Leaving the Grace of This World
A nephew investigates his uncle’s suicide
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A nephew investigates his uncle’s suicide
Brad Rassler Outside Dec 2020 Permalink
A husband’s stroke, the Australian bushfires, and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.
Robert Moor Outside Dec 2020 25min Permalink
A 32-year-old medical student finally goes on the record.
Daniel Barbarisi Outside Dec 2020 10min Permalink
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
What happened when 59-year-old Paralympian Angela Madsen set out to row from California to Hawaii.
Andrew Lewis Outside Oct 2020 Permalink
How dexamethasone corrupted mountaineering.
Devon O'Neil Outside Mar 2013 30min Permalink
On hope, violence, and being Black in the outdoors.
Latria Graham Outside Sep 2020 20min Permalink
Two friends try to make a dream come true.
Bryan Schatz, Patrick Hutchison Outside Jul 2020 15min Permalink
A trip into the Arctic.
Andrea Pitzer Outside Jul 2020 25min Permalink
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
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
On a newfound appreciation for the stroll.
Gloria Liu Outside Jun 2020 15min Permalink
A letter from a cyclist who survived.
Andrew J. Bernstein Outside May 2020 Permalink
A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation’s finest soldiers.
Will Bardenwerper Outside Apr 2020 30min Permalink
Two brothers attempt to bond on a trek in the Cascades
Steve Friedman Outside Apr 2020 Permalink
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.
Eva Holland Outside Mar 2020 20min Permalink
Behind the scenes of the survivalist reality-TV show.
Blair Braverman Outside Mar 2020 Permalink
Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2020 20min Permalink
Who gets to decide when a destination is “at capacity”?
Mark Sundeen Outside Jan 2020 25min Permalink
The view of a life from cruising altitude.
Mark Sundeen Outside Oct 2019 25min Permalink
On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.
Susan Orlean Outside Sep 1998 20min Permalink
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
Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?
On the rise of alt meat and the decline of cattle.
Rowan Jacobsen Outside Jul 2019 Permalink
Death, ISIS, and tourism in the Atlas Mountains.
Rachel Monroe Outside Jul 2019 15min Permalink