STANDING ON THE SILKEN SANDY BEACH, tiny crabs raced underfoot, dancing and shuffling in a frenzy as I looked up at a sky decorated with glistening stars. The clearest display of the Milky Way and constellations...
Hey, I'm Isaak, a fourth-year computer science student at the University of Utah. I first got into photography quite a few years ago, when I would borrow my mom's camera and go shoot whatever hike or...
In the panhandle of Idaho where the world feels a little holier, I was a brand-new river guide. On my first commercial trip I ran the Main Salmon, a section of “wild and scenic” river protected under...
Imagine: 3,000 years ago.
Difficult, isn’t it? It’s hard enough for me to imagine my “five-year plan” let alone what life was like thousands of years ago. But I will say this: it’s...
Late July 2021.
“Be honest. What are the chances that we actually finish this thing?” I ask into the dark. It’s around our bedtime — 8:30 or 9 — and we’re both huddled tightly into our...
Growing up, one of my family’s favorite puzzles was a map of the United States. Each piece was one of the fifty states that fit neatly inside the outline of the country’s political boundaries. Alaska...
I never would have imagined myself finishing off 2022 by catching rides from strangers in South America and sleeping in the back of semi-trucks. In fact, if you would’ve told me a couple of years ago...
It is the summer of 2021. I’m half asleep, nestled into the small bow of a speedboat with good friends, while the boat courses through water so turquoise, with corals underneath so bright and teeming...
