Alex Honnold again will be ascending without ropes. In an interview he considers the impact on his family if something were ...

Madalin Cristea was battling wind on Mont Blanc when he ran into two other hikers near the summit. All three men believe their lives were changed that day.

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Inside/Outside State College is a regular column by Jeff Deitrich offering views on downtown and the outdoors within a 30-minute driving distance. I don’t know about you, but winter is my least active ...

70 years ago, the Winter Olympics put this once-sleepy mountain town on the international ski-set map, where it’s remained ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...

Last year, if you wanted to look out over Birmingham from its most famous overlook, the Vulcan statue observation tower at Vulcan Park, you had to be ready to climb the stairs. The elevator was out of ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...

Watch Alex Honnold tackle urban climbing at Taipei 101. Experience his daring ascent streamed live on Netflix this Friday.

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Johnny Amaral, a veteran of California water politics, is Friant Water Authority’s new chief executive officer, effective ...