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- Wallpaper Wednesday: New Zealand Dew
  This week's free wallpaper of morning dew in New Zealand's Milford Sound is provided here in a full range of desktop sizes.... »
- Solar-Powered Catamaran Makes 1st Circumnavigation
  Turanor PlanetSolar, a futuristic-looking 100-foot catamaran, last week became the first vessel to circumnavigate the planet... »
- The Daily Bike, May 16, 2012
  Unless you understand Portuguese, this one might be a little baffling. It turns out, it's a Fiat public service ad against... »
- Street Artist Pastes Healing in Navajo Nation
  Editor's note: I first came upon the art of Jetsonorama when driving across the Navajo Nation en route to a desert adventure.... »
- Dirtbag Gourmet: Margaritas with Climber Kelly Cordes
  Climber and writer Kelly Cordes has put up bold routes in some of the world’s most remote ranges, edited the American Alpine... »
- Links We Like, May 16, 2012
  HELICOPTER PILOT AND ALPINIST SIMONE MORO is one of the busier guys in Everest Base Camp. In addition to acclimatizing for... »
- Shelter Co. Is A Sweet Way to Camp
  Each of the last two years, I've written a feature story for Sunset magazine on camping, and it's always an interesting... »
- Fracking, Congress Endanger America’s Rivers
  American Rivers today announced its annual list of Most Endangered Rivers, topped by America’s River, the Potomac,... »
- The Daily Bike, May 15, 2012
  It's hard to say goodbye to race numbers. Putting them on the bike is special. Even your bike looks as if it’s standing a... »
- Declination: Dancing With Unexploded Bombs in Laos
  [caption id="attachment_43650" align="alignnone" width="660" caption="Inert UXO at a cafe in Sepon, Laos"][/caption]A few days... »
- The List: 10 Famous Bears
  Bears are icons of wilderness. Even if you don’t love them, you don’t dislike them. We celebrate them as mascots, stuffed... »
- Links We Like, May 15, 2012
  A TUNNEL UNDER THE TETON MOUNTAINS? Sure, for $400 million a mile. It ain't gonna happen, but that doesn't mean Jackson,... »
- Why You Should Row Across the Atlantic
  There's a guideline in storytelling that you should show, not tell — don't tell people that you're tired, show the conditions... »
- Gear Review: Chris King Coffee Tamper
  The Chris King Coffee Tamper is a piece of gear that only a coffee snob could love. And love it I do. Silly, maybe, because... »
- Yellowstone’s Grizzlies are More Dangerous Than Glacier’s
  Yellowstone has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in conflict between bears and humans in the past five years: A new report by... »