Cover photo courtesy Brad Naccarato As a contributor to Out There for the last 12 years, I’ve had the opportunity to write about a wide variety of exciting outdoor pursuits. Some were new adventures and others were lifelong passions that I loved sharing with our community. While I really enjoyed writing every one of those […]
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Cover photo courtesy Bradley Bleck One of the earliest articles I wrote for Out There, “The Politics of Urban Cycling in Spokane,” ran in December, 2005. Nearly 20 years on, it’s worth looking at what has and hasn’t changed. One significant change, according to census data, is bicycle commuting has risen from 0.8 percent to
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Cover photo courtesy Amy McCaffree I had been freelance writing for “Northwest Runner” magazine for about five years when I landed my first story for “Out There Monthly” – a cover story about Nordic skiing, for the January 2006 issue. I have been a loyal contributor ever since. Writing about the outdoors and living in
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Cover photo by Chris Bessler courtesy of Sandpoint Magazine In 2024, there are more people out enjoying our public lands trails throughout the Inland Northwest than ever before. Thankfully these and other trail improvements and new construction have given outdoor enthusiasts more miles to pedal and wander. Holly Weiler is a long-time recreationist who now
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By Holly Weiler In September 2004, I was a relatively new teacher trying to land that elusive continuing contract at one of our local school districts. Most of my free time was spent running on local trails, but that fall I joined my first volunteer trail work crew at the urging of a friend. It’s
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By Jess Walter Recently I was challenged by a poet in Lycra bike shorts to write an entire column about bicycling without making fun of the way people look in Lycra bike shorts (which, by the way, I believe should be regulated no less strenuously than, say, automatic handguns-with permits, 5-day waiting periods and restrictions
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By Chris Maccini Cover photo courtesy of Jess Walter In 2006 and 2007, a newspaper-reporter-turned-novelist named Jess Walter wrote a recurring humor column for Out There called “The Urban Outdoors.” At the time, Walter had recently published his fourth novel, “The Zero,” which was named a finalist for the National Book Award. In the nearly
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What were your outdoor adventures in the Inland Northwest like 20 years ago when the first issue of Out There Monthly was published? Surely there were fewer of us out enjoying our favorite trails, campgrounds, fishing spots, climbing crags, and powder stashes. It’s easy to get nostalgic and even twitchy about that. But fast forward
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Cover photo courtesy of Graeme Sait The Spokane Conservation District is bringing together a community dedicated to promoting access to healthy, locally grown food, supporting local farming and advancing agriculture in the region at CenterPlace Event Center in Spokane Valley. The event is set to emphasize the reduction of synthetic applications in Northwest crops and
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