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    Explanatory

    In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Life and Work of Gary Snyder

    In progress: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch

    Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

  • Profile
    Profile

    In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Life and Work of Gary Snyder

    In progress: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch

    Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

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    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

    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

    In progress: 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

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    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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In progress: Ice Axes to Axe Handles: The Life and Work of Gary Snyder

In progress. Publication: Autumn 2025....
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Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

I sat to Palmer’s right, a motion-sickness bracelet on my left wrist, anti-nausea gum in my mouth, and a gallon-size ziplock at my feet.
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Outside Magazine Online Feature: “I Write for Katie”: How Katie Ives Climbs Mountains at ‘Alpinist’

Feature profile of Alpinist Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Katie Ives, and her influence on mountain literature. Also a review of her book,...
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The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia

Profile of West Virginia's cross country skiing impresario, Chip Chase.
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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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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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The Natural

Profile of Peter Mayfield, a pioneer in nature-based therapy for youth, and the former Chief Guide of the Yosemite School of Mountaineering.
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The Greening of Alex Honnold

A profile of and long-form interview with climber and Academy Award winner Alex Honnold about his foundation's sustainable development efforts.
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Running Talus

The story of how the climber and writer Doug Robinson sparked an environmental revolution in Yosemite Valley.
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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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In progress: I Went Southwest: The Death and Afterlife of Lew Welch

13,300 words. Publication: Alta Journal, Summer 2025....
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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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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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Jennifer Ridgeway Tribute

An remembrance of Jennifer Ridgeway, the mastermind behind the look and feel -- and outsize influence -- of the Patagonia Catalog.
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Euell Gibbons: No Grape Nut He

THE AUTHOR AND FORAGER Euell Theophilus Gibbons once served as the folksy face of Grape-Nuts, the breakfast cereal that contains neither...
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The Majesty Polarity

An essay/profile teasing out the late Michael Strassman's views on sustainable adventure, or majesty, and ambitious, risk-taking mountaineering, or glory.
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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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David Beck: Architect of the Sierra High Route

Profile of David Beck, the founder of the Sierra High Route, the classic skiing route across the Sierra Nevada range.
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