Cover photo courtesy of LINC Foods Cooked and raw radishes complement each other in this summer starter—taste the different levels of crunchy, spicy and fresh side by side. Stop by the farmers market or open your LINC Box (lincfoods.com/lincbox) to find red radishes fresh from the field. INGREDIENTS: Chickpeas: 1 ½ CUP dried chickpeas from Central Bean Co (or 1 CAN cooked
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By Bruce Howard Cover photo courtesy of Bruce Howard The wealth of nutrition and hydration information for endurance athletes is perhaps a blessing and a curse. There are a lot of choices from a 2025 global market of nearly $72 billion. What should you eat and drink during your first long run, bike ride or swim? The short answer is, “whatever works for you.” Ultra
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Cōpow comes from combining “colorful” and “powerful,” and it’s among the newest nutritional food manufacturers in Post Falls, Idaho. Its Birdie Bar and Energy Bites land in that sweet spot between snack and fuel. They’re chewy without tasting like sawdust and balanced enough that you don’t immediately start hunting for water after you’ve eaten one. The Cōpow kitchen goes out of its way to prepare tasty food focused on the best ingredients. These snacks are all organic, free of seed oils, gluten free and made with locally sourced ingredients. The Birdie Bar
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By Lisa Laughlin “Raised by Ferns” is a smart, lyric essay debut from local writer Maya Jewell Zeller. Published this spring by Porphyry Press, America’s most remote publishing press, in McCarthy, Alaska, this book is a memoir-in-essays that holds both beauty and zing. “Raised by Ferns” takes readers from the moon-soaked beaches of the Oregon Coast, where Zeller
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By Olivia Dugenet Cover photo courtesy of Olivia Dugenet I discovered by accident that my hiking shorts had magical powers. It’s hard to explain how it started, except that it was wildfire season and the entire atmosphere had shriveled like a blackened lung. An incoming storm threatened more lightning, and I had failed to get an advance backpacking permit, so I didn’t even know where we were going. I wanted to cancel,
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I started building my own rooftop water tank and shower over two years ago, but ran into a hitch in my design and never got back to the project. So I’m psyched to add the Yakima RoadShower to our adventure rig set up. Compatible with many roof racks, the RoadShower lets you pressurize the water in the aluminum, powder-coated tank via the Schrader valve with an electric or hand pump.
With numerous Fastest Known Times (FKTs) to her credit, this account of Heather Anderson’s 2018 record-setting thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is an inspiration to anyone interested in endurance sports. This is Anderson’s third memoir detailing the progression of her hiking career, although it is not necessary to read the first two books prior to following her journey
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By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Lisa Laughlin Friends, I’ve found my new summer adventure drink. Roast House coffee’s organic cold brew in a can—known as the “f-bomb”—is effortless, delicious and highly packable for the outdoors. I first snagged one from the Bloomsday expo, appreciating how the 12-oz. can was so slim I could slide it into the
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The size of the wave matters. The bigger the wave, the bigger the fun, right? While that’s obvious with the literal wave for surfers and whitewater boaters, the metaphorical wave matters all the more for everyone. So, what is this metaphorical wave? The stronger you are, the bigger your wave is. And this bigger wave creates more momentum to carry you into your next decade
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