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Open roads, mountain approaches, and the changing light around a day outside. Stories with room for the landscape.

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The long way back

Cycling
A cyclist riding along a road

The return leg of a ride can become its own small exploration. A familiar journey opens out through a different turn, an unplanned pause, and changing company.

Two climbers walking across snow toward a steep rock ridge in black and white.

A snowy approach to a granite wall changes the scale of an outing. An essay on distant rock, figures in a landscape, and the time spent looking ahead.