Text by Jill Kimball Video by Melanie Johnson Jill Kimball, along with two Flux cohorts, hoped to embark on an adventure that would make her hiker parents proud. But soon after she saw the three inches of mud caked around her once-cute rain boots, she realized four years in the Northwest doth not an outdoor enthusiast make. — The [...]

Words by Nick Coté | Photos by Melissa Hoffman The first thing I noticed was how serious everyone else was. With a Clif bar, a Red Bull, a banana and yesterday’s coffee in hand, the sum of all my careful preparation couldn’t match even one ounce of anyone else’s. What made me stand out was not [...]