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Eastern Sierra

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.

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.

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

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

Outside Magazine Online: Winging It with the New Backcountry Barnstormers

The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia

Nordic Norms, or Finding Friluftsliv

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

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

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

The Greening of Alex Honnold

The Adventure Gap and Narratives of Inclusion

Art of the Wild: Gessner, Stegner, and Abbey

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

Eastern Sierra

David Beck: Architect of the Sierra High Route

The Majesty Polarity