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Intro Intro
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Arts + Sciences Arts + Sciences
Rez Gravel founder Elisha Bishop, whale biologist Michelle Fournet, and go-to climate scientist Daniel Swain
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Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
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Feature Buried Treasure
A vast network of recently discovered and newly explored caves is pushing the frontiers of the Grand Canyon—and science
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Feature Lessons from the Red Book
Climbing into the past with the 1964 guidebook to Yosemite Valley's now-hallowed walls
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Feature And Then the Boom Fell Off
A tale of sailing antics at the southernmost end of the Inside Passage
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Feature How the Tree Army Saved America
They built trails and parks, planted billions of trees, and left a legacy that can be hiked today
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Feature Everyone Belongs Outdoors
A new book takes a warm and welcoming look at people from groups traditionally overlooked or ignored by the adventure culture
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Feature The Rebuilders
Seasons spent with the flinty crew maintaining America's oldest backcountry huts
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Feature The Plateau
In this excerpt from a beloved UK classic, now available in the US, a lifelong Scottish highland hiker brings her watchful eye and crystal prose to the rugged Cairngorm Mountains
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Feature Passing Through
The migration of sandhill cranes is one of the longest-running epics in the world
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Profile Waves and Waves of Maps
For this collagist, making art is a process of a thousand cuts
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Three Square Three Square
Three friends, Mai-Yan Kwan, Emily Nielson, and Aimee Trudeau, share uncomplicated, outdoor-friendly versions of their favorite recipes from home
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Resources Resources
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