Editorial
Winter Adventure is All Around Us
When I found a shriveled up piece of last year’s fruit in my backcountry ski pack that had petrified and attached itself to my climbing ...
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The Gear We Love and Can’t Let Go
My MontBell Super Stretch down sleeping bag was the first piece of gear I ever named. This toasty sack with elastic baffles accommodates my fitful ...
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Going Skiing
In junior high, all my cool friends were skiers, and it took until 9th grade until I could join them up on the mountain. Our ...
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A Long Walk
A serious, full-time hiker friend of mine, Dick, who also goes by the trail name “Hike On,” shows up in town every year or so ...
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Safety Karma
Despite my best intentions to avoid unwanted attention from the law, I got pulled over twice this past month while enjoying the outdoors. The first ...
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So Many Summer Trips, So Little Time
Working on this issue of OTM was painful. Not because the writing, editing, and other work was especially hard. No, I learned that writing about ...
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Down By the River
It was day two on a five day rafting trip down the Main Fork of Idaho’s Salmon River when our flotilla of two loaded boats ...
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Born to Run?
Not me. I was pretty convinced that running was some sort of sick torture deployed by angry football coaches seeking revenge for botched plays during ...
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Best of Both Seasons
Ever since my first spring backpack trip to Utah with EWU’s outdoor program back in college, the month of March has meant, in most good ...
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