“` AJ 14 • Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Issue 14 01 On Your Mark, Get Set—Wait, Why Are We Racing When You Know I’ll Win? Evolution happens for practical reasons. The beaks of Darwin’s finches didn’t get longer because it was trending on social, but because that made it easier to … Read more
Meet the strange, living crust that holds the desert together
In the Faroe Islands, nothing is flat, the wind blows hard or not at all, and a human-powered crossing demands any means necessary
A group of climbers travels to Japan’s tallest waterfall for initiation to the ancient practice of sawanobori
New Hampshire’s Presidential Traverse holds the highest points in the East, all above treeline, and they’re spiced by the world’s worst weather
AJ 14 • Recommended Reading Recommended Reading An obscure ultrarunning legend, a Pulitzer-winning novel about trees, and the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate By Emily White Issue 14 In Search of Al Howie Jared Beasley · Rocky Mountain Books · 2019 In 1991, wearing racing flats and little more than his signature lion’s mane … Read more