• June 7, 2023
  • Explanatory
    Explanatory

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

    Outside Magazine Online Feature: Leaving the Grace of This World

    Mining a Richer Vein

  • Profile
    Profile

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

    Outside Magazine Online Feature: “I Write for Katie”: How Katie Ives Climbs Mountains at ‘Alpinist’

    Outside Magazine Online Feature: Leaving the Grace of This World

  • Travel
    Travel

    The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia

    Nordic Norms, or Finding Friluftsliv

    Into the Heart of Patagonia’s Secret Archives

  • Essay
    Essay

    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

    Sacrifice, Grief, and the Outdoor Athlete in the Time of COVID-19

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    Investigative

    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

    Figures on a Landscape

  • 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

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    The Alchemist

    Abbey’s Back

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

    A 5,200-word profile of Joshua Tree National Park and its superintendent, David Smith.
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    Mining a Richer Vein

    Feature article about the ongoing efforts of the superintendent of Breaks Interstate Park in Central Appalachia, Austin Bradley, to replace...
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    Nordic Norms, or Finding Friluftsliv

    Combining travel journalism and profile, this feature-length inquiry explores the Norwegian concept of friluftsliv, as seen through the eyes of professional skijorer Karoline Conradi Øksnevad.
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    ExplanatoryProfile

    The Public Ownership of Fred Beckey

    A remembrance of the late Fred Beckey and an analysis of how climbing's folkloric tradition imbued his legend.
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    13 Lessons to Make You Really, Truly Happy. Maybe.

    A feature-length tongue-in-cheek review of UC Berkeley's Science of Happiness course. The Outside piece was later picked up by The Guardian.
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    Into the Heart of Patagonia’s Secret Archives

    A feature-length look at how the creators of Patagonia's new museum of products from its past intend it to sustain the company well into the future.
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    The Art of Turning Climate Change Science into Music

    Researchers Lauren Oaks and Nik Sawe converted Oakes' doctoral research into music, a process called sonification. This piece explains how and why.
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    Figures on a Landscape

    The story of how the mechanics of memory created four divergent origin myths of a famous climb in Joshua Tree National Park.
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    The Alchemist

    A mashup of profile, a book review, and an inquiry into whether humans produce endogenous hallucinogens during serious play.
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    ExplanatoryProfile

    Running Talus

    The story of how the climber and writer Doug Robinson sparked an environmental revolution in Yosemite Valley.
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    ExplanatoryOpinion

    On the Sustainability of Summits

    Findings from the American Alpine Club's Sustainable Summits conference, organized to address the unintended consequences of overuse.
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    Climbing, Skiing, Whitewater, Gear

    Contributor, 1994 - 1999, California City Sports. Short trend explainers, how-tos, and profiles, with several cover stories, about mountaineering, Alpine climbing, indoor climbing, track and backcountry skiing, and more.
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    Fall

    Feature profile of Dr. Jesse Leaman and his metamorphosis from able-bodied athlete to quadriplegic college student to astrophysicist.
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    Outside Magazine Online Feature: Leaving the Grace of This World

    An inquiry into the psychological and biological causes of Michigan attorney Richard Jerome Levine's 2003 suicide in a Michigan trout stream.
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    Rebelling Against the Void

    A feature profile of the prolific author-climber-explorer, David Roberts.
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    Your Favorite Extreme Athlete is Moonlighting as a Motivational Speaker

    A look into how and why adventure athletes evolved into motivational speakers for big industry.
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    It’s Not Just High Temps Messing with Snow — It’s Dust

    Explainer about windborne dust and carbon's effect on premature runoff, and the ongoing efforts of NASA's Tom Painter to estimate future trends.
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    The Many Faces of Mt. Whitney

    The Mount Whitney Zone, a designated wilderness, sees more visitors each year than its land managers can handle. This feature explains why.
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    The Outdoor Industry is About to Become a Serious Political Force

    An examination of how the Bureau of Economic Analysis codified outdoor industry's contributions to gross domestic product, and what that means for outdoor recreation writ large.
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    The Jensen Pack

    Don Jensen’s genius informed the shape of the pack you wear on your back today....
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    ExplanatoryInvestigative

    Snow Monsters

    A feature-length story about the importance of snowmaking to the ski industry.
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    Searching for Jensen

    A search to uncover the true story of the late mountaineer Don Jensen's life.
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    ExplanatoryInvestigative

    Snowmaking in the Time of Drought

    A deep dive into the environmental externalities of snowmaking in the Tahoe Basin during the drought of 2012 - 2016.
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    The Fight to Fly

    Short-form interview with Lindsay Van, the plaintiff in a suit against the IOC demanding the right to compete in the Olympic Games.
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    Mono Lake: Sanctuary and Symbol

    A feature-length exploration of the natural and human history of California's greatest inland sea, Mono Lake.
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