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    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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    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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    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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    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

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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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    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

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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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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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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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Heretical Pilgrims, or You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

Book review of Joseph Taylor III's history of the environmental subtext of Yosemite climbing, "Pilgrims of the Vertical."
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Andy and Brad’s Most Excellent Adventure

Description of a marathon multi-sport day in the Eastern Sierra with mountaineer and author Andy Selters.
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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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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 Jensen Archive

Documents and photos, mostly from the Don C. Jensen Collection at the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. Although the...
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The Pied Pipers of Pow

Brief celebration of the Sierra backcountry skiers Tom Carter and the late Allan Bard, who spearheaded the highest ski line across the range (The Red Line Traverse), but more importantly, introduced thousands of Californians to Sierra wilderness skiing.
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