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Health

Leaving the Grace of This World

A nephew investigates his uncle’s suicide

Brad Rassler Outside Dec 2020 Permalink

Best Article Health Travel

We're Here to See the Great Doomed Thing

A husband’s stroke, the Australian bushfires, and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Robert Moor Outside Dec 2020 25min Permalink

The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure

A 32-year-old medical student finally goes on the record.

Daniel Barbarisi Outside Dec 2020 10min Permalink

Travel

My Priceless Summer on a Maine Lobster Boat

In her pandemic summer, a college student retreated to a cabin on an island, and a job on a lobster boat.

Luna Soley Outside Nov 2020 15min Permalink

Sports Travel

A Death at Sea on the 'Row of Life'

What happened when 59-year-old Paralympian Angela Madsen set out to row from California to Hawaii.

Andrew Lewis Outside Oct 2020 Permalink

Sports

Climbing's Little Helper

How dexamethasone corrupted mountaineering.

Devon O'Neil Outside Mar 2013 30min Permalink

Politics

Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream

On hope, violence, and being Black in the outdoors.

Latria Graham Outside Sep 2020 20min Permalink

Travel

We Quit Our Jobs To Build a Cabin—Everything Went Wrong

Two friends try to make a dream come true.

Bryan Schatz, Patrick Hutchison Outside Jul 2020 15min Permalink

World

My Midlife Crisis as a Russian Sailor

A trip into the Arctic.

Andrea Pitzer Outside Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Science

Consider the Roadkill

There are myriad arguments for and against eating roadkill. Can they all be true at the same time?

Katherine LaGrave Outside Jul 2020 10min Permalink

Business Travel

The Cave Kingpin Buying Up America’s Underground

John Ackerman has spent millions procuring a majority of the known caves in Minnesota, which add up to dozens of miles of underground passageways and likely make him the largest cave owner in the U.S. He collects and charts them in the name of preservation, but his controversial methods have created many opponents.

MATTHEW SHERRILL Outside Jun 2020 20min Permalink

Health

Walking Is Making a Major Comeback

On a newfound appreciation for the stroll.

Gloria Liu Outside Jun 2020 15min Permalink

Crime Sports

To The Driver Who Hit Me and Ran

A letter from a cyclist who survived.

Andrew J. Bernstein Outside May 2020 Permalink

Army Ranger School Is a Laboratory of Human Endurance

A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation’s finest soldiers.

Will Bardenwerper Outside Apr 2020 30min Permalink

Travel

A Love Letter to My Curmudgeonly Big Brother

Two brothers attempt to bond on a trek in the Cascades

Steve Friedman Outside Apr 2020 Permalink

Science Health

The Frontier Couple Who Chose Death Over Life Apart

Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first.

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Holland is a contributing editor to Longform.

Eva Holland Outside Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Everything On 'Naked and Afraid' Is Real—And I Lived It

Behind the scenes of the survivalist reality-TV show.

Blair Braverman Outside Mar 2020 Permalink

Sports

A Boat Fire Killed 34 People, and We May Never Know Why

Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.

Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Travel

Utah Wanted All The Tourists. Then It Got Them.

Who gets to decide when a destination is “at capacity”?

Mark Sundeen Outside Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Travel

I Was Flying to Montana to Bury My Son

The view of a life from cruising altitude.

Mark Sundeen Outside Oct 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article Reprints

Life's Swell

On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.

Susan Orlean Outside Sep 1998 20min Permalink

Sports Travel

The Legend of Baltimore Jack

To some, Baltimore Jack’s choice to live off the grid was irresponsible. Others celebrated that he’d managed to break the shackles of convention. We look back on the life of an AT antihero.

Dan Koeppel Outside Sep 2019 30min Permalink

Sports

The Tragedy on Howse Peak

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

Nick Heil Outside Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Business Food

This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry

On the rise of alt meat and the decline of cattle.

Rowan Jacobsen Outside Jul 2019 Permalink

World

Murder in the Moroccan Mountains

Death, ISIS, and tourism in the Atlas Mountains.

Rachel Monroe Outside Jul 2019 15min Permalink

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