Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

Our National Parks columnist took an ‘Alone’-inspired course. These are the four wildest National Parks where he's putting his survival skills to the test. Here’s the hypothetical scenario: You find ...

The twang of a recurve bow echoes from the television speakers, and on screen, a man wearing camouflage ducks behind a clump of fir trees. “Holy cow, I nailed it,” a voice whispers. “My heart is ...

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WHEN I ARRIVE IN CAMP, I let my pack drop from my shoulders. It’s the first day of a four-day backcountry trip, and after putting in the miles, I could use a good meal and a crackling fire. I ...

For more than a century, Outdoor Life has been telling stories from the wilderness. Some of these tales are triumphant, some are funny, but others are much more serious. In all of that good writing ...

Boasting 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon and 17,292 five-star ratings, it’s also rated as “Amazon’s choice” for hunting knife ...

We have all read the stories of people getting lost or injured outdoors, and who signal for distress. Sure, sometimes they make some boneheaded mistakes. However, the outdoors is unpredictable, and ...

A woman was rescued from a Michigan forest after vanishing during a YouTube outdoor survival challenge, officials said. The 36-year-old California woman was competing in a survival contest in the ...