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In This Issue
13
Intro Intro
16
Feature The Quiver Question
Why are surfers the only athletes who regularly pose with their gear?
20
Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
Three reads for some adventure therapy
22
Etymology Etymology: Send
How one little word came to have so much power
24
Feature Books You Don't Need In a Place You Can't Find
A tiny, free library on the Pacific Crest Trail inspires, entertains, and charms
28
Feature No Better Knot
Ten days on the world's most famous big wall tests the strength of spirit and relationships
38
Feature 24 Important Women
An incomplete list of people who are making outdoor adventure better
54
Feature Bike. Pack. Raft.
On the Lost Coast of Alaska, a crew of five tests the missing link to a new kind of adventure
64
Feature The Dyatlov Pass Mystery
Nine ski tourers went missing, nine ski tourers were found dead. To this day, no one knows how or why
70
Feature Saving the Natural Word
A field guide to how language shapes our sense of place, and a powerful argument for the re-wilding of vocabulary
80
Grand Canyon Journal
A father and son share 280 river miles
92
Feature Leave No (Digital) Trace?
Oversharing is damaging our wild public lands—it's time to rethink what and how we post
96
Feature A Strange Occurrence With Owls
In the red rocks, under a cold moon, contemplating the life and release of a beloved, impossible dog
104
Historical Badass Lean and Hard and Sunbrowned and Kind
Audrey Sutherland's lone-wolf spirit carried her thousands of solo miles through Hawaii and Alaska
108
Feature Higher Calling
A famous old shelter and its lofty ideal are kept alive in the Northern Rockies
112
Three Square Three Square
118
Feature Swimming Holes
Hot sun, cool water, and best friends—these are the elements of perfect days
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