Trail Conditions May Vary
Between blizzards and drifting snow, passing snowmachines and surprise rain, riding the Iditarod is an exercise in perfecting your timing
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Intro
Suddenly, the beach sand rumbled and bounced and shook, and monkeys screamed from the trees without end. It was a few minutes to four on April 22, 1991, and my girlfriend (now wife) and I were on a remote Costa Rican beach just north of the border with Panama, lounging under cloudy, humid skies and … Read more
Mementos, Notes, and Fragments
Stoned in Ireland, a magical forest, attempting to walk on water, inconceivable freefalling
If a Black Hole Falls in the Forest…
More than a century after an explosion devastated Siberia, scientists still can’t say for sure what happened
Be Careful What You Wish For
Whose idea was it to guide flatland clients across the top of New England in late winter? Oh, right
Recommended Reading
AJ 31 • Recommended Reading Recommended Reading Road ecology, the neuroscience of navigation, a sailor’s sea memoir, and California’s painted deserts By Emily White Issue 31 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet Ben Goldfarb · W.W. Norton · 2023 In Crossings, prize-winning journalist Ben Goldfarb explores how the earth’s forty-some … Read more
Resources
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Natural Curiosities: The Positive Side of Negativity
How storms, beaches, and waterfalls make us feel good at the atomic level
Painting With Soil
Artist and scientist Karen Vaughan makes luscious watercolors from earth and uses them to reveal the miracles beneath our feet