Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is truly a wild place, where wolves, moose and elk roam free in dense forests of aspen, maple and pine. Known by locals as the U.P., ...
After a long climb, I watched my friends disappear, one by one, down the trail. My turn. I gripped the handlebar, stood up on my pedals and accelerated. My bike...
Sophie Speidel, an ultrarunner from Charlottesville, Virginia, was used to training in the late afternoon—between 3:30 and 6pm—when she made the U.S. Women’s Na...
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Rue Mapp is a true force of nature. The activist, nature-lover and mom of three founded Outdoor Afro as a blog in 2009 and has since grown it to b...
Countless times a day, all over the country, a rock climber reaches the top of a pitch, attaches the rope to an anchor, and leans back so their belayer can lowe...
In the early hours of Sunday, May 13, 2018, Jason Wells, 45, and Tim Klein, 42, headed up the Nose (VI 5.9 C2) on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. They mov...
Stepping into Memphis Rox, you’ll notice its high walls with climbing routes extending to the ceiling, the bouldering area’s assortment of colorful holds pepper...
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina is known for many things—NASCAR, the U.S. National Whitewater Center, great beer—and soon, the Queen City will be able to ...
There are precious few places in Chicago’s urban sprawl where you can truly lose yourself in green space.
West Ridge Nature Preserve is one of them.
Where...
The outdoor recreation industry is an economic powerhouse, contributing $412 billion (2.2 percent) of total U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2016, a new report re...
Athlete Melise Edwards achieves more than most humans in a typical 24-hour day. In addition to being a sponsored rock climber, she’s a dedicated neuroscience re...
The guard shuffled toward me. No running, no running, he whisper-shouted, waving an orange baton in my direction. Clad in a navy-blue suit with a crisp white sh...
