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Pacers do much more than just keep their runners moving. Case in point: Lisa Jhung executes an all-important watermelon handoff to Amy Markovich at the Never Summer 100K.

Keeping Pace

Lisa Jhung

Keeping Pace

Lisa Jhung

8 Min Read

What’s more intimate than crack climbing? narinda gets up (and close and personal) on a Yosemite Valley classic.

What's a Climbing Road Trip Without a Car?

narinda heng

What's a Climbing Road Trip Without a Car?

narinda heng

8 Min Read

The cinematic light of a late-summer evening illuminates a cloud of caddis flies above the riffles of the Missouri River, known for its blizzard-like insect hatches and chunky trout. Photo: Jessica McGlothlin

Dude, Where’s My Hatch?

Stephen Sautner

Dude, Where’s My Hatch?

Stephen Sautner

10 Min Read

This is your brain while shopping. Well, an overly simplified version created from excess Patagonia fabric.

Why Do We Keep Buying New Stuff?

Archana Ram

Why Do We Keep Buying New Stuff?

Archana Ram

11 Min Read

The Wall as a Mirror

The Wall as a Mirror

Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll

The Wall as a Mirror

Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll

7 Min Read

Before attempting La Esfinge, Rhiannon Williams cooks a dehydrated meal as the light fades on Mount Huandoy in the distance. Peru.

No Pressure

Alexa Flower

No Pressure

Alexa Flower

8 Min Read

The Volta Glacier is melting quickly — to pass its terminus and continue downriver we had to cross a partially frozen melt lake. We decided pushing through the ice in our packrafts was the safest way. Photo Jasper Gibson

The Path of a Water Droplet

Nick Pascoe

The Path of a Water Droplet

Nick Pascoe

9 Min Read

May it live to be 3,000—or older. Del Norte Titan (Sequoia sempervirens). California. Photo: Brian Kelley

Dear Earth,

Patagonia

Dear Earth,

Patagonia

3 Min Read

Home Planet Fund invests in the Sustainable Southeast Partnership, a collective of local Alaskan communities that see healthy trees as essential to their economic livelihoods. Old-growth forests keep Earth cool, naturally. Photo: Colin Arisman

Where to Find Hope on Climate

Brad Wieners

Where to Find Hope on Climate

Brad Wieners

5 Min Read

“On the first leg, I drank twelve litres of water across a baking hot day in fire ravaged bush with no canopy.” Beau takes the path less travelled, hot on the trail of a long-dead mass murderer.

A Bloody Long Run

Beau Miles

A Bloody Long Run

Beau Miles

4 Min Read

Organising a race in Utah’s Wasatch Range in the middle of winter comes with many challenges, like a course that’s buried in untracked snow.

Breaking Trail for Clean Air

Ariella Carpenter

Breaking Trail for Clean Air

Ariella Carpenter

7 Min Read

Jalpi, a Korean native seagrass, is at risk from industrialisation, urban development and an expanding fishing industry in South Korea. The grass helps restore fish stocks and fight the climate crisis. Photo: Nicole Gormley

Toward an End to Microfibre Pollution

Vincent Stanley

Toward an End to Microfibre Pollution

Vincent Stanley

4 Min Read

The Sickness – a slab-filled trail north of Pemberton, British Columbia – traces the edge of a plateau above the community of Mount Currie, the present-day seat of the Líĺwat Nation and home to most of its 2,200-plus members.

Together as One

Ryan Stuart

Together as One

Ryan Stuart

11 Min Read

Katie Lamb and her partner, Keenan, try To Your Scattered Bodies Go (V14) in Lincoln Lake, Colorado. Keenan’s dog, Rei, supports from the ground (and in the shade).

Make It Last

Katie Lamb

Make It Last

Katie Lamb

6 Min Read

To My Bebito

Yessenia Funes

To My Bebito

Yessenia Funes

6 Min Read

In the mountains, as in life, someone must go first. Both as a guide and activist, Juliana García has led the way for women in the alpine. Pico de Orizaba Volcano, Mexico. Photo: Esteban Barrera

Her Place in the Mountains

Lise Josefsen Hermann

Her Place in the Mountains

Lise Josefsen Hermann

8 Min Read

Streaks of light and the suggestion of sound.

In Search of Silence

Monica Prelle

In Search of Silence

Monica Prelle

5 Min Read

After six long days in the South Chilcotin Mountains, we started our final descent back to the truck with our minds consumed by thoughts of dry clothes and cold beers.

Ultralight Foolishness

Will Cadham

Ultralight Foolishness

Will Cadham

9 Min Read

Armand engages an adult in a deep mountain discussion. Maybe he’s giving a weather report or explaining his latest salt-dough creations. What a place for the imagination of a 3-year-old to fly free.

The Charpoua Way

Floran Tomei

The Charpoua Way

Floran Tomei

5 Min Read

PFC-free gear must pass the same rigorous tests as our other apparel, both in the field and the lab. We make it rain anytime we want using the Bundesmann water permeability test, which assesses water resistance. Photo: Tim Davis

Say Goodbye to “Forever Chemicals”

Archana Ram

Say Goodbye to “Forever Chemicals”

Archana Ram

9 Min Read

“This is me skiing on France’s Grand Montets and using the first drone, which I don’t even remember having back in the early 1980s.* This is the only time I ever saw waves of perfect powder here.” (*Insert sarcastic wink) Photo: Gary Bigham

The Old-Fashioned Way

Layla Kerley

The Old-Fashioned Way

Layla Kerley

5 Min Read

Mina Bakhshi, Haniya Tavasoli and Sughra Yazdani check out a range of cams during a climbing ranger presentation about the evolution of climbing gear and the tools needed to climb in Yosemite National Park, California.

Afarin! Good Job!

Lauren DeLaunay Miller

Afarin! Good Job!

Lauren DeLaunay Miller

14 Min Read

Leaders can follow and followers can lead at Footprints Running Camp, a week-long program designed to reconsider the way things are done. Founder Dakota Jones calls Footprints the most meaningful thing he’s ever done. Silverton, Colorado. Photo: Max Romey

Run for Something

Meaghen Brown

Run for Something

Meaghen Brown

7 Min Read

Yakutat Surf Club member Jackson Wolfe stands up on his first glassy wave with surf mentor Kanaan Bausler. Yakutat, Alaska. Photo: Chelsea Jolly

Land of the Midnight Surf

Morgan Williamson

Inside Yakutat Surf Club’s budding stoke scene in Southeast Alaska.

Land of the Midnight Surf

Morgan Williamson

14 Min Read