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Silence Amongst Icebergs

While sailing through the soundless Arctic panorama defined by millennia-old glaciers that rise like cold flames of ice from the clear, deep blue ocean erased all of the evidence of life beneath, a...

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Inside Alaska’s Last Wild Frontier Denali National Park

The sheer untamed scale of Denali National Park is why outdoor adventurers gravitate to the 'Crown Jewel of the North.' If you combined Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon together, Denali ...

Stephanie Dietze Photo by Lutz Eichholz for The New Outsiders

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Mountain Unicycling Is Taking Extreme Sports To New Heights

With two parents that represented Germany at the Olympic Games, Stephanie Dietze took a different route into the world of mountain unicycling. Living a unique life which consists of working remotel...

Desert landscape of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan. (Photo: Qing Yu)

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On Trail Magic and Thru-Hikers

Wanderlust co-editor Cam Honan has trekked 90,000 kilometers in the last 25 years throughout over 50 countries. He explains why we can't stop once we have started walking. "When we choose to walk r...

Hexagonal stone formations at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. (Photo: Alan Dixon)

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Ever Wondered What the Footsteps of Giants Look Like?

The 40,000 mostly hexagonal-shaped basalt columns along the coastal cliffs of Northern Ireland have a colorful name. Thanks to an ancient myth surrounding the rivalry between an Irish and Scottish ...

Yellow US American school bus standing in front of a mountain chain in Corsica. (Photo: Kai Branss)

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"Simple Life and Celebrating Taking Everything Really Slow …"

Two years ago, tattoo artist Julie Toebel and her partner Kai Branss, a director and videographer, bought an old American school bus, rebuilt the inside to meet their needs, and from then on called...

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How Paul Budnitz Built the World’s Lightest Electric Bicycle

When entrepreneur Paul Budnitz realized something wasn’t working and he had too much stuff, he sifted through his possessions. He wanted quality products that could last a lifetime, not cheap and d...