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Filmmaker and adventurer Jimmy Chin is helping the North Face explore important new terrain: a more diverse outdoors. Via Fast Company
Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit group with an advocacy arm, is changing how climate lobbying is done. It is achieving surprising results. Via The New York Times
It’s been 18 years since Ben Moon was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He has dedicated much of his life to educating young men about the need to get tested and stay active to be healthy. With a film in the works, a new book, and a new home, Men’s Journal caught up with Moon to get his take on the pandemic, dogs, and cameras, and more. Via Men’s Journal
Former MLS player Hellah Sidibe took his passion for running to the next level! Hellah has run every single day for the past 5 years and became the first black man to ever run across the USA! Watch via YouTube
The alpinist navigated sheer descents amid whiteout conditions to complete the first descent of the world’s fifth-highest peak. Via Outside
Alex Honnold, the world-renowned rock climber documented in the Oscar-winning film Free Solo, is up to some more death-defying adventures. The two-part virtual reality “experience” Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR, set for release March 3, follows the California native on solo ascents on two continents, “in some of the most remote and wildest locations possible.” The film will be distributed on Oculus TV and available on Meta Quest VR headsets. Via Deadline
Professional big mountain skier Lexi duPont will stand in the start gate for the first time since 2012 when the Freeride World Tour kicks off at Baqueira Beret. As this year’s wildcard pick, duPont will join a stacked lineup of 46 skiers and riders vying to claim the title of the world’s best extreme freerider. Via SKI Magazine
Streaking has become an increasingly popular phenomenon within running circles. Whether running one mile a day, or 20, streakers push for consistency. Via The New York Times
To say that Grossman is on a tear in understatement. She is America’s most consistent competitive climber. She is also the most highly decorated in that she is the first American World Champion climbing has seen. How did she break out into the top spot? Via Gripped
“We can all help move society forward as long as we put our gifts, like running, toward some greater good.” Via Runner’s World