Rockfall
Gravity provides an omen at the edge of night
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The Man Who Speaks for the Animals
Eminent field biologist George Schaller on preserving the wild in all of us
The Bike That Would Not Die
Spawned by the purest of motives—zero budget—this Softride became one of the most infamous bikes in the sport
Three Square
This is the season to reminisce about the dishes you still enjoy and others you might want to retire
No Place for Novices
A rescue in the Arctic prompts consideration of where personal responsibility begins—and ends
The Street Artist of Canyon Country
Muralist and photographer Chip Thomas brings healing and hope to the Navajo Nation
Intro
Be home when the streetlights come on, parents in the United States used to yell as kids ran out the door, and for American children of a certain era the freedoms of June felt completely different from the freedoms of, say, March. Summer vacation unrolled like a carpet whose end disappeared over the horizon, and … Read more
Mementos, Notes, and Fragments
When Yosemite rained fire, pourquoi pruney hands, the human lightning rod, my octopus adrenalin junkie
Moments: Be All You Can Be
The first people to do the vaunted Western States 100 race on foot were not sleekly athletic ultrarunners, but U.S. Army soldiers wearing combat boots