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Intro Intro
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Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments
Coolest passport ever, a life changed by a night camping, birds' mindboggling hearing, and living off what falls from El Cap
22
Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
24
Essay The Social Influencer
How an anonymous interaction in the field led to a whole new way of playing in the world
28
Natural Curiosities When the Cat’s Away, the Mice Will…Reshape Entire Ecosystems?
How the power of fear can alter the natural world
30
Feature Stuck in the Middle With Goo
An oddly compelling argument in favor of the short-lived but much-maligned mud season
40
Feature The Tumbleweed Gap Year
When their son missed the kindergarten cutoff date, they took it as a sign to travel the world
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Feature The Mountains Are Calling and I Must Break Out of Prison to Go
During World War II, three POWs plotted an audacious escape to climb Mount Kenya
56
Feature Maine Craft
The art, philosophy, and contemplative stoke of building a wood surfboard by hand
70
Feature Out in the Wilderness
When time around the campfire brings focus to the declaration of who you really are
74
Feature Tectonic Change
Will Iceland set aside nearly half its lands as a national park or allow industrial development to forever alter its rivers?
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Feature On Self Rescue
When currents force a new direction, a river teaches you to trust your choices
96
Feature Water Colors
Mariners' journals from across the centuries tell stories of daring and disaster, exploration and discovery
104
Feature Salty Peaks
On the coast of Ireland, a Scotsman is obsessed with the singular pursuit of climbing sea stacks
112
Three Square Three Square
With backpacking season upon us, it's time to make a dehydrator your new best friend
118
Portfolio Portfolio: A Community of Sea Women
On a South Korean island, generations of female free divers have supported their families and remade society itself
128
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