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After Hurricane Joaquin devastated his home in the Bahamas in 2015, flats fishing guide Elton “Shakey” McKinney and his community were left to rebuild. Though the storm devastated the mangroves, an integral piece of habitat for fishing, filmmaker Brooks Beatty, with support from NRS...

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Like most Ouray, Colorado, residents with careers in the service industry, Darius Garvin and Kamron Odwin were hit hard by the pandemic. But they've also had to grapple with living and working in a largely homogeneous community during one of history's largest social justi...

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When Ouray, Colorado, local Jillian Millkey isn't managing a backcountry lodge, she's working as a first responder on an ambulance crew. Both of Millkey's jobs have been substantially impacted by the pandemic—and she's not alone. Communities reliant on outdoor recreation c...

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The tiny Colorado mountain town of Ouray is a summertime recreation hotspot—normally. In Headwinds, Fat Tire examines the pandemic’s impact on Ouray through the stories of its locals, seeking to understand how they’ve adapted to radical changes in our world. Communit...

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62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she want...

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Shortly after opening Ouray, Colorado's first bouldering gym, lifelong resident Logan Tyler was forced to close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, Tyler has been as busy as ever, working to secure a stronger future for his hometown. Communities reliant on outdoor re...

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I wear a size 12 shoe, which makes packing multiple pairs for a long trip particularly difficult. They’re bulky, heavy, and take up a lot of space in a duffel, so I try to bring a pair that serves multiple purposes when possible.  Not having enough space in a bag for your shoes fall...

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62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she want...

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Visiting a national park this summer? The National Park Service is not requiring visitors or staff to wear face masks. But that doesn’t mean you won’t be asked to wear one. Confused? That’s only part of the problem.  “Since the park re-opened, Montana has seen one of th...

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It’s become one of my favorite traditions. Every year, some of my best girlfriends and I head to Utah. We play in the mountains with our dogs, splash in hidden swimming holes, marvel at the Milky Way. Every trip has a different flavor, but we always come back as a more fulfilled version o...

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As the pandemic has caused a mass cancellation of flights and far-flung vacations, many Americans have resorted to hitting the highways instead. Few ways of traveling are as classic as a summer road trip, especially when done in an RV. But given the spread of the coronavirus, heading out&n...

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For most of us, cruising up California’s iconic Highway 1, catching waves and having campfire jam sessions with friends along the way, while sleeping every night in your truck camper, would be considered a dream trip. For Cyrus Sutton, a semi-nomadic filmmaker and entrepreneur, it was just a t...

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The longer I sit still, the more I yearn to move. The pull of motion isn’t a calm desire; it’s a nagging that builds up until I imagine that it enters the couch or the bed I’m on. I can’t stand lying there another second. Then I wonder if the bed, itself infected with yearnin...

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I'll begin with the story of YS Falls, a set of cascading drops and cool, clear pools set in a Jamaican rainforest. It’s in Saint Elizabeth parish, where for a few years now I’ve been taking my son on vacation. Saint Elizabeth is a beautiful part of the country, far off the beat...

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62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she want...

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