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The key to learning how to wheelie is practice and commitment.

Winter backpacking doesn't have to be about suffering. For cheerful cold-weather trips, we can learn something from the Danes.

Jeremy Evans takes us through a first-hand account of the catastrophic injuries he sustained after being mauled by a grizzly bear while deep in the Canadian backcountry. Some emergencies are apparent in an instant: a bone is broken, a person is unconscious, a storm is raging overhead. In those situations, we know that we need to find help, and fast. But when dangerous events unravel slowly, that urgency might be lacking. Today's story is about one of those cascades.

False gurus, such as Yogi Bhajan, aren't exactly uncommon. But the teachings of yoga can help us discern truth from deception.

When Charlie Finlayson was just 13 and alone with his dad David deep in the backcountry, his father suffered a horrific injury from a rockfall. But Charlie, despite being forced to make decisions way beyond his age and experience, never doubted that his father could survive and that he could help him. Thanks to his unwavering faith, Charlie and David pulled off the impossible.