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Contemplation in the Canyons
I’m in a hollow of red rock, up a canyon outside of Moab, Utah. It’s the middle of the night, it’s raining, and I am alone. How going in to the wilderness made me less skeptical.
100 Nights, a Novel Idea
Editor Kristy Holland takes a cue from a friend and is looking for a project to celebrate the outdoors. Any suggestions?
Teal Day, 2010!
This month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and to kick it off, the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation is asking you to dig through the rainbow in your closet and pull out a new color: Teal.
Rock The Vote
There’s almost nothing better than sharing your opinion. Especially when it involves screening a handful of sexy, funny, and awe-inspiring climbing films–none over three minutes long.
Mountain High
If you’re feeling a little fuzzy at altitude, it could just be the bliss of immersion into purple mountain majesty–or it could be a touch of altitude sickness. Blogger Jayme Otto gives a few hints for handling the highs.
Wildflowers and Global Warming
Will wildflower fields give way to sagebrush desert within the next 50 years?
Our Hero: Chloe Graftiaux
Extreme ports are just that: extreme. Despite the risks–sometimes because of them–we indulge our adrenaline-junkie selves in adventures that have an element of danger.
Landmines and Life
The people you meet through travel can be a humbling, lesson learning, character building experience.
Zipping Up
With over 100 nights a year in a sleeping bag, either tucked into a tent, or, in winter, in the back of my van in a ski area parking lot, I spend lots of night in the mummy position. So, like all down sleeping bags do after serving well, mine has lost its loft, and with that, it’s rating plummeted, leaving me to don my puffy before heading to bed.
Inspiration in Peru
After a summer spent visiting cooperatives throughout South America, Annie O. Waterman found a way to merge her love for color, textiles, and design by working alongside a weaving cooperative in Peru.
Happy Birthday ANWR!
Writer Molly Loomis is on an expedition through the 50-year-old Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She’ll meet the people, see the places, and take a first-hand account of one of the world’s most heated conservation issues.
Mountaineering Muse
The higher you get, the happier you are. Once you’ve hit the summit you’re ecstatic and relieved, but sometimes going down is a lot harder than going up.
