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A little of the outdoors in your inbox — monthly dispatches by Jessica McKenzie
By Jessica McKenzie · Launched 4 years ago
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Long Path Sections 4 + 3: Mount Ivy to Long Clove to Nyack
Jun 24
5
A long day's walk in the rain
Plus: An "environmental house of horrors"; Starlicide; Rachel Carson and the sea; keeping pigeons in NYC; and more
Jun 3
6
We need a vacation
Is it brain fog, or do I just need a vacation?
Jul 23
7
2
Another weekend thru-hike
The Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail
May 2
9
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'Save the cowboy' and other stories
10
Being enough
9
Everest, travel, personal responsibility, heaps of guilt
8
A pear-shaped world
6
Enjoying the outside, inside
6
Introducing Pinch of Dirt itineraries
5
2
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False spring
Wildfires and thru-hikes, idle gardening, ecosexuality, and more.
Apr 11
9
Rosemary roots
Plus: Europe's wild lions, where conspiracies and butterflies meet, on joyful movement, and more.
Mar 7
6
Plunging into the new year
Plus: Fake snow; the value of good surf; human rights abuses at Rikers; ruining the Vale of Cashmere; on gardening while Black; and more.
Jan 15
5
2
Counting miles
A mile a day, or close enough.
Dec 31, 2021
6
3
‘We’re not interested in the welfare of individual animals here’
Also: the colors of home; the Great Salt Lake; the polar plunge; and more.
Nov 30, 2021
5
Big news & changes afoot!
Pinch of Dirt one of the "Best Outdoorsy Email Newsletters" according to Outside Magazine
Oct 18, 2021
7
2
Canada was so close, we could see her
Cohos Trail, Day Fourteen: Deer Mountain Campground to the Canadian Border
Oct 12, 2021
8
9
Easy days like this allow more time for boredom and Thought to creep in
Cohos Trail, Day Thirteen: Tillotson Hut to Deer Mountain Campground
Oct 11, 2021
9
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'Save the cowboy' and other stories
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Everest, travel, personal responsibility, heaps of guilt
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A pear-shaped world
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Enjoying the outside, inside
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Introducing Pinch of Dirt itineraries
5
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