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Globe Trotting: Using Running to Explore Places
I was packing for a family getaway and feeling just a bit smug about the humble clothing pile I’d set on the bed: a couple ...
Sarah Hauge
September 16, 2019
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Travel Far, Travel Near
When I heard the word travel when I was younger, it brought to mind far-off places. I imagined flying across an ocean and boarding a ...
Summer Hess
September 13, 2019
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Beyond Smokey Bear: Teaching Kids About Wildfires
Smoke billowed in patches from Hall Mountain on the east side of Sullivan Lake in the Colville National Forest when my family arrived for our ...
Amy McCaffree
August 21, 2019
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The Princely Ponderosa
So often in my neighborhood or a trail close to town, I stop to look a majestic, thick-trunked ponderosa up and down. Sometimes it’s one ...
Out There Outdoors
August 18, 2019
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Ana Maria Spagna: Gone Native
She fills her pockets and her pack and her shirt and loiters long, too long, until our companions move on up the trail. Miles from here ...
Out There Outdoors
August 16, 2019
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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 ...
Out There Outdoors
August 15, 2019
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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 ...
Summer Hess
August 15, 2019
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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 ...
Out There Outdoors
August 14, 2019
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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 ...
Ammi Midstokke
August 14, 2019
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