» Survive a grizzly attack * Do your first BASE jump * Go tripping with Survivorman * Fall in a crevasse * Stand on the top of Everest * Eat a dog * Launch off a 100-foot waterfall * See a rare species * Be buried by an avalanche * Get naked in the outdoors * Surf a big wave * Tear your Achilles * Paddle through a forest fire * Encounter a ghost * And more.

The Unstoppable Lena Rowat

Everyone thought her dream of skiing all the way from Vancouver to the Yukon and beyond was impossible. Everyone, that is, except for Lena Rowat.
By Geoff Powter

Big Trouble

A plague of giant pythons is spreading through Florida eating everything in sight. And that’s just the tip of an invasive species juggernaut.
By Leslie Anthony

Columns

The Common Ground

We love our different sports for all the same reasons.
By Will Gadd

Gut-Check Time

It looks like climbing El Capitan may be tougher than they thought.
By J.B. MacKinnon

Why Do I Get So Lost?

Our directionally challenged correspondent searches for an answer.
By Bruce Grierson

Departments

Explorata

Catch the train to fall colours; a new speed record for the Bruce Trail; five neat finds for the app-y camper; Colin and Julie Angus cross the English Channel; looking back on 20 years of North Shore riding.

Into Gear

How to buy an Earth-friendly jacket and other green gear.

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