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  13 hours ago

  Why Did Vandals Smash Red Sandstone Boulders at Lake Mead?

  Outside Magazine - Frederick Dreier

  Climate change, overcrowding, Pierce Brosnan—the list of existential crises facing our beloved national parks seems to expand every day. Alas, the threat generating headlines this week is not new but is equally vexing. The menace? Dudes pulverizing zillion-year-old rock formations seemingly just for …

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  21 hours ago

  Capitalism Stole Earth Day. Let’s Take It Back.

  Outside Magazine - Kristin Hostetter

  I’m a huge fan of Earth Day, but if I’m being real, it breaks my heart a little each year. Somewhere along the way, what started in 1970 as one of America’s most successful protests ever has turned into a massive marketing opportunity for companies to sell more stuff and flaunt their half-hearted …

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  1 day ago

  Avalanches Caught 117 People in Colorado in 2024. Why Did Only Two Die?

  Outside Magazine - Jake Stern

  Back in December 2023, Colorado was mired with a miserable snowpack. The ski resorts were barely open and a thin layer of rotten snow blanketed the surface of the alpine. Our editors speculated that once the storm door began to open and coverage improved, the pent-up demand in the country’s most …

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  3 days ago

  Here’s What I Wish I Knew Before Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

  Outside Magazine - David Gleisner

  At the time, I thought I was a genius. I was about 250 miles into the Pacific Crest Trail, still a relative novice. It was lunchtime, and as I looked through my food bag, I saw the usual suspects: ramen packets, peanut butter, and lots of high calorie snacks. I considered getting out my stove and …

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  4 days ago

  Is Your Local Bouldering Area in Trouble? Call the Zoo.

  Outside Magazine - Alex Wittenberg

  At the summit of North Carolina’s Ridges Mountain lie hundreds of bulbous black boulders whose splitter cracks and vexing friction problems have long tested climbers during winter months when temperatures drop at the mountainous crags around Boone and Asheville. But the Asheboro Boulders, created …

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  6 days ago

  “He Taught Me So Much”: Coach and Skier Dies Jumping over a Highway

  Outside Magazine - Sierra Shafer

  Dallas LeBeau has been identified as the 21-year-old skier who died on April 9 on Colorado’s Highway 40 just west of the Berthoud Pass summit after attempting to clear the width of the highway on skis. According to the preliminary incident report from the Grand County Sheriff’s office, LeBeau …