Adam Roy is the executive editor of Backpacker. He lives in Colorado’s Front Range, where he spends his free time hiking, climbing, and running his home mountains.
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Young crushers today are sending grades that didn't exist 20 years ago. But can their growing bodies handle the strain?
I don't eat out a lot, but when I do, I like to order local. What are your recommendations for farm-to-table dining?
Two American climbers started the Centro de Escalada Urbana with a vision: to give kids from one of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest neighborhoods a leg up by teaching them to climb the cliffs near their home. Before they were done, they would blaze new routes up Rio’s granite walls, weather the death of a friend, and see the social order of one of Brazil's biggest slums turned upside down.