The Man Who Created Bigfoot

When two Washington State cowboys went to Northern California in 1967 in search of the mythical Bigfoot, they shot some of the most scrutinized film in cryptozoology history, and created their own myth. This is the story of one of the gods in Bigfoot-hunting, “the original seer: the man who witnessed the unthinkable, who lived to tell the tale, and who has been harassed for what he swore was real.”

Source: Outside
Published: Jul 5, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3,436 words)

The Most Successful Female Everest Climber of All Time Is a Housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut

Lhakpa Sherpa ​​has climbed Everest more than any other woman, but few people know her name. Part of the reason has been the media’s legacy of diminishing the accomplishments of Sherpa climbers, but also: “since 2004, she has been too frightened to speak to reporters.” That’s the year she says she was assaulted by her ex-husband, Everest summiter George Dijmarescu.

Source: Outside
Published: May 20, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,587 words)

Dave Morton Is Quitting Everest. Maybe. (It’s Complicated.)

A veteran mountain guide reconsiders his life’s work on Mount Everest after years of witnessing the tragic loss of everyone from outfitters and Sherpas to would-be climbers.

Author: Abe Streep
Source: Outside
Published: Apr 4, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,461 words)

The Cursed, Buried City That May Never See The Light of Day

The massive Egyptian city from Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ was Hollywood’s biggest ever set when it was built in the 1920s, and then it was buried in the sands of the California Coast.

Source: Outside
Published: Oct 8, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,500 words)

An Oral History of Langtang, the Valley Destroyed by the Nepal Earthquake

In Outside magazine, Anna Callaghan and Rabi Thapa compile an oral history of Langtang, the valley destroyed by the Nepal earthquake in April 2015.

Source: Outside
Published: Sep 28, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,292 words)

Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor

How the social travel site changed the way we plan our trips.

Source: Outside
Published: Mar 13, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,032 words)

The Lawyer Negotiating the Bike War

Liability lawyer and former professional bike racer Megan Hottman spends her working hours representing cyclists who’ve been injured by reckless drivers. Hottman takes the occasionally unpopular opinion that—in the perpetual conflict between two wheels and four—bike riders themselves are a part of the problem, and they need to step up and be a part of the solution.

Source: Outside
Published: Feb 17, 2015

Why Your Instagram Nature Shot Is Breaking the Law

The feds are going to new lengths to protect national parks and wilderness areas from commercial photography—but what happens when the “commercial photographer” is an Instagram celebrity?

Source: Outside
Published: Feb 2, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,200 words)

Chasing Abbey

Doug Peacock reflects on the life of his friend and fellow author and environmentalist Edward Abbey from a trail high in the Himalayas.

Source: Outside
Published: May 2, 2004
Length: 21 minutes (5,250 words)

Wolflandia: The Fight Over the Most Polarizing Animal in the West

The wolves of the Northern Rockies have polarized people who either see them as a threat to ranchers’ livelihoods or as a necessity for a balanced ecosystem.

Source: Outside
Published: Jan 20, 2015
Length: 29 minutes (7,310 words)