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Intro Intro
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Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementoes, Notes, and Fragments
22
Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
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Moments Moments: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Klunkerer
How Colorado's 1970s Pearl Pass tours helped create the wild new sport of mountain biking
30
Natural Curiosities Corn Isn’t the Only Plant With Ears
New discoveries show that flora can hear, make, and respond to sounds
34
Feature Never Swim Alone*
*Unless you want to test yourself in the dangerous waters of Spain's Cape Trafalgar
42
Feature For the Forest and the Trees
A New York photographer has made it his life's work to document and preserve America's old-growth heritage
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Feature A Nudge to Wildness
What’s the role of a guidebook? Mountain legend and author Joe Kelsey says it’s to help you to lose your way
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Feature Stormy Weather
Backpacking trips don't always end well and some friendships don't last forever
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Feature Mojave Rattler
For nearly fifty years, Desert magazine was gritty and provocative and full of love for the American drylands
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Feature The Forest Hearth
Living in harmony with the seasons and the land is an ideal tightly wound up with Japanese national identity
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Feature Proper Place
A visit with man-eating lions reminds who sits where on the food chain
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Feature Steelhead, Love, and Other Mysteries
The hunt for an elusive fish tests the line that ties
108
Three Square Three Square
Fire or gas, these are sure to get you into the spirit of the season
114
Portfolio Portfolio: The People You Meet
One man's ongoing endless project to get to know his fellow travelers on the road. Photography of Elliot Ross
128
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