Adventure Films

an archival photograph of a balloon crashed on the ice

Weekend Warm-Up: The 1897 Andree Polar Expedition

The Victorian era saw wave after wave of talented...
a screenshot from a short film on bouldering, in black and white

Weekend Warm-Up: Punk Aesthetic Meets Dirtbag Vibes in ‘Keep it Real’

What happens if you combine the devil-may-care attitude of...
sending a rapid

Weekend Warm-Up: Kayaking Epic Nepalese Whitewater in ‘The Tears of Shiva’

Westerners may best know Nepal for its high peaks,...
a bike with skis attached

Weekend Warm-Up: Explore Some of Europe’s Wildest Ranges in ‘Balkan Express’

The Balkan Peninsula — also known as Southeast Europe...
a brook trout

Weekend Warm-Up: Journey to Brook Trout Nirvana in ‘The Big Land’

They call Labrador "The Big Land." And is it...
a woman wearing diving goggles looks into the camera

Weekend Warm-Up: Daughter of the Sea

"If it wasn't for the sea, I wouldn't be...
an expansive vista with a man wingsuiting in the top of the frame

Weekend Warm-Up: Wingsuiting the Dolomites is Surprisingly Chill

I'm the kind of person who describes cabin-building videos...
rockies traverse

Weekend Warm-Up: The Rocky Mountains Traverse

If we're not currently living in the Golden Age...
a young man's face as seen through the spokes of a bicycle wheel

Weekend Warm-Up: Monte Cosby Won’t Stop

The humble bicycle. I don't know if any other...
a climber on a waterfront cliff

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Does Climbing Matter?’ Quebec Edition

Leave it to an aid climbing documentary to stake...
the outsider

Weekend Warm-up: 50 Years of Solitude For ‘The Outsider’

How much do we really want solitude? It's not a...
marty hoey

Weekend Warm-Up: The Ghost of ‘Everest North Wall 1982’

It's been 41 years since an American climbing team...
anna hazelnutt climbing a sheer limestone cliff above an austrian village

First Whippers of Spring? Wide Boyz and Hazelnutt Get Gripped, Bust Gear, Send E9/10

Spring has sprung, which means rock climbers around the...
two figures above the clouds amid snowy peaks

Weekend Warm-Up: DIDI, the Nepalese Word For ‘Big Sister’

When something you love becomes your profession, things can...
a man saws a log

Weekend Warm-Up: Two Decades of Siberian Solitude

What causes someone to retreat from society? It's an...
dane jackson santo domingo gorge

Dane Jackson Paddles Absolutely Crazy Stretch of Waterfalls

For kayakers, the Santo Domingo Gorge in Mexico is...
the hunt

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘The Hunt’ To Restore Indigenous Identity

How do Native Americans reclaim the identity that was...
Pierre Auzias speaks to the camera from his dogsled in 'A Greenlander.'

Weekend Warm-Up: A Greenlander

"I'd been trying to find a way of living...
svalbard

Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard

Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
canoeing on a misty lake.

Weekend Warm-Up: Waterwalker

We often head into the wilderness seeking high adventure,...
Mont Blanc massif

Watch: Climbers From 1899 Descend From Mont Blanc

On paper, the idea of adding color to vintage...
niko schirmer wavy

Weekend Warm-Up: A Skier’s ‘Scariest’ Ever Run Is A Standout Adventure

When I hit play on "WAVY — The voyage...
Santa express

Santa Spotted Paragliding at a French Ski Resort

For every smart kid who questions the physics behind...
a young man builds a log cabin by hand

Weekend Warm-Up: I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin

Erik Grankvist was 17, living in Stockholm, Sweden, and...

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