Outdoor Gatekeeping Is Not Conservation
Outdoor gatekeeping isn’t the same as conservation. Here’s why teaching visitors to recreate responsibly does more to protect wild places.
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Category: Outdoor Stories
John Muir’s Letters Part 3: Self-Reliance
Yosemite taught Muir many lessons, including how to be self-reliant.
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John Muir’s Letters Part 2: Lonely in Yosemite
This is the man behind the legend, the real and true John Muir.
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John Muir’s Letters Part 1: The Journey
John Muir is an outdoor legend, but his letters reveal the truth.
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PCT Thru-hike #13: 1000 Miles at Yosemite
Reaching Yosemite National Park and the PCT 1000 mile mark in the Sierra Nevada.
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Nature in Fiction: Tolkien’s Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien created Middle-earth in order to escape the modern world and its increasing mechanization.
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PCT Thru-hike #12: Trail Depression
Racing up Mosquito Mountain and escaoing from Mammoth Lakes!
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PCT Thru-hike #11: The Long Haul to Muir
Muir Pass deep in the heart of the Sierra.
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