Breaking a Great Chain
Pioneering photographer Anne Brigman’s Sierra nudes overturned gender expectations and reframed the place of humans in the environment
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Magic Circle of Light
The campfire is an essential part of the outdoor experience—and, maybe, part of what makes us human
Desperados
A chance climbing encounter in the Sonoran Desert leads to an unprotectable pitch and unanswerable questions
Pan-American Air Line
A newly married couple chart a route from Alaska to Patagonia in a vintage bush plane
Locked Out
Ten million acres of public land are inaccessible in the American West, but uncommon allies are fighting to open them
A Season for the Wilderness
On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Desert Solitaire, its militant call to arms has never been more timely, or needed
Black Women in the Wilderness: Has Anything Changed?
The author considers the progress, if any, for herself and others a generation after her essay made its debut
Eight Wheel Drive
Driving the Americas on an extended overland journey, two Polish men in wheelchairs are anything but confined
