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Learn the Fox Walk to See More Wildlife
Want to go into the woods without disturbing wildlife? The first step is to learn how to move silently. Here, Wes Siler shows you the fox walk.
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What Happened When a Wolf Attacked a Family in Banff
On August 8, New Jersey residents Matthew and Elisa Rispoli were six days into their Canadian vacation with their sons when they pulled into the Rampart Creek Campground in Banff National Park. They...
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The Tragedy on Howse Peak
Howse Peak is a 10,800-foot twin-tipped spire rising from the Continental Divide between British Columbia and Alberta’s Banff National Park. The area is remote, no cell service or snack bars, although...
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How to Teach Your Dog to Come
Training your dog is simple—if you practice patience and consistency. In this video, contributor Wes Siler walks us through the steps to teach your dog to come.
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How I Survived a Rattlesnake Bite
Contributing editor Kyle Dickman recaps his harrowing snakebite tale and gives us some tips on how to avoid the same fate.
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The Climbers Who Survived a Week Stuck on Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier’s Liberty Ridge begins at roughly 8,000 feet on the peak’s north face and runs all the way to the 14,411-foot summit. Considered a classic climb, Liberty Ridge is the most technically...
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Tibet Is Still Burning
On a path winding around the Dalai Lama’s temple, in a village near Dharamsala, India, called McLeod Ganj, I met a monk who taught me the meaning of om mani padme hum—“all hail the jewel in the...
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She Survived a Stabbing, then Climbed Mount Katahdin
When Kirby Morrill called her husband, Allen Beck, on the afternoon of May 11, 2019, to say she’d been stabbed nine times on the Appalachian Trail, she could not yet tell him what state she was in, let...
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The Wrong Way to Fight Off a Bear
The odds of getting seriously injured by a bear in North America are slim. There are just a few dozen bear attacks on the continent every year, and only a handful of them put someone in the hospital....
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How to Use a Paper Map and a Compass
When your electronics die and you find yourself turned around deep in the woods, you’ll want to know how to use an old-school paper map and a compass. In this video, Wes Siler shows you how.
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After a Hard Diagnosis, One Athlete Learns to Soften Up
The worst part about paddling Uganda’s Murchison Falls section of the White Nile wasn’t the rapids, even though the 50 miles of Class V whitewater is bookended by a pair of unrunnable waterfalls. It...
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How to Camp in the Rain (Without Being Miserable)
Marco Johnson, a National Outdoor Leadership School instructor of 34 years, has a weathered saying he tells his camping skills students. “Anyone can camp when the weather is nice,” he says. “But you...
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How a Midwestern Survival Camp Is Uniting the Outdoors
“OK everyone,” Derek Barkeim announced to the loaded van of kids, “this week we’re going to do three things: Build a semipermanent shelter. Do some hide tanning—it’s called brain tanning, but we’re not...
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The Buck Knives Compadre is a Kindling-Making Machine
While I’m no apocalypse prepper, I do love daydreaming about how I could utilize my garage full of gear to survive—and perhaps thrive—if brain-eating zombies were to descend on my hometown of Ashland,...
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A Cougar Was Stalking Her, So She Played Metallica
On the evening of June 23, forestry worker Dee Gallant, 45, was walking with her 115-pound husky retriever, Murphy, on a remote logging road a half-hour’s drive from her home in Duncan, on Vancouver...
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'Any One of Us' Is More Than an Inspirational Film
The first time I watched the documentary Any One of Us was about four months before my fiancé, Andrew Bernstein, was hit by a van and very nearly killed while riding his bike. At the time, I was...
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The Case for Buying New Adventuremobiles
My fiancée wrecked my brand-new Ford Ranger last week. I knew about it the second it happened, because Ford’s smartphone app sent me an alert. It’s a good reminder that while financing or leasing a...
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When Our Podcast Host Shattered His Leg in a Canyon
About two years ago, Outside Podcast host Peter Frick-Wright was canyoneering in Oregon when he jumped off a ledge and broke his leg. He was stuck at the bottom of a canyon, and it took an epic effort...
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A Freak Accident Changed This Man's Life
One day, while felling trees in Wisconsin, Gary Edinger severed his leg clean off when a tree exploded underneath his chainsaw. He tried to drive out of the woods himself but was losing blood fast....
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How to Stay Warm When It's Freezing Outside
Feeling chilled to the bone isn’t just unpleasant—it can be dangerous. “Any time you’re colder than comfortable, it can quickly spiral downward,” says polar explorer Eric Larsen. Larsen has spent...
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