ARMY OF ANYONE Army of Anyone (The Firm) I’d be so much more excited about the return of the Brothers DeLeo if it didn’t also involve the return of that dude from Filter (how do you go from “Hey Man, Nice Shot” to “Take a Picture”–you know “Awake on my airplane/Awake on my airplane/My skin […]
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The Wall (Grand Prize winner Banff Mountain Book Festival) Jeff Longr Atria Books, 2006, 298 pages. Planning a reunion climb on El Capitan, Hugh Glass and Lewis Cole harbored hopes of regaining some of the self-confidence and excitement the wall had provided them 40 years earlier. Their hope: to return to the venue of the
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This is the kind of story I used to read in the Drama in Real Life section of my grandparents’ Readers Digest-one of those harrowing winter stories in which a group of intrepid adventurers treks out into the wilderness, only to have something go terribly wrong and leave them fighting for their lives. This is
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Look, I don’t know what it is about Bald Eagles, but they seem to bring out both the best and the worst of us. We tend to think they’re beautiful. Majestic. Powerful. But then we think maybe they’re stealing our salmon, so we put a bounty out on them and make sure they are practically
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The atmosphere is more open than a Zen monastery but less so than a resort or spa. Located just five hours to the north in British Columbia, the Ashram Yasodhara offers a reflective getaway to individuals of all spiritual traditions. Whether participating in daily yoga classes, attending sacred dance courses or participating in satsangs (communal
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Every outdoor pursuit has its hazard. For mountain bikers, it may be a rut or a rock garden in a steep, technical downhill stretch. If you’re a surfer or kayaker, you’re always susceptible to a sneaker wave or hole waiting to school your ass. And wilderness trekkers may have to contend with lions, tigers, bears
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If you thought Coeur d’Alene would be less interested in promoting bicycle and pedestrian use because it’s a smaller metro area than Spokane-you would be wrong. “We are looking at going to the city council and requesting to expand the board to 15 members,” says Mike Gridley, Coeur d’Alene City Attorney and Coordinator of the
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