We'll be taking the day off this time next week and you should be, too. Here's what to check out when you're not out hiking, running, or skiing.听
Books
National Outdoor Book Award Winners, 12-Words-or-Less Edition
The 2016 National Outdoor Book Award winners were announced on Thursday. Here are the best adds for your ever-expanding reading list.
- 听by Debbie Clarke Moderow (Winner, Outdoor Literature): Writer takes on Iditarod at 47听with fiercely loyal dogs ().
- 听by Drew Harvell (Winner, Natural History Literature): Searching for real-life versions of glass critters听(and听obvious fragility metaphors).
- 听by Mick Conefrey (Winner, History/Biography): Early attempts to climb a very mountain鈥攑lus, occultists!
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Watch Later: Hardrock 100 Edition
The documentary gods have gifted us not one but two films about the 101.7-mile trail of suffering and fun (depending on whom you ask).听
鈥楾he Unknown鈥
Ultra hero Timothy Olson seeks personal redemption in his second year at Hardrock after the first year didn't go his way. Did his preparation pay off? We'll refrain from the obvious 鈥渦nknown鈥 joke. Find out听in January 2017.
鈥楾he Women of Hardrock鈥
Coming soon from , a movie that focuses on exactly what the title says. And we can't wait鈥攁ny excuse to get inside the heads of the fierce women who return听to听Hardrock year after year.
Watch Now
Trailers are fun, but you didn't think we'd leave you hanging like that, did you? Here, we dug up the 10 most underrated, full-length adventure movies on Netflix.听
Longread from '国产吃瓜黑料'
How a Ragtag Crew of Almost Journalists Created Running's Most Controversial Website
Cheaters beware. The community of amateur sleuths听at LetsRun.com are watching鈥攅ven when nobody else really cares to.听
Delmott, whose father had worked as a detective, was suspicious and started a thread on the message board of the website LetsRun.com. His provocative post was titled 鈥淩obert Young fakes run across America.鈥澨
Immediately, the LetsRun forums 颅erupted. 鈥淗indsight says you should have had a witness and a low-light camera,鈥 wrote a user under the name 鈥淚 was driven across America,鈥 adding: 鈥淲hy didn鈥檛 you talk to the RV crew to document it was his van?鈥 Heavyd84 posted: 鈥淕ood investigative work! Now all of us living in states he hasn鈥檛 run through yet need to go out and get more evidence. Letsrun unite!鈥澨