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Acid Mountain Rescue Team
The day before Mother’s Day in 2016, I decided to go for a 16-mile overnight backpacking trip with my friends Chris and Alex (plus my ...
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Lessons from the Wild
Mile 34. My feet ache, burn, and swell with painful blisters. Each step has become a burden, and our pace has slowed to just over ...
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The Rope and the Line
Allison Roskelley reflects on her relationship with climber Jess Roskelley, who died in a climbing accident April 2019. Jess Fenton Roskelley, my husband and life ...
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Ammi Midstokke: 4 Non-food Solutions to Healthy Eating
Surprisingly, the general lack of awareness about how to cook baby bok choy is not why the American population is showing a blatant decline in ...
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Lake Wildlife: What’s that Bird?
Besides mallard ducks and Canada geese, here are other bird species you’re likely to see while paddling or boating around lakes in Eastern Washington and ...
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Miles of Opportunity: Gravel Riding in West-central Idaho
Andrew Mentzer, Executive Director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council (WCMEDC) and local adventure cyclist Dave Beck pedal south and then west out ...
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Editorial: Make it to the Lake this Summer
My New Year’s resolution a few years ago was to swim in a new lake each week during the months of July and August. That’s ...
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Eatology: Why We Don’t Eat What We Know We’re Supposed to Eat
It would appear that most of us are relatively intelligent and informed. We can do any number of things facilitated by the use of our ...
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In It for the Long Run: Triathlete in Need of Heart Transplant Keeps Competing
Triathletes know how to suffer. They compete in high temps and high winds, and through intestinal distress, heat exhaustion, and debilitating cramps. Pat Johnson knows ...
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