On hope, violence, and being Black in the outdoors.

Two friends try to make a dream come true.

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.

Pinned down in deep snow and running out of food, veteran thru-hiker Stephen “Otter” Olshansky scraped his way to a campground latrine, holed up inside, and prayed for help to arrive.

He had the gear, the charm, the trail stories. He found his marks in outdoorsy women.

Hundreds of people have gone missing on remote public lands. Who’s responsible for finding them?

What went wrong when a group of canyoneers was caught by a flash flood in Zion National Park.

Finding peace and quiet in the high Canadian Arctic.

Previously: The Longform Guide to Silence.

How humanitarian disasters are good for nature.

Paul Wayment made a profound mistake, left his 2-year-old son alone in his truck as he tracked deer in the wilderness. The boy was gone when he returned. The story of a collective struggle to find a just punishment.

The original story of Christopher McCandless’ fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness.