Features
the balloon that fell from the sky | the atavist
Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive.
Salvation | Truly*Adventurous
A harrowing escape from a war-torn country places a group of refugees in an impossible situation: out of water, out of time, and with hundreds of miles to go.
Life Therapy | Truly*adventurous
An elite soldier lies on the brink of death after a raid in Iraq, the world’s best doctors ready to pull the plug. But they don’t know Andy Chavez.
making climbing safter | outside
The odds of dying on Everest are about one in 100. A new pulse oximeter claims it can drastically reduce that risk.
the people vs. nestle | Sierra magazine
Locals in Ontario, Canada, say water is a human right, not a commodity.
squaring conservation with travel | rei co-op journal
How do we reconcile the desire to protect a wild place with the need to experience it, footprints and all?
a new era for surfing | vice
Manmade waves have long left elite surfers cold. Companies like American Wave Machines and Kelly Slater Wave Company are trying to change that.