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Flips and tricks on a band of webbing were the theme at the World Slackline Championship, held last weekend in Vail. This is our report…

Six miles of mountain running is a feat. Throw unique and taxing obstacles into the mix — several which involve beer kegs! — and you’ve…

After sorting through hundreds of entries for our Ragnar Trail sweepstakes with Salomon we’ve picked two readers to run with us this July at Lake…

Last month we challenged readers with a caption contest. We sifted through the hundreds of submissions and picked five winners.

Where can you snowboard and ride your bike at the same time? A rock quarry, of course! Watch this crew drop into the dirt on…

A sprint down a bike path, a climbing wall traverse, clues on a scavenger hunt through GearJunkie headquarters… those were among the feats required of…

The entries are streaming in for our Ragnar Trail Tahoe sweepstakes, brought to you by Salomon and Suunto. 10 days ’til we pick a winner…

Send us a photo taken on an adventure to either a sea (or any body of water) or a summit for a chance to win…

As if an adventure race in North Dakota wasn’t unexpected enough, check out these images from the undeniably unique END-SPAR event last weekend.

Last week, we asked you to send in a picture and a one-sentence description of a site you have pitched a tent or the most…

The twice-annual “Gear of the Year” awards were announced by Outside magazine this week. Here is the full list.

A day-long tour in Boulder, Colo., this week netted some insight into why the area is such an incubator for outdoors gear. Here’s a photo…

Type in an incorrect URL on many outdoor sites and you’re greeted with a silly photo, a pixelated image, or some other idiosyncrasy that gives…

Combining a music festival with a weekend of outdoors activity and camping has been FloydFest’s calling card since its founding in 2002. Here’s a spread…

Taking psychotic “human flight” to new levels, today winguit/BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli released this video. He pulls a “never before done” feat of flying through…

We at GearJunkie love maps. Unabashedly, our office is filled with them. We got to thinking about how we could put these adventure relics to…

Enter your caption to win! GearJunkie and The North Face have teamed up to launch the second “Gear Up + Get Out Sweepstakes.” This month,…

It’s “Gear of the Year” time again for National Geographic. The brand’s Adventure bureau has crowned a total of 20+ winners, from tents to cameras…