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By Olivia Dugenet Cover photo courtesy of Olivia Dugenet I was backpacking alone because I had desperately needed a break from my everyday life. I ...
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Lessons on a Ledge at Mount Olympus
By Ammi Midstokke Cover photo courtesy Ammi Midstokke Not everyone feels the same about risk. It’s a subjective assessment, nuanced by things like how many ...
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Fire-Season Palette
By Claire Thompson Cover photo courtesy of Claire Thompson I spent most of the summer of 2022 clearing trails in burned forests. The Entiat River ...
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The Dogs Who Helped Me Love the Outdoors
Cover photo courtesy of Amy McCaffree Emerson was my first companion. An all-white Siberian husky—a dog breed I specifically chose for its high energy and ...
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Greenwashing My Gas Guzzler
Cover photo courtesy of Carol Corbin As I squirt WD-40 into my hitch-mounted bike rack for the n’th time, the ludicrousness of transporting a vehicle ...
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When a Bike Ride Cannot Cure What Ails You
When I met him, Mark was already a shipwreck surrendered to the rise and ebb of addiction and the depression that rules it. When the ...
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The Power of the Sublime in Nature
One essay I love to teach in my day job at Spokane Falls Community College is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature.” My love of the essay ...
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Living with a Wonky Ticker
Who remembers that feeling, when you were young(er), and all signs pointed to the likelihood of living forever? There was always a new challenge to ...
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Meeting the Spirit of a Race Director
When I think of race directing, I imagine someone hanging onto a cliff by their fingertips. If all goes well, they scramble up, carry on, ...
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