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Trekking Among 20,000-foot Peaks and Glaciers in Peru's Iconic Cordillera Blanca Range

20 color images from 20 rolls of film captured across 21 days of travel throughout the Andes

How Vancouver, BC Brought Urban Salmon Back From the Brink

One biologist's two-year effort to document the return of salmon in the Metro Vancouver watershed is proving fruitful

Off-Piste Ski Touring and Snow Camping at the Remarkables

Battling whitout conditions and wayward ambitions off-piste in New Zealand's Southern Alps

4,500 Miles of Open Road Therapy

How a hellish cross country motorcycle ride helped this photographer make peace with the loss of his best friend and companion

Why This Two-Time Olympian Trains in the Mountains for Marathons in Cities

Professional runner Sarah Attar on the profound effects of embracing nature as an athlete and artist

Clockin’ Vert and Crunchin’ Dirt: A First Timer’s Guide to MTB

How pro snowboarder Austen Sweetin learned to love mountain biking—and discovered one of the last true mountain towns at the same time

Alex Honnold on Heroes, Death, and His Historic 3,200-Foot Free Solo of El Cap

The world's premier free solo climber lives in a van and thinks life insurance is a scam

What It's Like to Climb Denali, North America's Highest Peak

Frostbite, altitude sickness, weeklong storms, near-death missteps, and sheer boredom—adventure photographer James Barkman recounts a 16-day summit effort to 20,310 feet

Why I Ditched Digital to Embrace Film Photography

Professional photographer Natalie Allen lays out why she switched to analog image making, and how it changed the way she shoots

Op-Ed: Why You Don't Need That Fancy Retreat

Time spent car camping around California inspires a conversation on the importance of inclusion and power of nature in escaping burnout

Q&A: Artist David Buckley Borden and the Hemlock Hospice

How the demise of the eastern hemlock at the mouth of an invasive insect inspired a site-specific installation created to educate the masses about ecology and climate change

Motorcycling the Toughest Highway in North America

Adventure photographer James Barkman sets off toward Alaska on a 30,000-mile motorcycle mission to climb peaks across the Americas