The Seed Jar
A rare artifact. A people, vanished. In the labyrinth of Anasazi canyon country, a search for one thing becomes the discovery of another
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Weekend Cabin: Mountain Research
Two and a half hours from Tokyo, a dome becomes a platform for rethinking the weekend getaway
24 Important Women
An incomplete list of people who are making outdoor adventure better
A Strange Occurrence With Owls
In the red rocks, under a cold moon, contemplating the life and release of a beloved, impossible dog
Bike. Pack. Raft.
On the Lost Coast of Alaska, a crew of five tests the missing link to a new kind of adventure
The Dyatlov Pass Mystery
Nine ski tourers went missing, nine ski tourers were found dead. To this day, no one knows how or why
Etymology: Send
How one little word came to have so much power
Lean and Hard and Sunbrowned and Kind
Audrey Sutherland’s lone-wolf spirit carried her thousands of solo miles through Hawaii and Alaska
Intro
This issue doesn’t have a theme, but stories of relationships predominate. A man takes his girlfriend, a relative newcomer to climbing, on a two-week big-wall ascent of El Cap. A woman wrestles with saying goodbye to her dog. A son takes his seventy-nine-year-old father on a twenty-eight-day trip down the Colorado River through the Grand … Read more
Saving the Natural Word
A field guide to how language shapes our sense of place, and a powerful argument for the re-wilding of vocabulary