Issue 18

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Intro Intro By Stephen Casimiro

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Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Cows with eyes on their butts, the AT as utopian dream, literary caving, and mysterious sonic disturbances By Stephen Casimiro

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Recommended Reading Recommended Reading By Emily White

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Essay Can o' Beans and Spoon Set Out on a Trail… A dubious dinner choice can be its own kind of adventure By Leath Tonino

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Natural Curiosities Natural Curiosities: The Slippery Question of Eels For thousands of years, people have wondered: Where the heck do these things come from? By Justin Housman

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Appreciation Appreciation: On Hope, With Wings A lesson in faith from a Colorado ospreycam By Martin J. Smith

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Feature Beautiful Structure Rooted in family history, photographer Forest Woodward's treehouse was shaped by kin, community, and the land itself By Forest Woodward

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Feature Tinnik Season On the Alaskan tundra, a small berry is rare as treasure By Seth Kantner

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Feature Frontera Sur There is no better place for a desert road trip than Baja California, Mexico By Stephen Casimiro

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Feature Contracting for Two For years, professional female athletes had to choose between family and career. Thanks to pioneering women, that's starting to change By Mary Anne Potts

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Feature Waking the Bear A chance encounter leaves both parties to wonder, what was that? By Craig Childs

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Feature A Broken Leg in a Place Without Roads  On a trip lived by river time, an accident forces a reckoning with the dangers—and freedom—of wilderness By Christopher Ketcham

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Feature Our Biggest Test Yet Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben was among the first to warn of the climate emergency. Where does he see us heading today? By Emily White

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Feature An American Van’s Life When a vehicle changes hands, the idea of life on the road is seen through a different prism By Brendan Leonard

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Feature Streams Running Clear An appreciation of the unnamed high mountain waters that quench our thirst By Francis Sanzaro

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Feature Kooks Only, No Locals Once derided, soft surfboards are the new big thing, for one simple reason: They're a hoot By Justin Housman

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Three Square Three Square Here are a few of our favorite autumn recipes to spice up your next outing By Megan McDuffie and Michael van Vliet

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Portfolio Into the Woods Dark and Deep Meet the photographer who's been documenting Vancouver's North Shore mountain biking since the very beginning Photos by Sterling Lorence

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Resources Resources By Staff