: Kayaker Pinned Underwater Saved by Friends’ Quick Thinking
One of the kayakers featured in our Extreme Photo of the Week gallery contacted us last week with this video from a kayaking rescue during a run of a river in the U.K. Barny Young just happened to have...
View ArticleVideo: Legendary Mountaineer Reinhold Messner’s Advice to the Next Generation
“Climbing for me is more than a sport,” writes mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner in his latest book, My Life at the Limit. “Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules...
View ArticleUltrarunner Scott Jurek on Carbo-Loading, His Favorite Races, and Pushing...
Ultrarunning legend Scott Jurek, one of our 2016 Adventurers of the Year, running in the San Juan Mountains. Grant Swamp Pass, Colorado; Photograph by Fred Marmsater Legendary adventure runner Scott...
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