The newest and latest outdoor craze isn’t normally started in university halls. Exercise trends tend to crop up in places such as the workshop of a bike enthusiast in Marin County (the birth of the first mountain bike) or in a car’s trunk in Yosemite…
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A freak occurrence has claimed the life of a young man near the Lizard Head Wilderness area, around 17 miles south of Telluride. He was mountain biking in the area over the weekend, and he passed away due to being struck by lightning. The man…
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Recently, some bad behavior by tourists while visiting Yellowstone National Park was caught on video, near the Fairy Falls trailhead. The regulations page at Yellowstone states that “Traveling off boardwalks or designated trails in the hydrothermal areas” is forbidden. The group of tourists was videotaped…
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The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route spans around 2,700 miles, going from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico. It was completed in 1997 by the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA), and it’s considered the longest continuous off pavement bike trail in the world, offering some…
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A large number of people will be flooding rural areas on August 21st hoping for a glimpse of the incredible coast-to-coast solar eclipse. If you are one of them, the best way to see the eclipse may be to find off-road and remote areas where…
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Okay, we might be exaggerating a little bit, as the founder of Packing It Out Seth Orne has had some help. He started his initiative back in 2014, and its mission is to rehabilitate wild spaces and trails all over North America, leaving the places…
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For most of us, it would be considered extreme to run a kayak off a 70-foot waterfall, but it’s just another day at the office for Rafa Ortiz. This Mexican kayaker has now garnered a massive legion of fans by hurling his kayak down 100-foot…
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Trailblazing and Gerry Lopez are old acquaintances. When the Pipeline was first starting to get some serious surfers back in the late 60’s and early 70’s, he was the man to beat. He had an undeniable connection with the wave, and his finesse and prowess…
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El Capitan, a vertical rock formation located in Yosemite National Park, California was the site of two firsts recently. Alex Honnold was the first to solo climb the colossal wall via Freerider, doing it with no gear whatsoever, but just the clothes on his back.…
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Usain Bolt’s retirement party plans were thwarted by Justin Gatlin, who won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in London. Gatlin, a 35-year old American has been banned twice early in his career for doping offenses and stunned the crowd by taking first…
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