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    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

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    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

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    Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

    The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia

    Nordic Norms, or Finding Friluftsliv

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    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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    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

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    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

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    The Greening of Alex Honnold

    The Adventure Gap and Narratives of Inclusion

    Art of the Wild: Gessner, Stegner, and Abbey

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

    The Alchemist: Ascent 2014 (climbing’s premier literary annual)

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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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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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