Bruce Barcott

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Eric Rudolph Slept Here

The most wanted man in America survived five years in the North Carolina woods, eating salamanders, sleeping on the cold ground, and stalking deer. Or so he says. Spend a night in his secret mountain ...

Last Flight Out

The Macal River Valley in Belize is home to three-toed tapirs, elusive jaguars, and a rare subspecies of scarlet macaw. But if Belize Electricity Ltd. gets its way, one of the richest riparian...

Border Shutdown

America's park rangers are outnumbered and outgunned. So why won't congress pay more to keep them safe?

Soaked

It sounded like a good idea at the time: Journey to the sopping epicenter of the wettest place on earth, bag the peak, and get back in time for supper. But that was before the clouds clamped down on...

Risk

Voyage of the Man-Fish

Chris Swain intends to swim the Columbia from source to sea. His goal? Save the river, then sell the rights.

Pack Animal

Apolo Ohno blazes through one of the flashiest events on ice: short-track racing, wherein five guys on razory blades take off in a clump—and only one leaves it behind

Mike vs. the Volcano

When his best friend died on Mount Rainier, Mike Gauthier set out to do the improbable: turn a ragtag crew of climbing bums into the mountain's guardian angels

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Infinite Range

Get lost in Alaska's Wrangell--St. Elias: It's six Yellowstones' worth of icy lakes,anonymous meadows, and peaks you won't find on any map.

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The Toddfather

The most imposing figure on Everest has been told to stay home. But don't count Henry Todd out yet.

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For God So Loved the World

Call them God's Greens. Armed with Scripture and a righteous respect for nature, a host of religious groups have taken up the environmental fight and are waging holy war on behalf of an embattled...

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Dog is My Copilot

The author picks the brain of the greatest musher in the Lower 48

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Dog is My Copilot

The author picks the brain of the greatest musher in the Lower 48

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Dog is My Copilot

The author picks the brain of the greatest musher in the Lower 48

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