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The Onomastics of the Outdoors
Onomastics is the study of names, and when we go outdoors, we can’t help but become onomatologists. Names are hardly inconsequential. Each tells a story. ...
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From Big to Big Inspiration: One Woman’s Fitness Transformation
Many people would be short of breath if they tried to match Dawny Taylor’s brisk pace during her morning “wog” on the Centennial Trail. She ...
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Hunting Pow With Selkirk Powder Company: Schweitzer’s Backcountry Surprise
<SUR·PRISE> tr.verb sur·prised, sur·pris·ing, sur·pris·es To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; to attack or capture suddenly and without warning; to cause to feel wonder, astonishment or ...
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Talk Like a Skier: Gaper’s Guide to Ski Lingo
Whether you're a ski-bum or a middle-aged shredder, improve your street cred on the hill with these 26 ski lingo terms.
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The plan was sound: a short weekend backpack trip within three hours’ drive of home, orchestrated to coincide with the full moon. The only potential ...
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A Life Well Lived: Happy Trails, Robbi Castleberry!
On June 11, 2013, a police officer was on the phone getting an earful why his force had better get out to Palisades Park on the ...
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Interview with OTM Founder Jon Snyder on Spokane’s Future as an Outdoor Town
OTM: What inspired you to create and start publishing OTM back in 2004? JS: Outdoor activity was clearly on the rise and didn’t seem to ...
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Bigfoot is Not Dead: An Inland Northwest Cryptozoological Expedition
First, a story. Brian Smith was a 20-year-old kid in 1989 when he moved from Houston, Texas to Walla Walla, Washington. Just weeks after arriving, ...
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