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Outside readers are passionately committed to leading an active lifestyle. Outside not only motivates readers to uncover and define their own personal day-to-day adventures, but also provides them with the tools, products and information to fulfill them.

Moving On

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In Search of the Weird Foothill Guy • Suburban dad and internet personality Alex Kaufman has found a bizarre cure for skiing’s headaches

Move or Die • Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and came up with a surprisingly low-tech answer

That’s a Wrap • Thirty outdoor-oriented presents that will thrill your most adventurous loved ones

The Top 11 Ski Resorts in North America • For the past 50-plus years, SKI magazine has invited readers to weigh in on the best mountains—because no one’s as passionate as a skier praising their favorite hill. These ranked highest.

Be So Bold • 13 ADVENTURERS, ATHLETES, AND OTHER RENEGADES MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND SHAKING UP THE OUTDOORS

Shailene Woodley Wants You to Touch Grass • The actor and environmentalist knows that nature is never far from reach

An Exercise in Hope and Joy • My wife decided that we needed a second honeymoon—a tromp across northern England from coast to coast, full of romantic literary scenery. Over nearly 200 footloose miles, we cut our own routes past bleating sheep, up challenging peaks, and across soggy bogs, and were reminded that the best adventures happen when we see them with new eyes.

Carving Space • A PHOTOGRAPHER REIMAGINES THE HISTORY OF SKIING

On the Road with the World’s Most Traveled People • TIM NEVILLE took a surreal trip to a conflict zone in Azerbaijan with a group of explorers endeavoring to see every country on the planet. No matter that the war there wasn’t over quite yet.

The Same River Twice • In the spring of 1986, in a column called Natural Acts, the young writer DAVID QUAMMEN combined memories about friendship, fly-fishing, and philosophy to create an enduring essay about a particular time and place

A Spring Creek Runs Through It • In a conversation with Lisa Chase, one of his former editors from Outside, David Quammen talks about the beginnings of his writing career in Montana

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