February 21, 2026
Explanatory
Explanatory

In Progress: Dispatch from the 2026 Edition of the BNP Paribas Open
In Progress: Albert Saijo, The Forgotten Beat Poet: Heart Mountain, Kerouac, and Ultralight Backpacking
In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Mountaineering Sensibility of Gary Snyder
Profile
Profile

In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Mountaineering Sensibility of Gary Snyder
Alta Folio, Summer 2025, print and online: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch
Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers
Travel
Travel

Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers
The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia
Nordic Norms, or Finding Friluftsliv
Essay
Essay

In Progress: Dispatch from the 2026 Edition of the BNP Paribas Open
Outside Magazine Online: Antisemitic Statements by a Climbing Pioneer Prompt the American Alpine Club to Rename a Prestigious Honor
Outside Magazine Online Feature: Leaving the Grace of This World
Investigative
Investigative

Alta Folio, Summer 2025, print and online: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch
Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers
Outside Magazine Online: Antisemitic Statements by a Climbing Pioneer Prompt the American Alpine Club to Rename a Prestigious Honor
Opinion
Opinion

Outside Magazine Online: Antisemitic Statements by a Climbing Pioneer Prompt the American Alpine Club to Rename a Prestigious Honor
Sacrifice, Grief, and the Outdoor Athlete in the Time of COVID-19
Your Favorite Extreme Athlete is Moonlighting as a Motivational Speaker
Review-Interview
Review-Interview
The Greening of Alex Honnold
The Adventure Gap and Narratives of Inclusion
Art of the Wild: Gessner, Stegner, and Abbey
Profile-Review
Profile-Review
Outside Magazine Online Feature: “I Write for Katie”: How Katie Ives Climbs Mountains at ‘Alpinist’
The Alchemist: Ascent 2014 (climbing’s premier literary annual)
Abbey’s Back
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In Progress: Dispatch from the 2026 Edition of the BNP Paribas Open

In Progress: Albert Saijo, The Forgotten Beat Poet: Heart Mountain, Kerouac, and Ultralight Backpacking

In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Mountaineering Sensibility of Gary Snyder

Alta Folio, Summer 2025, print and online: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch

Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

Alta Journal, Print and Online: This Place Belongs to You

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In Progress: Dispatch from the 2026 Edition of the BNP Paribas Open

In progress, for Alta Journal. Spring 2026.

Brad Rassler lives and writes in the Tahoe Sierra.

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