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Weekend Cabin: Villa Else, Søllerød, Denmark 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Villa Else is set in the wilds of Søllerød Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, which means that it's really more garden than untrammeled outerlands. But still. The cottage, owned b...
The Daily Bike: Woman Steals Bike Back from Thief 27 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Everybody loves karmic justice, or at least a happy ending. Kayla Smith, a Vancouver bartender, had her new Masi road bike stolen from a friend's house last week. She called the police, who were ineff...
The AJ List: Cutest Baby Wild Animals 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
There is a void in all of us that can only be filled by looking at cute things: Puppies, lolcats, stuffed animals, those adorably small bottles of liquor in the hotel minibar. The size of the void var...
Impact of Drought On Display in Yosemite Blaze 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The massive Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in California is an example of how drought can amplify wildfires in a warming, drying West. The fire, which now ranks as the 14th-largest wildfire in ...
The Otter Kind: The Story of First Female Descent of Burly Grand Teton Line 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
In May, Kim Havell became the first woman to ski the beautiful, obvious, sometimes sketchy line on the east face of Wyoming's Grand Teton, known as the Otter Body. In mostly flawless conditions, Havel...
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
A troubled man tackles round-the-world race in boat that's barely sea-worthy, falsifies reports to make it seem he's winning, and as his coming victory is acclaimed, descends into madness. Strange, co...
Gear Review: SRAM XX1 Drivetrain 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Even if you don't want a 1x11 drivetrain, there's probably one in your future. It has nothing to do with the fact that SRAM is pushing its XX1 system hard or that its new X01 is nearly identical to XX...
The Daily Bike: The Brakes That Break Your Heart 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Campagnolo Croce d'Aune Delta brakes. Sometimes those things that you lusted after when you were younger just don’t hold up. Then there are these. Named after the mountain pass in the Dolomites that...
The Adventurey Report: Alex Honnold Adds Sit-Down Start To The Nose 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Free soloist and cutting-edge climber Alex Honnold has added a sit-down start to The Nose on El Capitan, the most famous climb on Yosemite’s most famous formation, adding a new wrinkle to a legendary ...
The New Mid-Life Crisis Is: Being Awesome 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
In March of this year, at a Kmart in Petaluma, California, I bought my friend Amy her very first road atlas. She’s 45, and we had talked about her upcoming six-week sabbatical from her job, and how it...
