The Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 73 to 25, allocating billions to recreationOutside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Earlier today the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, allocating billions to support outdoor recreation in two separate ways. The first is by providing $9.5 billion over the next five years to help the National Park Service and other federal land-management agencies address their maintenance backlogs. Federal public lands are suffering...…The Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 73 to 25, allocating billions to recreationOutside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Earlier today the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, allocating billions to support outdoor recreation in two separate ways. The first is by providing $9.5 billion over the next five years to help the National Park Service and other federal land-management agencies address their maintenance backlogs. Federal public lands are suffering...WW…

Coronavirus hasn't stopped Italian heartthrob and two-wheeled avenger Vittorio Brumotti from righting society's wrongs. The cyclist has delighted audiences with his TV news segment "100% Brumotti," shaming people for parking in handicapped spaces and taking on no less than the Mafia. We ride along with Italy's favorite bike hero.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..It’s a Wednesday evening in March, and the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging Italy. The viewers of Striscia la Notizia,...…Coronavirus hasn't stopped Italian heartthrob and two-wheeled avenger Vittorio Brumotti from righting society's wrongs. The cyclist has delighted audiences with his TV news segment "100% Brumotti," shaming people for parking in handicapped spaces and taking on no less than the Mafia. We ride along with Italy's favorite bike hero.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..It’s a Wednesday evening in March, and the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging Italy. The viewers of Striscia la Notizia,...WW…

John Ackerman has spent millions procuring a majority of the known caves in Minnesota, which add up to dozens of miles of underground passageways and likely make him the largest cave owner in the U.S. He collects and charts them in the name of preservation, but his controversial methods have created many opponents.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The cave’s entrance was a rusting, three-foot-tall, red casing pipe rising out of the ground behind a Minnesota farmhouse, surrounded...…John Ackerman has spent millions procuring a majority of the known caves in Minnesota, which add up to dozens of miles of underground passageways and likely make him the largest cave owner in the U.S. He collects and charts them in the name of preservation, but his controversial methods have created many opponents.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The cave’s entrance was a rusting, three-foot-tall, red casing pipe rising out of the ground behind a Minnesota farmhouse, surrounded...WW…

Last December, around 100 tourists set out for New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island, where an active volcano has attracted hundreds of thousands of vacationers since the early 1990s. It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island's otherworldly caldera. Then the volcano exploded. What happened next reveals troubling questions about the risks we're willing to take when lives hang in the balance.Already have an Outside Account?All-Access $2.49 / month**Outside memberships are billed annually.Later, everyone who saw White Island erupt would...…Last December, around 100 tourists set out for New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island, where an active volcano has attracted hundreds of thousands of vacationers since the early 1990s. It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island's otherworldly caldera. Then the volcano exploded. What happened next reveals troubling questions about the risks we're willing to take when lives hang in the balance.Already have an Outside Account?All-Access $2.49 / month**Outside memberships are billed annually.Later, everyone who saw White Island erupt would...WW…

Last summer, 34-year-old Andrew Bernstein, known to his friends as Bernie, was riding his bike alone on a road outside Boulder, Colorado, when he was . The driver fled the scene and left him laying in a ditch, where he would have soon died if a passerby hadn’t noticed him and called 911. Bernie was a passionate amateur cyclist who competed regularly in elite track races, but in an instant his body was shattered and his life was forever changed. Unfortunately, his experience is : 857 cyclists were killed by drivers on American roads in 2018, making it the deadliest year in almost three...…Last summer, 34-year-old Andrew Bernstein, known to his friends as Bernie, was riding his bike alone on a road outside Boulder, Colorado, when he was . The driver fled the scene and left him laying in a ditch, where he would have soon died if a passerby hadn’t noticed him and called 911. Bernie was a passionate amateur cyclist who competed regularly in elite track races, but in an instant his body was shattered and his life was forever changed. Unfortunately, his experience is : 857 cyclists were killed by drivers on American roads in 2018, making it the deadliest year in almost three...WW…

Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first. Eva Holland investigates the mysteries and meaning of an adventurous couple who charted their own way out.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Eric Bealer arrived in Sitka for the last time in a boat weighed down with his art. It...…Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first. Eva Holland investigates the mysteries and meaning of an adventurous couple who charted their own way out.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Eric Bealer arrived in Sitka for the last time in a boat weighed down with his art. It...WW…

When vast gas reserves were discovered off the idyllic coast of northern Mozambique, a crew of roughnecks flew in from around the world to make their fortunes. But in March 2021, Islamist rebels attacked, and the foreigners and thousands of Mozambicans were abandoned. Two hundred holed up at the Amarula Lodge, where the expats faced a choice: save themselves, or risk it all to save everyone. As oil and gas fuel a new war in Europe, Alex Perry pieces together, shot by shot, a stunning morality tale for the global economy.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing,...…When vast gas reserves were discovered off the idyllic coast of northern Mozambique, a crew of roughnecks flew in from around the world to make their fortunes. But in March 2021, Islamist rebels attacked, and the foreigners and thousands of Mozambicans were abandoned. Two hundred holed up at the Amarula Lodge, where the expats faced a choice: save themselves, or risk it all to save everyone. As oil and gas fuel a new war in Europe, Alex Perry pieces together, shot by shot, a stunning morality tale for the global economy.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing,...WW…

High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. Turned out to be a pretty great idea.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The ship’s naturalist, in 47B, has filled his cabin with seabirds again. Too many to count. He spent the hours before sunrise stalking the decks, looking for fatigued jaegers and shearwaters that see our lights as an island of...…High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. Turned out to be a pretty great idea.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The ship’s naturalist, in 47B, has filled his cabin with seabirds again. Too many to count. He spent the hours before sunrise stalking the decks, looking for fatigued jaegers and shearwaters that see our lights as an island of...WW…

For nearly half a century, legends of a giant cave in the Andes—holding artifacts that could rewrite human history—have beckoned adventurers and tantalized fans of the occult. Now the daughter of a legendary explorer is on a new kind of quest: to tell the truth about the cave in order to save it.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The world’s most mysterious cave is difficult to reach.To get to Cueva de los Tayos—Cave of the Oilbirds—drive east out of Ecuador’s capital city of...…For nearly half a century, legends of a giant cave in the Andes—holding artifacts that could rewrite human history—have beckoned adventurers and tantalized fans of the occult. Now the daughter of a legendary explorer is on a new kind of quest: to tell the truth about the cave in order to save it.Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..The world’s most mysterious cave is difficult to reach.To get to Cueva de los Tayos—Cave of the Oilbirds—drive east out of Ecuador’s capital city of...WW…

Help fund our award-winning journalism with a contribution today.It took two months of correspondence before the man who found Forrest Fenn’s treasure told me his name.We’d been emailing since September, and I honestly didn’t expect to ever know who he really was. I was fine with that; as a fellow treasure hunter, I completely understood his desire for anonymity. Since 2017, I had been pursuing Fenn’s treasure, too, becoming a kinda-sorta searcher in order to tell the story of Fenn’s hunt in my upcoming book , to be published by Knopf in June. I’d been in the trenches, read...…Help fund our award-winning journalism with a contribution today.It took two months of correspondence before the man who found Forrest Fenn’s treasure told me his name.We’d been emailing since September, and I honestly didn’t expect to ever know who he really was. I was fine with that; as a fellow treasure hunter, I completely understood his desire for anonymity. Since 2017, I had been pursuing Fenn’s treasure, too, becoming a kinda-sorta searcher in order to tell the story of Fenn’s hunt in my upcoming book , to be published by Knopf in June. I’d been in the trenches, read...WW…