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An REI storefront (Image courtesy of Autumn Sky Photography) If your layering kit needs a refresh before the temperatures drop, REI Outlet has opened a fall clearance event with 466 items discounted up to 60 percent that runs through Oct. 6. The lineup spans clothing, footwear and accessories from brands including Helly Hansen, Osprey, Patagonia, The North Face and Dakine. Several North Face pieces anchor the sale.

A shark warning sign posted at a California beach a few years ago. (Image by Wayne Via, Shutterstock) A kayaker fishing off a Malibu, California, beach was hospitalized Sunday morning after a shark bit him twice during an attempted release, reports said. The incident happened near Paradise Cove in Los Angeles County, according to local news outlet KTLA.

McCormick's Creek State Park (Image by Paul Winterman, Shutterstock) McCormick’s Creek State Park, Indiana’s oldest such park, is getting a rebuilt campground after an EF-3 tornado tore through in March 2023, wiping out the old campground and knocking down most of the trees around it. The new facility is expected to open on a larger footprint in late summer 2028.

Image by ueuaphoto, Shutterstock A 20-year-old woman was flown to a hospital Thursday after falling roughly 100 feet from a cliff near Red Hollow in Iron County, Utah, the local sheriff’s office said in a statement posted to social media. Deputies said they responded to the call at 6:50 a.m.. The hiker had slipped off the mountainside along state Route 14. A ropes crew and the agency’s search and rescue team also responded to reach her.

Big Cottonwood Canyon (Image by Aneta Waberska, Shutterstock) A weekend hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon turned into a 20-minute fight to keep a stranger alive when a man collapsed on the trail and a nurse, backed by fellow hikers, began chest compressions until paramedics arrived.

Image courtesy of Harvest Hosts Hotel giant Choice Hotels International is moving into the outdoor travel space with the acquisition of Harvest Hosts, an RV and vanlife network that has 11,200 locations on farms, wineries, golf courses and breweries across the U.S. and Canada. The all-cash deal puts Harvest Hosts’ enterprise value at roughly $130 million. For overlanders and RVers, Harvest Hosts is a familiar name.

The Jinshanling Great Wall Trail Race was the penultimate stop of the Golden Trail World Series season. (Image via Solomon Running) The Jinshanling Great Wall Trail Race, the penultimate stop of the 2026 SALOMON Golden Trail World Series, wrapped up Sunday. The event closed the points-scoring calendar ahead of the season-ending Grand Final. Thirty-six elite runners lined up, and SALOMON called it among the strongest international fields it has assembled for a race in China.

Cheo Himal and Himlung on Nepal-Tibet border (Image by MoLarjung, Shutterstock) Rescue teams in north-central Nepal recovered four bodies and are searching for a dozen more mountain workers swept away by an avalanche that buried the base camp on 23,380-foot Himlung Himal. The avalanche struck the base camp on Sunday morning, as Nepali climbers and support staff prepared the route ahead of foreign clients arriving for the autumn climbing season.

Image by Andi Saiful Sidik, Pexels Each winter, the Sea of Cortez becomes a stage for remarkable marine life displays, drawing divers and naturalists to experience unique big-animal encounters. Swarms of mobula rays, the looming presence of orcas, and other impressive species create a seasonal spectacle that is both visually arresting and ecologically significant.

Image via Chaffee County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page A canine deputy named Archie led searchers to three children who wandered away from a Colorado campsite over the weekend, tracking their scent 1.5 miles into the wilderness before the kids were found uninjured.