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Weekend Project: Mother’s Day

“A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” –Dorothy Canfield Fisher, educational reformer, social activist, best-selling au...
Kentucky Alpine

Kentucky Alpine

Seeking first-ascent trad lines in America's sport climbing capital For most climbers who dig long approaches, loose rock, mandatory self-rescue skills, and ...
Brendan Leonard and cheers coffee at Arches National Park

Lessons on “Fun” from Mom

About a thousand feet from the top of Quandary Peak, a fourteener in Colorado, I pulled my gloved hand off my ski pole and swing my hand around, trying to force...