Three Square

AJ 39 • Three Square Three Square Dirty Gourmet: uncomplicated, outdoor-friendly recipes from three friends By Mai-Yan Kwan, Emily Nielson & Aimee Trudeau Issue 39 Dirty Gourmet Photos by Dirty Gourmet Dirty Gourmet is a camp recipe and cookbook partnership of three friends, Mai-Yan Kwan, Emily Nielson, and Aimee Trudeau. Their dishes are uncomplicated, outdoor-friendly … Read more

Intro

This should be easy, right? Pick a rating system and it’ll tell you what’s hard: double black diamond ski runs, 5.14 climbing routes, Class V whitewater. Except, not really. I’ve skied plenty of double-expert-only runs that were for me, in those conditions, easy. In my not-very-illustrious climbing career, I never got near 5.12, making 5.14 … Read more

Arts + Sciences

Outdoor author and Dharma counselor Kate Siber, bold landscape painter Ariel Lee, and stormy weather photographer Christophe Jacrot

Blind Faith

On Ecuador’s highest peak, alone in a storm on borrowed gear, he had no choice but to continue toward an unseen summit