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Blowing the Whistle on Public Lands Abusers
Dozens of TVs, refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and abandoned cars had either been gunshot, torched or both. This place of destruction was ...
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historical badass
Colin Fletcher, the Father of Modern Backpacking
Lieutenant Colin Fletcher looked up from the soggy gray paper bags leaking ropy streams of yellow vomit into the bilge water swirling around his b...
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The Boys and the Lake: How Two Backcountry Experts Met Death in Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly strides to the black-sand beach at the north end of Shoshone Lake, pausing in a beam of morni...
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culture
We Can All Help Shape This Utah National Monument
When President Joe Biden restored the original boundaries of both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in 2021, public-land...
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John Fairfax Wrestled Sharks, Rowed Across Oceans, Did a Little Gunfighting on the Side
Like a baccarat player holding his cards close to his tuxedo, the buttoned-down headline barely hints at the payout to come: “John Fairfax, Who Ro...
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Opinion: Trails Are More Crowded Than Ever, So Here's an Etiquette Primer
The uppermost switchback on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is eight feet wide. Yet the last time I hiked out, I was stymied ...
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gear
The Specialized Turbo Levo Review: Testing the Specialized 'Budget' E-Mtb
This is the best e-mtb I’ve ever ridden. Might as well get that out of the way. I’ve owned a few, demo-d a few, and borrowed a few from buddies, a...
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If You Build It, They Will Come: Lessons on Trail Building from a Wyoming State Park
Between Laramie and Cheyenne, amid the rocky shrubland and aspen groves of Curt Gowdy State Park, 45 miles of trail unfurl in ribbons of dirt, r...
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historical badass
Pioneering Travel Writer Ida Pfeiffer Was Not Afraid of Cannibals
If you’re in your mid-40s and feel it’s too late to follow your dreams of hardcore, on-a-shoestring international travel for months on end, well,...
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culture
Ode to John Fielder, One of the Best to Ever Raise a Camera to the Mountains
If you’ve ever bought a calendar or coffee table book featuring the grandeur of Colorado’s 14’ers, the stunning color photographs were almost certa...
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Earl Shaffer, the First Thru-Hiker of the AT, Embodied the Trail’s Soul
On April 4, 1948, 29-year-old Earl Shaffer shouldered a rucksack and started hiking near Mt. Oglethorpe in Georgia. He soon encountered a picnick...
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The Yellow Jerseys of the Fireline: Hot Shots Exert as Much Energy as Tour de France Riders
For three weeks in July, the world’s most elite bike racers climb steep mountains and sprint along historic cobblestones to capture the coveted y...
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