One of the first women to make a splash during Outside’s formative years was E. Jean Carroll who in 1981 reported on a championship that was equal parts rodeo and beauty pageant. She came back with a story that advanced the magazine’s rambunctious style and treated saddle queens with the respect they deserve.
In a conversation among three hall-of-fame veterans from Outside’s early years, E. Jean Carroll talks about her life, her career, and how she came to write a funny, much loved story that had serious feminist intent
We talked to Latria Graham about an essay that helped fundamentally change our understanding of the challenges historically marginalized people face in the outdoors
At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened after Shaw promised to go back is nearly unbelievable—unless you believe in ghosts.