A Mighty River of Jackalopiana Michael P. Branch 9 min readSarah nods. “Free ice water. Hand-painted road signs. Free coffee and doughnuts for vets. And jackalopes. That’s what we’re about."Read More
Snowmaking in the Time of Drought Brad Rassler 21 min readThat the Sierra might not be so very nevada one day might have been inconceivable to the Spaniards who named the range.Read More
Why I Don’t Trophy Hunt Doug Peacock 19 min readHere is a crucial distinction between trophy hunters and me: I don’t hunt predators. I wouldn’t shoot a bear for a cool million.Read More
Inside Bohemian Grove Philip Weiss 48 min readYOU KNOW you are inside the Bohemian Grove when you come down a trail in the woods and hear piano music from amid a group of tents and then round a bend to see a man with a beer in one hand and his penis in the other, urinating into the bushes.Read More
The Alchemist Brad Rassler 24 min readIT HAPPENED ON A CRISP SAN FRANCISCO EVENING. February of 1968 at the Carousel Ballroom. Jerry Garcia and the Dead were...Read More
Searching for Jensen Brad Rassler 22 min readYES, I KNEW SOMETHING of the great mountaineer Don Jensen; after all, I bore witness to his Sierran legacy with every ramble...Read More
The Science of Awe Jake Abrahamson 12 min read“The science of emotion gets really exciting when you get as close to the phenomenon as possible,” Keltner told me.Read More