Introducing Outside Learn, Our New Online Education Hub
Presenting Outside Learn, our just-launched online education hub loaded with instructional courses for beginners and veterans alike. Outside Learn has more than 2,000 videos covering 450 lessons, on topics ranging from fitness and nutrition to running and cycling to survival and gear repair.
outsideonline.comNew this week: 'Power of the Dog,' 'Annie' live and Kenny G
This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from saxophone legend Kenny G, a documentary about the 12 young soccer players and their coach trapped in a flooded Thailand cave, and Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to filmmaking in “The Power of the Dog.”.
Jimmy Chin's Plan to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive
The North Face asked climber Jimmy Chin to colead its new Explore Fund Council. The Explore Fund provides grants to nonprofits to increase outdoor participation, and the council will expand on that by adding new voices and perspectives, in addition to a $7 million commitment from TNF to increase support for the fund.
outsideonline.comNew documentary looks at Mount Meru from the eyes of a climber
Shark’s Fin on India’s Mount Meru has been called one of the hardest climbs on the planet. It stands more than 20,000 feet above the Ganges River and has defeated many of the greatest climbers in history. A new documentary, “Meru” looks at the irresistible summit from the eyes of a climber and explains why the trek is work the risk. The film’s directors, climber Jimmy Chin and his wife Chai Vasarhelyi, along with best-selling author Jon Krakauer, a featured commentator in the documentary join “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the film.
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