Falls trigger more backcountry deaths than almost ever other cause combined. Here's how to go up without tumbling down.

Spotting animals is a highlight of backcountry travel—unless they attack. Learn how to escape 22 dangerous species.

Don't let the desert–or swamps, cliffs, jungles, glaciers, or other potentially dangerous landscapes–be your end.

From hypothermia to heatstroke, the elements kill in myriad ways. Protect yourself with 34 tips on wind, rain, snow, and more.

"Improvise, adapt, and overcome." Bear Grylls and his crew lived by this mantra while filming episodes of Man vs. Wild. Here's how hikers can adopt it.