When we last left off, the four teams on Outlast were racing each other to an Alaskan island on makeshift river rafts to score five crab traps. Nobody had eaten in three days and the prized pots would not only bring them back to life nutritionally but could change the balance of power to win [...]
The first episode of Netflix’s extreme new reality competition show, about sixteen survivalists dumped into the Alaskan wilderness, starts off with a bang. Literally. One contestant, Andrea, shoots her flare gun after just one day, which signals to producers that she officially gives up and wants the hell out. Another contestant, Amber, casually mentions that [...]
In typical and spectacular Survivor style, on Day 1, the newest batch of 18 tribe members blast in on three separate speedboats to meet host Jeff Probst on a beach in the Mamanuca Islands, Fiji, South Pacific. The cast (hopefully ready to outwit, outplay and outlast for our entertainment) is already separated into three tribes of [...]
Even the most outdoorsy folks need a quiet night on the couch now and again. When you want to binge something better than stale sitcom reruns, these exhilarating documentaries will inspire you to chase adventures of your own—tomorrow, perhaps. 1. Free Solo A true edge-of-your-seat story, this award-winning film follows free soloist Alex Honnold as [...]
Does teamwork make the dreamwork? That’s the $1 million question on Outlast, Netflix’s intense new reality competition, produced by Jason Bateman (all eight bingeworthy episodes drop March 10). In this series, 16 “lone wolf” survivalists must “outlast” each other in the Alaskan wilderness, in order to win the hefty prize pool. But there’s a catch, [...]
A good ski or snowboarding flick can help get you in the mood to hit the slopes or help sate your hunger for snow if you can’t be in the mountains. (Our favorite time to watch is just before a big trip or the start of the new season!) Whether you’re in the mood for [...]
Can you imagine being stuck on a cruise ship with your ex-lover for three weeks? Because that’s where we were, unexpectedly, heading in the season 1 finale of Paramount’s Yellowstone prequel, 1923. When we left last week, Alexandra had just encountered her jilted fiance and his family over a rosé-fueled bistro meal in Italy as [...]
The newest crop of Survivor castaways includes plenty of big personalities, accomplished competitors and ruthless rivals laser-focused on the challenge to win $1 million. Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho, 35 San Juan, Puerto Rico Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is the first Puerto Rican currently residing in the Caribbean to play Survivor in the show’s history. He [...]
Bear Grylls took on a different kind of adventure this week, walking the red carpet at the premiere of the documentary Finding Michael in London. In signing on to the project, the survivalist-turned-executive-producer felt personally connected with the film’s subject matter: In 1999, the titular 22-year-old Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to climb Everest, [...]
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet,” William Blake once wrote. True, but the famous poet might have tweaked this line a little if he’d seen the season finale of HBOMax’s nail-biting reality competition The Climb. If there’s one thing that became clear after watching this series, it’s that this sport offers an [...]
