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Braveheart Couldn’t Handle This Bow down to the intrepid backcountry skiers of Scotland, who never let a little mud, rain, or fog get in their way. They buckle up their boots, shrug off galeforce winds, and tromp over heather and up rock to shred tiny ribbons of snow.

It’s Like the NFL. But with Horses and a Headless Calf. Warlords 1, carcass 0. In the ancient Afghan game of buzkashi, there is more at stake than just the score. For a country where confl ict is now woven into everyday life, the sport serves as a proxy battlefi eld to decide who holds power—and for how long.

The Last Naturalist Bernd Heinrich is a legendary biologist, a record-breaking ultrarunner, and a man whose daily existence has become inextricable from the birds, trees, and rhythms of his beloved Maine woods. In other words, a model for those of us looking for meaning in our fragmented lives.

Leader Of The Pack

CAN WOLVES AND HUMANS COEXIST IN YELLOWSTONE?

2 mins

Lindsey Vonn

FOR OUTSIDE'S 40ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE FEATURING PEOPLE WHO CHANGED OUR WORLD. THIS MONTH, A SKIER WHO JUST CANT BE KEPT OF THE PODIUM.

1 min

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