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João Silva: An Unbroken Man

Photojournalist João Silva lost his legs covering the war in Afghanistan. After two years of rehab and more than 70 surgeries, he's racing his Harley and competing in marathons. Now he's ready to go back to work.

The Cult of Chris McCandless

Fifteen years after an enigmatic 24-year-old walked 'Into the Wild,' the site of his death has become a shrine. As Hollywood weighs in with a portrait of the young man as a saintlike visionary, has the truth been lost? Inside the strange life and tragic death of "Alexander Supertramp."

Mexico's Fireworks Capital

Once a year, a village in Mexico explodes with the most intense fireworks party in the world. Ten days, 50 tons of handmade fireworks, and – most years – no one even dies.

The Sherpa's Story

Four years after 11 people died on K2, a new book from the Himalayan perspective sets the record straight.

K2: The Killing Peak

K2, the world's second-highest summit, is the true climber's mountain, more challenging and dangerous than Everest — as the world learned this August, when 11 climbers perished within a span of 30 hours. The inside story of what went wrong.

Lost in the Amazon

One man's absurd quest to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River — floods, electric eels, and machete-wielding natives be damned.

Mark Ruffalo's Good Life Formula

How Hollywood's greenest star found peace.

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