At age 17, Eustace Conway moved into the North Carolina woods. He hasn’t compromised since.

As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists.

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

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

Junior’s personal life is in shambles, Robert Mueller looms large, and it’s never been trickier to be the president’s son.

The story of the 100-mile Barkley Marathons.

A father tries to bond with his transgender child.

How Yvon Chouinard turned his eco-conscious, anti-corporate ideals into the credo of a successful clothing company.

Surfing San Francisco with a true believer.

When deep sea diver Dave Shaw reached the bottom of Bushman’s Hole, he discovered the body of Deon Dreyer. Though Dreyer had been gone for 10 years, Shaw was determined to bring him back.

Sex, potential violence, and human awkardness convene on an isolated shore.

"A slight breeze brings slight relief from the heat and a taste of the saltwater lapping against the hard sand. He’s been here many times. Though he has no desire to kill a bird, he loves this place, this lonely beach at the edge of this lonely lake too shallow for boats and too lifeless to attract fishermen. He loves the sand bugs and the sharp edges of the sand grass. Especially he loves the deep shade beneath the willow trees, and the sound of the cicadas’ music in the sun."

What it takes to recover from a near-death brawl with a bear.

A (graphically) detailed account of a bear’s attack on a father and daughter hiking in Glacier National Park.

When a boulder shifts and pins his hand, a climber on a solo trip is forced to do the unthinkable: amputate his own arm. A first-person account of the six-day ordeal, excerpted from Ralston’s Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

A group of childhood friends, two of whom had already climbed Everest, finds tragedy on Mont Blanc.

Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.

Before embarking on dangerous rock climbs, Matt Samet would use whiskey to wash down powerful prescription tranquilizers. A first-person account of extreme addiction.

What does it take to win the World Taxidermy Championships?