Owen Clarke is a veteran outdoor sports journalist who has written for Outside since 2019. As Outside’s news reporter, he frequently covers public land management, search-and-rescue operations, and human-wildlife interactions, and he also has a decade of experience reporting on technical rock and ice climbing, high-altitude mountaineering, and adventure motorcycling.
Clarke is also a frequent contributor to Climbing, a contributing editor for Summit Journal, and the Africa and Brazil editor for the American Alpine Journal. He was formerly a contributing editor and columnist for Rock and Ice, and a regular contributor to the motorcycle magazine Iron & Air. His work has also appeared in Mountain Gazette, Imagine5, Travel + Leisure, Backpacker, SKI, and Trail Runner, among dozens of other outdoor, environmental, and adventure travel publications.
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Cohen Schaumann is recuperating in a hospital after suffering a brutal fall on April 21
The Wisconsin native had just climbed Aguja Guillaumet in Patagonia when she was trapped by a storm
From Red Rock to Acadia, and Asheville to Maui, these climbing destination are unforgettable stocking stuffers
Guides and rescue personnel are trying to understand the disasters that occurred on the volcanic peaks of Carihuairazo, Cayambe, and Illiniza Sur over the weekend
New Zealand student Anna Parsons broke nearly every major bone in her body in a fall in Yosemite National Park
Washington Commanders guard Wes Schweitzer says climbing has made him a better football player, but that’s not why he does it. He’s developed a passion for the sport, and plans to keep sending well after his playing days are over.
A massive slide on Italy’s Marmolada glacier sent rocks and ice tumbling down on multiple groups of climbers
Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker completed a 2,500-foot roof crack under a freeway in Devon, England, their latest in a series of bridge climbs since they started scaling concrete in 2020
The tragedy on 20,549-foot Chimborazo has sparked a debate about the dangerous trend of hiring unlicensed guides
A 31-year-old climber took a fatal fall earlier this month in Colorado’s Eldorado Canyon State Park
The Juliana Trail takes hikers through remote villages and settlements in a 167-mile loop around the country's stunning Julian Alps