Endangered Spaces — Bears Ears
Bears Ears
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“If you really want to have an adventure that’s not going to be sexy–it’s gonna be dirty and it’s gonna be rowdy–there’s a place a out here for you,” says Josh Ewing. “It’s the chance to do something where you’re not going to see another climber.”
In the beginning, Josh came to Bears Ears, Utah in search of adventure. But the more time he spent there, the less his relationship with the landscape had to do with first ascents, and the more it had to do with connecting to the current people and ancient cultures who call Bears Ears home. Now, Josh is a leader in the fight to protect the 1.9 million acres of wild, history-rich, red sandstone landscape.
For the first episode of our “Endangered Spaces” series, a series about threatened places and the people who care for them, we take you to Bears Ears National Monument to follow Josh’s transformation from climber to climber-activist.
Explore Bears Ears with our 360° virtual reality tour, and take action to help protect your new National Monument.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Grandmaster Blues by MC Cullah • Ambiguous Piano by Bradley Carter • Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel • Don’t Point That Gun At Me by Publish the Quest • Low Horizon by Kai Engel • A Language of Its Own by Publish the Quest • Warm of Mechanical Heart by Kai Engel • Destination by Jason Tyler Burton
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The Fear is Real
The Fear is Real
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Loosely speaking, there are two kinds of fear. There’s the fear of external, objective hazards–like getting caught in an avalanche, or taking a bad fall climbing or getting mauled by a grizzly bear. Then, there’s the internal, more slippery kind of fear, like the fear of not being pretty enough, or not being popular enough or not being perfect enough.
When Kat Cannell embarked on a 350-mile, solo horse-packing trip through the mountains of Idaho and Montana, across snowy mountain passes and through a large swath of grizzly bear country, she had to confront both kinds of fears. She realized that maybe conquering the fear of having a head on with a grizzly and conquering the fear of not being pretty enough really isn’t all that different.
This April, Kat and activist Katelyn Spradley plan to ride 900-miles from the Washington Coast to Redfish Lake, Idaho, following the path of Idaho’s wild salmon up the Columbia, Snake and Salmon Rivers to their spawning grounds in the Sawtooth Basin. Learn more at RideforRedd.org, or follow the trip on Facebook or Instagram.
Music: Live at Bazillus by Aidan Baker • If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Somnolence by Kai Engel • All of the Time by adcBicycle • Freaks by Bradley Carter • The Very Beginning by Bradley Carter • Silver Linings by Jason Tyler Burton • The Last Wild Mountain by Bradley Carter
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Leaving the Races Behind
Leaving the Races Behind
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Today, Sam brings us the backstory to that photograph–a story about a split-second act of kindness that altered the course of Martin’s life, and about figuring out when it’s time to leave the races behind.
Sam hosts the podcast ‘Outside In’, a show from New Hampshire Public Radio about the natural world and how we use it.
A version of this story originally aired on ‘Outside In’. You can find “Don’t Cheer for Me, Argentina” here.
Music: Title by Artist • If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Sick and Tired by Publish the Quest • Blackout and Blue by Little Glass Men • Cowgirls by Ken Christianson • Falling Into You by Little Glass Men • High Country Waltz by Bradley Carter
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The Shorts — The Chute
The Chute
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“‘Oh, shoot’, my dad muttered for the tenth or fifteenth time in the last five minutes. Then, he burst into exhausted chuckles,” remembers Deron Daugherty. “I looked up the chute that we were trying to march out of: thirty degrees of slope, several hundred feet to go. ‘Shoot,’ I agreed, and laughed, the dark laugh of those initiated to the secrets of redlined exertion. Type 2 fun before I knew its name.”
When Deron’s uncle coerced him and his father on a trip to Vasey’s Paradise, an oasis at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, they had no idea what they’d find down there. They didn’t know about the chute. They also had no idea what truths they would uncover about one another, the bonds that would form between the three of them or how long those bonds would last.
You can find more of Deron’s writing here. Or listen to Deron’s first Dirtbag Diaries episode, “One Last Hike.”
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • In the Beginning by woodrowgerber • The Biddy Bong Song by Publish the Quest • All of Your Love by adcBicycle • I Believe by Publish the Quest • You Never Know Who You’re Gonna Meet by Publish the Quest
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The Year of Big Ideas 2017
The Year of Big Ideas 2017
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So, this year, we bring you our annual Year of Big Ideas, but with a twist. With the current state of our country, asking people about their personal goals to get rad outside didn’t quite feel right. Instead, we sent out the simple/utterly confounding question: How do we move forward?
Today, our friends, contributors and listeners weigh in with their thoughts and goals on what we do in 2017 and in the years to come. Happy New Year!
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • The Departure by nisei23 • Night Without Sleep by David Mumford • Done With Dallas by Bradley Carter • hope! by The F***ed Up Beat • Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men • All of the Time by adcBicycle
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