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Adventure Versus Exploration: Exclusive Video Interview with 'Inspironeer' Bertrand Piccard

Adventure Versus Exploration: Exclusive Video Interview with 'Inspironeer' Bertrand Piccard

From being the first to fly around the globe in a balloon, to his Solar Impulse project, Prof. Bertrand Piccard has impressed and inspired the world for generations—and he has no intention to stop. Realising how aligned The Outdoor Journal’s views are with his, we caught up with

Save the Vaquita: A Call to Action

Save the Vaquita: A Call to Action

The vaquita—a species of porpoise only found in the Northern Gulf of California—is in serious trouble. According to a May 9 press release from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), “There are fewer than 30 vaquita left in the wild.” The cute, dolphin lookalike has the unenviable distinction of

Ueli Steck: The Carpenter Who Climbed Mountains

Ueli Steck: The Carpenter Who Climbed Mountains

Ueli Steck, who died in Nepal on April 30, was probably this generation’s greatest alpinist. A goal like the Everest-Lhotse Traverse via the Hornbein Route, while a major coup if successful, was not objectively dangerous in the same way as his speed solos in the Alps. But in the