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Love of Labor
			Connecting to the world through trail work  By Claire Thompson   Cover photo courtesy of Xander Demetrios Not far from the trailhead on the Indian Creek ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Out There Outdoors		
				
																						
			August 29, 2025		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Centennial Trail Crash
			By Maura Lammers   Cover photo courtesy of Maura Lammers About two minutes before I broke my ankle, I had just reached the turn-around point on ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Out There Outdoors		
				
																						
			May 26, 2025		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Thumbs Up
			By Olivia Dugenet  Cover photo courtesy of Olivia Dugenet I was backpacking alone because I had desperately needed a break from my everyday life. I ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Out There Outdoors		
				
																						
			March 3, 2025		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Lessons on a Ledge at Mount Olympus
			By Ammi Midstokke Cover photo courtesy Ammi Midstokke  Not everyone feels the same about risk. It’s a subjective assessment, nuanced by things like how many ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Ammi Midstokke		
				
																						
			December 31, 2024		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Fire-Season Palette
			By Claire Thompson   Cover photo courtesy of Claire Thompson I spent most of the summer of 2022 clearing trails in burned forests. The Entiat River ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Out There Outdoors		
				
																						
			July 30, 2024		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						The Dogs Who Helped Me Love the Outdoors
			Cover photo courtesy of Amy McCaffree Emerson was my first companion. An all-white Siberian husky—a dog breed I specifically chose for its high energy and ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Amy McCaffree		
				
																						
			July 4, 2024		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Greenwashing My Gas Guzzler
			Cover photo courtesy of Carol Corbin As I squirt WD-40 into my hitch-mounted bike rack for the n’th time, the ludicrousness of transporting a vehicle ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Carol Corbin		
				
																						
			April 30, 2024		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						When a Bike Ride Cannot Cure What Ails You
			When I met him, Mark was already a shipwreck surrendered to the rise and ebb of addiction and the depression that rules it. When the ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Ammi Midstokke		
				
																						
			February 21, 2024		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						The Power of the Sublime in Nature
			One essay I love to teach in my day job at Spokane Falls Community College is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature.” My love of the essay ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Bradley Bleck		
				
																						
			December 31, 2023		
				
					
					
														
									
								
													
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