Backcountry Magazine 159 | The Wild Issue Apparel

Backcountry Magazine 159 | The Wild Issue ApparelOn the Cover: A lot happened in the 1950s. Queen Elizabeth II was coronated, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, the double helix structure of DNA was discovered, and Alaska and Hawaii became states. It was also the second of three decades during which the U. S. government and conservationists labored over how best to protect Washington States North Cascades. While discussions ensued in D. C. and beyond, Ira

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Leaders and mentors in the Little Bellas program turn out strong

This biomechanical engineer will change the way we think about bindings

and the perceived absurdity

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from tales of Stó:lō residents to the discovery of the crash site of Flight 810 to reports of some of the hardest alpine routes in the Cascades

" on the other

Seven climbers from the twenty-one-person team

Megan Michelson had an epic spring road trip planned

On a 50-mile traverse of the range

tackling beat-up roads was still all about speed even on skinny tires and steel frames with sketchy brakes

With more than 100 pages of climbing imagery and lore