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Why We Need Bigfoot, Even if it isn’t Real
I brace myself as I open my email: Another note from someone who listened to my Bigfoot podcast, Wild Thing, and felt compelled to write me. Mo...
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Opinion: Leave Alaska's Wild Bears in Peace, Please
Grizzly bears in Alaska that live around the town of Bethel, population 6,325, should have a good life as they don’t interact with many people. Bu...
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Influencing, What, Exactly?
A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona. She was poised on the edge of a cliff emblazoned with sunset ...
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Sometimes Your Truck Breaks Down in a Gorgeous Basin and Your Life Is Forever Changed
Douglas Balmain weaved through mushroom fairy rings more lush than usual for this time of year, noting the expansion of the basin’s mycelial fung...
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The Dark, Spectacular Beauty of Astronomy-Adventuring
For years, small groups of astronomy enthusiasts have traveled the globe chasing the rare solar eclipse. They have embarked on cruises to the mid...
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The Story of a Bonk: Or, How Red Vines Saved a Life
I’d moved to Grand Junction months before and had gotten a good feel for the trails, but wanted a little more than just a trail ride this day. Fa...
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Restoring the Land Can Feel a Lot Like Fun
Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some beat-up land north of Fort Collins, I wo...
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Native Alaskans Show the Feds How It's Done
Last August, after a long day at work, Karen Linnell tossed a couple of coolers and a bag full of dried moose meat into the back of her pickup tr...
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What It Takes and Why It’s Worth It
I wake up antsy. I stand in the sun outside my front door and stretch my arms, staring at a vertical ocean of blue. My mountain bike has been pro...
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There Goes My Hero
I grew up surfing in a place where it was pretty much standard to have the lineup all to yourself. Or, if you were lucky, you might have a couple...
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First Ascent, Second Tower, Last Man
John Mowat on Symmetry Spire’s Durrance Ridge with Jenny Lake below. Photo: George Mowat. John Mowat remembers the day 71 years ago when he an...
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Man, I Really Miss My Long-Gone Dirtbag Gear Shop
It was on a busy thoroughfare in San Luis Obispo, California, occupying a squat, rectangular building with a brick facade in the front, yellow pl...
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