Part of the challenge of hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp is avoiding illness and exhaustion. Its no secret that tourists often pass gastrointestinal viruses and head colds to each other during the trek, and the extreme altitude makes the body particularly vulnerable. The altitudes you attain during the trek to Mount Everest can also cause serious (or even fatal)...

　　It was last fall when I realized that everything had changed. First there were the back-to-back high-country rides where my friends and I were the only ones on mountain bikes without motors. Then there was the eleven-mile climb where a hiker squinted at my crankset, exclaimed, “No battery!” and began to clap. There was the exchange later that day with...

　　West Virginia’s famed country roads offer an open invitation. Weaving across rugged terrain and through spirited small towns to uncrowded gems and world-class outdoor adventures alike, the roads form a latticework of endless possibilities for road trip itineraries. Five customized Mountain Rides can help connect activities that range from pristine biking to productive fishing, with prime camping options all along...

　　For Canadian professional climber Allison Vest, objects of obsession aren’t exclusively found within the realm of rock. She finds them in quiet moments at home between climbing trips, sitting at her sewing machine and losing track of time making her own clothes. Vest climbs in many of her handmade creations: bolero sets, tailored vintage North Face jeans, a gingham button-...

　　The first leg of travel to reach Mount Everest Base Camp is sometimes the hardest. 　　Thats what Outside correspondent Ben Ayers experienced earlier this week. In his latest Outside: Dispatches from Everest video, Ayers takes us inside the topsy turvy world of air travel in the Mount Everest region. 　　Western tourists hoping to hike to the worlds tallest mountain first fly...

　　On Sunday, May 4, American climber Alex Pancoe died on the slopes of Nepals 27,838-foot Makalu, the worlds fifth-highest mountain. 　　Pancoe was completing an acclimatization hike in preparation for a Makalu summit bid, and had recently returned to Camp II at 22,310 feet when he died, sources told Outside. His guide, Terray Sylvester of American climbing company Madison Mountaineering, told Outside...

　　On May 7, Rep. Ryan Zinke, a Republican congressman from Montana, and Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat from New Mexico, stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building to announce a new voting bloc within the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at protecting public lands. 　　Called the Public Lands Caucus, the group includes 14 congressmen and women—seven Democrats and...

　　This is a developing story and will be updated as more details are announced. 　　When Jack Colavita, a high school English teacher in Scottsdale, Arizona, gets out of school at 3 p.m., he typically heads straight for the boulders. 　　Specifically, he drives 65 miles east to Queen Creek Canyon, drags his crashpads out to classic Oak Flat problems such as...

　　On January 4, 2025, President Biden signed the bipartisan EXPLORE Act into U.S. law, ending a year-long panic over a proposed bolting ban in national parks. The new legislation evoked a near–unanimous celebration by the American climbing community. 　　One of the lesser-known changes to the law, however, was Section 125, the Federal Interior Land Media (“FILM”) Act, which the North...

　　I was flummoxed, frustrated, and frantic. 　　It was the spring of 2024, and like millions of Americans, I was searching for a campsite  ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. I opened several dozen web browser windows on my laptop and pinged between websites like Recreation.gov, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, a regional RV resort finder, and yes, even Google Maps. If only...

　　Rescuers and expedition operators in Base Camp buzzed with enthusiasm on the evening of Wednesday, May 14 after a helicopter pilot executed a daring rescue high on the slopes of Mount Everest. 　　The drama began at approximately 6:45 A.M. after a sizable early wave of climbers reached the summit and began to descend. Clear skies on the peak gave way...

　　The National Park Service will lose almost 40 percent of its annual funding and surrender an undetermined amount of federally-run parks to state control—if the White House’s plans for 2026 come to fruition. 　　On Friday, President Donald Trump released his discretionary budget request for 2026, a 44-page document submitted to U.S. Congress that outlines how the government will allocate federal...