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    • Announcing our Early Summer 2022 Grants!

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    Announcing our Early Summer 2022 Grants!

    Announcing our Spring 2022 Grants!

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    Announcing our Spring 2022 Grants!

    More Women Mountaineers: Thoughts from Sunny Stroeer

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    More Women Mountaineers: Thoughts from Sunny Stroeer

    “If I can dream it, I can achieve it”

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    “If I can dream it, I can achieve it”

    Leah Genth’s CDT Story: Magic and Meaning Through Community

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    Leah Genth’s CDT Story: Magic and Meaning Through Community

    “I know my own limits – and they are far beyond what everyone expects of me”

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    “I know my own limits – and they are far beyond what everyone expects of me”

    Racing Across the Sky – Teagan Papke’s Leadville 100

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    Racing Across the Sky – Teagan Papke’s Leadville 100

    Yosemite’s Calling: Meet Lauren Matthews

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    Yosemite’s Calling: Meet Lauren Matthews

    Dip a Day: Annie Le’s Month of Icy Adventures

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    Dip a Day: Annie Le’s Month of Icy Adventures

    “Difficult Pursuits” and the making of an Outdoor Athlete: Meet Alex Garcia

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    “Difficult Pursuits” and the making of an Outdoor Athlete: Meet Alex Garcia

    Art & Adventure– a Platform for Advocacy

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    Art & Adventure– a Platform for Advocacy

    Living Fully Where We Are: Adventure Transitions in COVID-19

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    Living Fully Where We Are: Adventure Transitions in COVID-19

    Spring break, Muskrats, and Promising This World Your Love

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    Spring break, Muskrats, and Promising This World Your Love

    The Exhilaration and Exhaustion of Trying New Things

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    The Exhilaration and Exhaustion of Trying New Things

    “Across No Borders”: Meet Leona Kringe

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    “Across No Borders”: Meet Leona Kringe

    Nature’s Healing: Meet Kristen Ales of Wild and Weightless

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    Nature’s Healing: Meet Kristen Ales of Wild and Weightless

    Visions of Baja: Photos from the Divide

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    Visions of Baja: Photos from the Divide

    Friendship and Bikes: Abi Taylor’s Baja Divide

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    Friendship and Bikes: Abi Taylor’s Baja Divide

    A “Moveable Feast” of Wild Ideas

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    A “Moveable Feast” of Wild Ideas

    Walking the Walk with Julia Oleksiak

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    Walking the Walk with Julia Oleksiak

    Seeing Beauty in Everything on the PCT

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    Seeing Beauty in Everything on the PCT

    Adventuring for Positive Change: Meet Kristin Pulatie

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    Adventuring for Positive Change: Meet Kristin Pulatie

    Girls Can Be Rangers Too: Meet Crystal Muzik

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    Girls Can Be Rangers Too: Meet Crystal Muzik

    Wirth: A Love Letter

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    Wirth: A Love Letter

    Thru-hiking: Family Edition! Meet Emma Schultz

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    Thru-hiking: Family Edition! Meet Emma Schultz

    Adventure With Purpose: Meet Julia Oleksiak

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    Adventure With Purpose: Meet Julia Oleksiak

    Van Life and Three Sisters: Meet Roxy Harbitter

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    Van Life and Three Sisters: Meet Roxy Harbitter

    Brooke’s Triple Crown: “You either hike one trail or three”

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    Brooke’s Triple Crown: “You either hike one trail or three”

    Haleigh Ehmsen’s Path to the PCT

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    Haleigh Ehmsen’s Path to the PCT

    Molly Harrison on Conservation and Adventure in ANWR

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    Molly Harrison on Conservation and Adventure in ANWR

    Nicki Klein: Living Harder and Loving Stronger

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    Nicki Klein: Living Harder and Loving Stronger

    Women Who Lead: Maggie Benedetti

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    Women Who Lead: Maggie Benedetti

    Six Things I Learned on the Crater Lake Rim Route

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    Six Things I Learned on the Crater Lake Rim Route

    Living Her Adventure: Jess Southwick

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    Living Her Adventure: Jess Southwick

    Women Who Lead: Maya Yamato

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    Women Who Lead: Maya Yamato

    Living Her Adventure: Kate Blazar

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    Living Her Adventure: Kate Blazar

    Lessons in “Can Do”

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    Lessons in “Can Do”

    Adapting to Life as an Outdoor Mama

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    Adapting to Life as an Outdoor Mama

    Lessons in Flexibility: Learning to Slow Down in the Brooks Range

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    Lessons in Flexibility: Learning to Slow Down in the Brooks Range

    Women Who Lead: Stormie Romero

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    Women Who Lead: Stormie Romero

    Living Her Adventure: Kerstin Stock

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    Living Her Adventure: Kerstin Stock

    Meet Lindsay Kocka

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    Meet Lindsay Kocka

    Introducing ‘Living Her Adventure’

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    Introducing ‘Living Her Adventure’

    Reflecting on Expedition Behavior

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    Reflecting on Expedition Behavior

    Introducing Emily Sullivan

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    Introducing Emily Sullivan

    Women Who Lead: Martha Flynn

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    Women Who Lead: Martha Flynn

    Bikepacking Bears Ears: Images and Lessons from the Desert

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    Bikepacking Bears Ears: Images and Lessons from the Desert

    Women Who Lead: Sabra Davison

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    Women Who Lead: Sabra Davison

    Unexpected Gifts in the Collegiate Peaks

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    Unexpected Gifts in the Collegiate Peaks

    Bikepacking Bears Ears: </br>The Backstory

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    Bikepacking Bears Ears:
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    Women Who Lead: Emily Teitsworth, GirlVentures

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    Women Who Lead: Emily Teitsworth, GirlVentures

    Women Who Lead: Emily Isaacs, Women’s Wilderness

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    Women Who Lead: Emily Isaacs, Women’s Wilderness

    Collegiate Peaks Loop Part 2 (West)

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    Collegiate Peaks Loop Part 2 (West)

    Collegiate Peaks Loop Part 1 (East)

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    Collegiate Peaks Loop Part 1 (East)

    On Gudy: Inspiration from the “Mother of the Colorado Trail”

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    On Gudy: Inspiration from the “Mother of the Colorado Trail”

    Many Firsts

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    Many Firsts

    Reflecting on $30K in Grants

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    Reflecting on $30K in Grants

    JMT Gear Rundown

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    JMT Gear Rundown

    Getting Out There, and Coming Home

    Reflections from the Trail

    Getting Out There, and Coming Home

    John Muir Trail Part 4: Upper Palisade Lake to Whitney Summit

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    John Muir Trail Part 4: Upper Palisade Lake to Whitney Summit

    John Muir Trail Part 3: Goddard Canyon Junction to Upper Palisade Lake

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    John Muir Trail Part 3: Goddard Canyon Junction to Upper Palisade Lake

    John Muir Trail Part 2: Red’s Meadow to Goddard Canyon Junction

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    John Muir Trail Part 2: Red’s Meadow to Goddard Canyon Junction

    John Muir Trail Part 1: Happy Isle to Red’s Meadow

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    John Muir Trail Part 1: Happy Isle to Red’s Meadow

    Announcing Our First Grants

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    Announcing Our First Grants

    Itineraries and Gear: A Blueprint for Adventure

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    Itineraries and Gear: A Blueprint for Adventure

    Celebrating 100 Years of National Parks

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    Celebrating 100 Years of National Parks

    “Should we make it a walk-a-thon?”

    Reflections from the Trail

    “Should we make it a walk-a-thon?”