Frederick Dreier

Boulder

Articles Editor at Outside Magazine

Ski, run, bike, read, eat, repeat. Articles Editor at @OutsideMagazine. Former EIC at @VeloNews

Articles

Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, or Chomolungma? We Dive Into the Naming Debate on the Roof of the World.

1 week ago | outsideonline.com | Frederick Dreier

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. Want to stay up on Outside's 2025 Everest Season coverage? Sign up for our Outside: Dispatches from Everest newsletter. What name should we call the world's highest peak? In this week's Dispatches from Everest video, Ben Ayers dives into the simmering debate over this topic.
The Debate Over Mount Everest’s Name

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Frederick Dreier

Pakistan said Chinese fighter jets were used to respond to military strikes by India and that it has kept Beijing fully informed of its action as …
National Parks Face "Extreme" Cuts Under the Proposed 2026 Federal Budget

1 week ago | backpacker.com | Frederick Dreier

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The National Park Service will lose almost 40 percent of its annual funding and surrender an undetermined amount of federally-run parks to state control-if the White House's plans for 2026 come to fruition.
National Parks Face “Extreme” Cuts Under the Proposed 2026 Federal Budget

1 week ago | outsideonline.com | Frederick Dreier

The National Park Service will lose almost 40 percent of its annual funding and surrender an undetermined amount of federally-run parks to state control—if the White House’s plans for 2026 come to fruition. On Friday, President Donald Trump released his discretionary budget request for 2026, a 44-page document submitted to U.S. Congress that outlines how the government will allocate federal dollars next year. Included in the document are dramatic upheavals to the Park Service.
National Parks Face “Extreme” Cuts Under the Proposed 2026 Federal Budget

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Frederick Dreier

12 hours agoYellowstone’s colorful and diverse landscape has inspired artists for more than 150 years Yellowstone National Park’s paint palette is a vibrant collection of hues: deep purple and fiery red wildflowers, warm gold grasses, cool green sagebrush, and polychromatic geysers. It has inspired artists like …
What’s the Hardest Part of Getting to Mount Everest? Booking a Flight.

2 weeks ago | outsideonline.com | Frederick Dreier

The first leg of travel to reach Mount Everest Base Camp is sometimes the hardest. That’s what Outside correspondent Ben Ayers experienced earlier this week. In his latest Outside: Dispatches from Everest video, Ayers takes us inside the topsy turvy world of air travel in the Mount Everest region. Western tourists hoping to hike to the world’s tallest mountain first fly to Kathmandu.
Getting to and From Mount Everest Is Harder than You Think

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Frederick Dreier

1 day agoA commercial expedition is planning to take clients up the tallest mountain in the world in record time with the help of xenon gas. But some in the climbing and medical world worry whether the strategy is an unnecessary gamble. When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made their first successful …
This Season of ‘Alone’ Will be Held in the Desert

2 weeks ago | outsideonline.com | Frederick Dreier

After watching all 11 seasons of the History Channel’s survival show Alone, I’ve become accustomed to to the show’s ebb and flow. In the first two episodes we meet the ten contestants, learn about their backstories, and scrutinize the ten pieces of wilderness gear they bring with them into the backcountry. Over the next three or four episodes, we marvel at the shelters these men and women construct, and the ingenuity they bring to hunting squirrels and harvesting edible flora.
Here’s All the Gear We’re Bringing to Mount Everest Base Camp

2 weeks ago | outsideonline.com | Frederick Dreier

It’s no secret that Mount Everest climbers travel with tons of gear. Guess what—so do Outside reporters who are headed to Base Camp. In his latest video, our Dispatches from Everest writer Ben Ayers discusses some of the items that he will be using over the next month. Ayers recently departed Kathmandu (elevation: 4,500 feet) for Lukla (elevation: 9,500 feet) to being the 11-day trek to Everest Base Camp (elevation: 17,500 feet).
What Kind of Gear Do You Need at Mount Everest Base Camp?

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Frederick Dreier

How Much Does it Cost to Climb Everest in 2025? Alan Arnette How Much Does it Cost to Climb Everest in 2025? How Much Does it Cost to Climb Mount Everest in 2025? - Climbing An in-depth look at how …