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When we use a name, we enter into a conversation about the land, its people, its practices, its traditions. Photo: Antonio Mora

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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Dawny wogging through Riverfront Park. Photo: Hank Greer

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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A sky worth staring at. Photo: Holly Weiler.

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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