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Off the map: Week twelve, burned again

by Bryan Snyder on September 23rd

At sunrise on Thursday morning, 30,000 citizens of Black Rock City gathered in a giant circle around a Burning Man ..

Week eleven: Trial by fire

by Bryan Snyder on September 16th

OFF THE MAP Somewhere along Interstate 5, the Pyrobar caught fire. Our Burning Man art car was designed to shoot ..

Off The Map: Week 10, buried legends

by Bryan Snyder on September 9th

As I readied my pack for the hike to Utah’s Mount Timpanogos, I cringed to hear the distant sound of ..

Week nine: Two steps from victory

by Bryan Snyder on September 3rd

The boulder I was climbing broke free of the mountain, and suddenly I was dancing atop it like a world-class ..

Week Eight: A fairy tale

by Bryan Snyder on August 26th

“Did you make it?” I asked. “No,” the teenager responded. “We were, like, a hundred feet from the top before ..

Week seven: Pyramid schemes

by Bryan Snyder on August 19th

The rising sun found a window in the cloudbank and used the moment to cast its rays through a curtain ..

Off the map: Week six, stolen glances

by Bryan Snyder on August 12th

A solitary coyote yelped and howled in the distance, enhancing the stormy atmosphere of my hilltop campsite above the Arkansas ..

Off The Map: Week five, critter country

by Bryan Snyder on August 5th

At the top of Rock of Ages Pass, a furry marmot scurried forth from a jumble of rocks, his nose ..

Off the Map: Week four, washed up

by Bryan Snyder on July 29th

Just when I thought the monsoon thunderstorm was finally ending, a surge of foamy water rushed down the road in ..

Off The Map: Week three – Mercury Rising

by Bryan Snyder on July 22nd

What was that thing? Getting out of the Jeep and poking the squirming mass with a stick didn’t help ..

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