Sign in Subscribe

Focus

More than 560 climbers summit Everest this season

More than 560 climbers summit Everest this season

The 2016 Spring season on Everest ended last week. Nearly 563 climbers made it to the top after a two-year gap. Seven people have been reported dead. On the 63rd anniversary of the first ascent of the big mountain, we take a look at the 2016 spring climbing season on

Eurisy Conference: Where Space and Outdoor Sports Interact

Eurisy Conference: Where Space and Outdoor Sports Interact

Outdoor industry experts and enthusiasts met satellite technology experts at the Outdoor Sports and Satellite Solutions conference on 20th May at Bayonne, France to discuss how the two sectors could innovate together. The event was organised by Eurisy, an NGO within the European Space Agency to promote satellite technology in

Climbers summit Everest after a two-year gap

Climbers summit Everest after a two-year gap

13 climbers, including nine Sherpas from different teams, have summited Everest this week after a two-year gap of no summits. As other climbers make their way up to the summit this season, we take a look at the peak–the disasters, the environmental issues and the lure it still holds

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Major Ritesh Goel was part of the Indian Army Expedition on Everest Base Camp when the disastrous earthquake struck Nepal in May 2015, and triggered a deadly avalanche on the mountain. He treated more than 80 people before helicopters could arrive. In an exclusive story for The Outdoor Journal, he

Exclusive: Meet the world's first female Master Polar Guide

Exclusive: Meet the world's first female Master Polar Guide

Sarah McNair-Landry is the first woman to be recognised by the International Polar Guides Association as a Master Polar Guide. She is also the youngest person to have traveled to both the North and South Poles. Eirliani Abdul Rahman, together with her climbing partner, Ruta Sidlauskaite who hails from Lithuania,

Exclusive: Meet the Man Behind Gin Gliders

Exclusive: Meet the Man Behind Gin Gliders

Gin Gliders is one of the most formidable names in the paragliding manufacturing industry today. Gin Seok Song, the man behind the brand, has been flying, manufacturing and designing paragliders for over two decades. Gin Gliders is considered to be one of the pioneers in the paragliding world. The South

2015: Worst year for climate, extreme athletes

2015: Worst year for climate, extreme athletes

It was a year of jaw dropping lows for the environment and for the outdoors community. We look back at the most significant events of 2015. As another year draws to a close, there is no denying that environment-related stories dominated every mainstream media all of 2015. From earthquakes that