Friday Inspiration

Here’s a part-fun, part-white-knuckle, not new but new-to-me short film about a bike commuter in Johannesburg (video): Floyd Martin retired after 35 years as…

We all (hopefully) have our thing, and Kenny Unser’s thing is doing laps around Manhattan by kayak—more than 70 of them so far. (video)…

Ryan Van Duzer really captures RAGBRAI—“a rolling county fair” (video) Run 6.55 miles, eat a half-smoke sausage and chips, then run the other 6.55…

Kilian Jornet: 104 miles, 72,000 feet of elevation gain, 56 hours, 6 liters of water (video): An idea to help insomnia: Stop worrying about…

Watch Brody Leven and Josh Jespersen ski the Notch Couloir on Longs Peak, maybe the definition of “no-fall” territory (video) The Kickstarter for Chart…

A super-fun, short, hand-drawn skiing animation (video) “The thing that makes us happiest in life is other people. And yet other people are often…

“This is your social security dollars at work, basically.”—Carl “The Omelette Guy” Spring, who feeds more than 1400 Appalachian Trail hikers each year (video)…

Alex Honnold breaks down iconic rock climbing movie scenes (video)(Thanks, Torrey) Rose Torphy just became a junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, at…

I’m a sucker for short films about kids on bikes doing wheelies (video) I just want to say that I hit up Kettle Chips…

I caught this film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival last fall and am excited it’s finally online—if you’ve at all lost sight of…

A fascinating two-minute time-lapse flow motion portrait of Singapore (video): The most popular condiment in every U.S. state, mapped. In the time you spend…

You have probably never thought to yourself that Jaromir Jagr should travel to Ladakh to teach kids to play hockey, but this two-minute film…

“We need more reminders to sit, to relax, and enjoy the show.” (video) If this story about a dog doesn’t warm your heart, I’m…