+Wend: Summer 2009
Wend provides bold tales to fuel the passion for adventure, born from the love of climbing, bicycling, surfing, kayaking and backpacking.
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“ Cover”
ADVENTURE/INSPIRATION/TRAVEL/ACTIVISM Cycling the Silk Road Finding Determination in Desolation Threaten Wildlife Migratory Routes? Life on the Border Wall Does U.S. Immigration Policy 100,000 Wild Images Sea Kayaking the World to Catalog Its Creatures Northwest Coast A Couple’s Yearlong Trek by ...
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“ Table of Contents” (page 9)
Volume 4, Issue 2 Facts and Figures to Get You Thinking 16 Dry-roasted crickets, millions of beach-bound butts and a game on top of the world. Human Flying Squirrels 18 BASE-jumping wingsuit pilots fight gravity, the National Park Service, parachutes. The Weight of the World on Your Shoulders 20 ...
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“ Letter from the Editor” (page 13)
from the editor Yes, yes, we’ve all heard the bad news about publishing that gets piped through the very media that’s dying on the vine. Every day, I hear about “yet another” publication going down because of “these hard economic times.” But from where I sit at Wend HQ, my vantage is a little dif...
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“ Contributors” (page 15)
Explorer/photographer/kayaker Daniel Fox follows in the footsteps of his childhood heroes, David Attenborough and Jacques Cousteau, navigating the waters of Earth’s remote places. His lifelong passion for adventure and nature, and his commitment to inspire change and improve lives, have led him t...
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“ Wendex: Dry-roasted crickets, millions of beach-bound” (page 17)
WENDEX facts and figures to get you thinking compiled by Kyle Cassidy see page 95 for sources 0 South Pole 01 Number of prosthetic legs 16-year-old Kelly Allen has gone through in her lifetime: 37 02 Place Allen took in the 2008 Extremity Games kayaking race: 1st 03 Millions of people living with...
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“ Human Flying Squirrels: BASE-jumping wingsuit pilots fight gravity, the National Park Service, Parachutes.” (page 19)
From the lip of a rocky outcrop jutting from the top of a 3,000-foot cliff on Baffin Island, thrill-seeking mountaineer and BASE jumper Chris McNamara gauged the winds that howled and slapped against his nylon outfit. He adjusted his helmet camera, a piece of gear he knew might very well capture ...
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“ Greenery: The Weight of the World on Your Shoulders” (page 21)
green stuff we think is cool by Anna Brones Carrying the Weight of Sweet (and Sustainable) Dreams When it comes to sleeping bags, sustainable design innovations come mainly in the form of reducing the use of virgin synthetics like polyester and nylon and replacing them with recycled polyester. In...
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“ Platform: Defenders of Wildlife” (page 23)
Platform is a section in which we donate space to activists working to make the planet a better place to live. They write the message; we amplify it. My name is Peter Nelson. I am an activist. Congratulations! You’re the proud owner of some 449 million acres of the most spectacular land on the pl...
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“ 2,000 Miles in the Borderlands: The Making of a RAVE, Part One” (page 25)
2,000 MILES in the By Krista Schlyer BORDERLANDS THE MAKING OF A RAVE, PART ONE RAVE Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition RAVE was born as an initiative of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Conceived to address the challenges of modern conservation, RAVE aims to achieve a full...
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“ Feast: Peruvian Amazon” (page 37)
:Peruvian Amazon tales of adventurous gastronomy by Nicholas Gill 36 wend magazine The Belén district in the Peruvian Amazon is located in Iquitos, the most populous city in the world that cannot be reached by road. Typically, it’s reached by boat, and on my first visit, I took a surreal four-day...
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