New research reveals that iconic long-distance hiker Earl Shaffer, long credited with the first through hike of the Appalachian Trail, wasn’t telling the truth about his walk. Is he still a hero?
Backpacker
Edited by Zoe Gates
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The Price of Gold
What happens when your neighborhood is demolished to make way for the Olympic Games? A visit to Vila Autodromo, a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell
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The Ambitious Plan to Build a Ski Utopia in Maine
Shuddered for five years, Saddleback Maine aims to become a rare thing in today’s ski industry when it reopens: a humane mountain where the workers are treated well and the PBR flows at a people’s price.
Outside
Edited by Gloria Liu
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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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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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Taking Aim On The New Cold War
A backcountry ski journey through the minus 30 degree chill of the Arctic, in the company of nine U.S. military men training to face down Vladimir Putin’s Russian warriors.
Ski
Edited by Sam Berman. Photo by Heath Sandall.
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Candidate Kipsang
Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang runs for public office, amid accusations that he’s stealing votes.
ESPN
Edited by Rebecca Nordquist. Photographs by Georgina Goodwin.
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Don’t Stop Now
At age 77, long distance hiker George “Billy Goat” Woodard has no fixed address and is forever walking in the wilderness or making his way to the wilderness—on trains, in friends’ cars, and sometimes by hitchhiking.
Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon. Photographs by Bob Stefko.
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The Million Mile Man
When cyclist Danny Chew was 21, he resolved to ride his bike a million lifetime miles. Then, at age 54 and 783,000 miles into his quest, he crashed and became paralyzed.
Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photograph by Michael Swensen.
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