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Intro Intro
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Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments
When Yosemite rained fire, pourquoi pruney hands, the human lightning rod, my octopus adrenalin junkie
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Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
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Essay A Sharp Break and a Story Set Free
How a broken seed jar speaks the histories of people
30
Natural Curiosities Look Out on Your Left, Louie!
Did sperm whales teach their children how to avoid whalers?
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Moments Moments: Be All You Can Be
The first people to do the vaunted Western States 100 race on foot were not sleekly athletic ultrarunners, but U.S. Army soldiers wearing combat boots
36
Feature Summer on the River
A conversation with raft guide Fritz Horst as he prepares for his tenth season on Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, as told to Jeff Moag
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Feature The Power of Silence
In today's world, one of our most valuable treasures is what you can't hear
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Feature The Street Artist of Canyon Country
Muralist and photographer Chip Thomas brings healing and hope to the Navajo Nation
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Feature Mountains As Direction for Living
New England climber and outdoor ethics pioneer Laura Waterman on deliberate and joyful adventure
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Feature Archery at 1, Canoeing at 3, Cocktails at 5
Wandawega harkens back to camps of yore, reminding that even grown-ups need a summer getaway
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Feature Cracks in the Lens
Ron Stoner spent the 1960s defining surf photography for the decades to come. Then he disappeared without a trace
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Feature Continental Shift
For California's Point Reyes peninsula, neither poetry nor prose suffice
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Feature No Place for Novices
A rescue in the Arctic prompts consideration of where personal responsibility begins—and ends
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Three Square Three Square
With time and good weather on your side and a trusted rig to carry your weightiest culinary gear, this is the perfect time to revamp classic recipes
118
Portfolio Portfolio: Backburn, Embers, and Aftermath
The wildfire photography of Stuart Palley
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