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November 9, 2021December 17, 2021 by Bill Donahue

The Never-Ending Ride

Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton’s life story, as told by his closest associates.

The Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell


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January 20, 2021 by Bill Donahue

A Hero’s Journey

In walking over 9,000 miles along the perimeter of the United States, Rue McKenrick got shot at, got stopped by police 20 times, got attacked by biting ants, had a tree fall on him and battled depression. And he never stopped being an idealist.
Backpacker
Edited by Casey Lyons


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January 12, 2020March 25, 2020 by Bill Donahue

Breaking Up The Boys Club

Walking across deserts, jungles and tundra, Sarah Marquis is rewriting the rules of exploration. 


Outside

Edited by Gloria Liu

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August 26, 2019July 1, 2021 by Bill Donahue

King of The Mountains

My Gilmanton, New Hampshire neighbor has likely been to more remote spots in the White Mountains than any other living hiker.

 

Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon

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August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Kingmaker

Twenty-nine years old, gay, and a transplant from Puerto Rico, is an unlikely New Hampshire primary powerbroker.

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell

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November 5, 2018May 7, 2019 by Bill Donahue

Full Cleetus

Kale Poland is the progenitor of a new philosophy of physical fitness. “Cleetus Fit” eschews the gymnasium and sees practitioners hoisting large rocks, mud wrestling with cows, and sipping Pabst Blue Ribbon while seated in the Lotus position.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower

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July 29, 2018 by Bill Donahue

The Monk’s Tale

Remembering my Uncle Bill, a Catholic monk and a scholar who left the church to spend his last 30 years in the French Pyrenees, tending his garden and translating Thucydides from Greek into Latin.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower

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December 29, 2017November 14, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Last Naturalist

In a world where our time and attention are fractured into smaller and smaller bits, legendary biologist and runner Bernd Heinrich is a throwback, a man who has carved a deep grove in his patch of Maine woods.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photo by Jesse Burke.

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January 20, 2017October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Messenger

Once a basketball phenom and a hiphop deejay, Suhaib Webb is now a Muslim cleric with a vast following among millennials and also a bone to pick with Donald J. Trump. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Pete Marovich. 

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