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Off the map: Week twelve, burned again

At sunrise on Thursday morning, 30,000 citizens of Black Rock City gathered in a giant circle around a Burning Man ..


Week eleven: Trial by fire

OFF THE MAP Somewhere along Interstate 5, the Pyrobar caught fire. Our Burning Man art car was designed to shoot ..


Off The Map: Week 10, buried legends

As I readied my pack for the hike to Utah’s Mount Timpanogos, I cringed to hear the distant sound of ..


Week nine: Two steps from victory

The boulder I was climbing broke free of the mountain, and suddenly I was dancing atop it like a world-class ..


Week Eight: A fairy tale

“Did you make it?” I asked. “No,” the teenager responded. “We were, like, a hundred feet from the top before ..


Week seven: Pyramid schemes

The rising sun found a window in the cloudbank and used the moment to cast its rays through a curtain ..


Off the map: Week six, stolen glances

A solitary coyote yelped and howled in the distance, enhancing the stormy atmosphere of my hilltop campsite above the Arkansas ..


Off The Map: Week five, critter country

At the top of Rock of Ages Pass, a furry marmot scurried forth from a jumble of rocks, his nose ..


Off the Map: Week four, washed up

Just when I thought the monsoon thunderstorm was finally ending, a surge of foamy water rushed down the road in ..


Off The Map: Week three – Mercury Rising

What was that thing? Getting out of the Jeep and poking the squirming mass with a stick didn’t help ..


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