gear
More Simple, Fun Bikes Like the Priority Sauce, Please
I’ve been working on a bike equation lately, toying with variables in my head as I zoom along single track trails, or cruise around my town’s wind...
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culture
When Giants Fall, We Must Listen
“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13 to 19% of...
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books
My Life As a Fire Lookout
Trina Moyles looked at the job description for a fire tower lookout job in northern Canada’s Boreal forest and lingered for a moment on this line...
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historical badass
Climber John Bachar Blew the Doors Clean Off the ’70s Yosemite Climbing Scene
In the early 1970s the major Yosemite climbing proving ground was an area called the Nabisco Wall, a series of vertical cracks that would have be...
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gear
Do You Really Need the Tech-iest, Most Advanced Gear on the Shelf When Camping?
Just before the first plump rain drops fell, followed by the biting sting of hail, the temperature dropped by a good ten degrees. We were just set...
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culture
Raise a Glass to The Snow Plow Drivers Who Keep Our Winter Passes Open
Kevin Maynard doesn’t bat an eye at these conditions. Highway 28 is visible, after all, and it’s not snowing. Still, as the Wyoming Department o...
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culture
Are We Blowing It In Our Approach to Wildlife Conservation?
How should humans care for the beings that share the planet with us? This is one of the defining questions of our time. Between 1970 and 2018, w...
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gear
Why I’m Giving Up Trail Runners for Hiking Boots
About 12 years or so ago I bumped into an older middle-aged couple on the John Muir Trail whose amazing, crazy-strong legs changed how I viewed b...
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historical badass
Justin Schmidt, 'King of Sting,' Was Like a Sommelier of Insect Sting Pain
Shackleton suffered tremendous adversity and pain and overcame the fear of starvation, freezing, and death. But did he ever willingly subject him...
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gear
Why Carbon Steel Pans Have Replaced Cast Iron In Our Camp Kitchen
Cast Iron pans are a ubiquitous part of camping lore. We love them, we do. But a couple years back I picked up a carbon steel pan for my home kitc...
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culture
What Is Hardcore Anyway And Should We Care?
A few years back I sat down at a bar in the San Diego airport while waiting for a flight to San Francisco, and the bartender and I got to talking...
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culture
Climbing the Loneliest Volcano For a Sight Unseen By Modern Humans
Mt. Michael. Photo: Renan Ozturk, National Geographic When you imagine peering into a volcano's open mouth from above, what image comes to mind? ...
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