HIKING & CAMPING

Going ultralight isn’t for everyone. Whittling down your pack weight requires careful planning and accepting a few tradeoffs. In general, those concessions are luxuries like camp chairs, roomy tents, or spare clothing. But sometimes, saving pack weight feels like it requires making high-consequence decisions, like paring down a first aid kit or swapping for a

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. One of the biggest barriers to backpacking more? The cost of gear. People might think that you’ll only have to shell

We are in the age where influencers promote “the grind”: a lifestyle where you suffer through a world of discomfort to get to the finish line, no matter what. At least on the trail, that’s an all-or-nothing, toxic, terrible mindset. The backcountry isn’t a CrossFit gym to measure yourself against the person next to you.

Sony just unveiled the new Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G lens with an ultra-wide view capability that should appeal to outdoor photographers, along with offering a range of other applications. The 20-70mm focal length is unusual as most ” standard” zooms come in the more common 24-70mm range. Sony thinks that extra 4mm on the

Home » News » Woman Runs Across Australia to Help Wildlife, Earns Marathon Record After 5 months of running the equivalent of a marathon every day, Erchana Murray-Bartlett finished her journey across Australia this week. A 32-year-old Aussie runner has set a new world record for consecutive daily marathons by a woman.  Murray-Bartlett set out

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. Los Padres National Forest is closed to the public until March 14 after sustaining catastrophic damage in a series of winter

Everything in life has a purpose, but does a given item that performs a given task need to be relegated to only that task? The human brain is an amazing organ that allows those who are so inclined to construct implements that make life easier. But even more special are those who ingeniously come up

Home » Winter » Skiing » Free Gear Fridays: Win a Pair of Skis and Skins From DYNAFIT Here at GearJunkie, we test a lot of gear. And we’re fortunate to test new, cutting-edge products. Now, we want to give you the chance to win some gear too. This week, two lucky winners will each

After zero people in 15 years were capable of — or interested in — repeating this man’s scary 5.12 chossfest, he came back to take a stab at the second ascent. “Stab” is an intentional word choice. Australian climber Zac Vertrees first put up Gigantor (Australian grade 26 or about 5.12b) in 2005. Right away

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Sigma just unveiled the massive 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports ultra-telephoto zoom lens for mirrorless camera systems, which should be a great tool for capturing everything from landscapes to wildlife and bird photos. Our colleagues at Imaging Resource, OP’s sibling website, have already got their hands on this whopping, 10x lens and posted a

Sarah Cartier, her husband, and their two small children care for the oldest hut in the French Alps of Chamonix — but this is their last season to do so. And not by choice. Who said you can’t go on extreme adventures with children? Meet Sarah Cartier, who takes parenting to new heights. Cartier is

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. I can feel the cool air coming off the lake as I exit my tent. The morning light is soft and inviting,

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. I left the oceanside trailhead at Pensacola Beach at 4:30 in the morning and walked east along the edge of the