Mountain Hollow Dreams
"I'd built it up in my head a lot--being a professional climber. This felt like the consummation of those dreams. I found the valley, I envi...
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The Dirtbag Diaries
This is what adventure sounds like. Writer Fitz Cahall presents stories from unclimbed cliff faces, wind-swept ridges and the people who call the mountains their home.
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The Shorts-- Saving Santa
"To work in tourism is to witness the human comedy," says Joe Aultman-Moore. "Every guide has stories that start with, "You'll never believe...
Endangered Spaces--Cook Inlet
Drew Hamilton makes a living by taking tourists out into the remote Alaskan wilderness to hang out with brown bears. No fences, no guns--jus...
Hit Pause
What if you could hit pause on life? This last year, Fitz turned 40. Instead of buying a sports car, he took a sabbatical. Today, he present...
Tales of Terror Vol. 9
Our ninth annual Tales of Terror brings you three stories that will send shivers down your spine. From ghost-like figures walking silently t...
Moto Gypsy
"I'm in this weird reality where I'm using my voice and my status as a woman traveling alone on a motorcycle as a way to talk about conserva...
Anti-Gravity
"I have really good reason to believe that if I hadn't have been walking down the strip and found that 72-foot tower to climb, that I would...
Hootin' & Hollerin'
"I was certain I was paralyzed. My legs were totally limp, I was hanging upside down and the only thing stopping me from falling 160-feet he...
Ethan and G-Pop
"I have a pretty young grandfather, but he was starting to get old and knew he had one or two more big expeditions in him," says Ethan Roebu...
The Glacier Project
"Any time I ski a steep line, I've done it hundreds of times, and still every time for me there is that moment of fear on top, where I am li...
The Shorts--A Story of My Own
For most of his adult life, Cam Fenton has fought against climate change--and particularly to protect the Arctic. "The funny thing was, for...
The Elephant in the Boat - Part II
"The definition of kidnapping is moving someone from one point to another point against their will, and that's exactly what had happened to...
The Shorts-- Better Than Good Enough
"It was a life that was narrow in its margins and seemingly under my control," remembers John Gray. "It wasn't exactly exciting or fulfillin...
The Elephant in the Boat - Part I
"The definition of kidnapping is moving someone from one point to another point against their will, and that's exactly what had happened to...
Introducing Safety Third: Channel Risk Into Reward
Today, we bring you the first episode of Duct Tape Then Beer's new show, "Safety Third." Big wall climber and former wingsuit flyer Chris Mc...
The Shorts--Spirit B
"In the early stages of my pregnancy, I was intrigued and ready for the changes that would take place," says Chelsey Magness. "As an athlete...
Flyathlon
There are a lot of serious problems in this world, but the solutions don't always have to be serious. Fly-fisherman and trail-runner Andrew...
The Shorts--The Amazement Meter
Chronic depression and the deaths of a few close friends launched Tyler Dunning on a mission to visit all of the National Parks--to get his...
Venture Out
"I was working this corporate job, and, every day, I looked out the window and thought, 'Man, those mountains are so beautiful, I wish I was...
The Shorts--Unlearning Adventure Sports
"I'm learning how to listen to that subconscious voice of caution," says Carmen Kuntz. "Where I used to feed on the feeling of adrenaline an...