Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

In this video, we begin our first major project of the year: a cabin extension. We start by cutting and debarking a tree near ...

It’s difficult to get building materials such as siding and roofing out in the wilderness, so when my sister Megan visited recently with the desire to construct her first building on her island in ...