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Jon Bell

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An outdoor enthusiast and wordsmith, Jon Bell has been writing from his home base in the Portland, Oregon, area since the late 1990s. After growing up in Mansfield, Ohio, Jon got a bachelor's degree in history from Michigan State University, then traveled extensively across the American West before landing in Portland. His first published pieces were about some of his backpacking and climbing excursions in the Northwest, including countless weekends on Mount Hood. His work has appeared in Backpacker, The Oregonian, The Rowing News, Oregon Coast, and many other publications. He is also co-author of the climbing guidebook, Ozone, and a former president of the Ptarmigans Mountaineering Club. He lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with his wife, two ...more

Ben Jacklet Follows the Sun

I remember a few years ago my friend Ben Jacklet telling me that he and his wife, Christina, were about to embark on a trip around the world. Literally.

Christina had earned a year-long sabbatical, and Ben’s gig selling solar panels wasn’t something that needed to tie him down. So they’d planned a roughly 12-month adventure: a few months overseas, then a return to Portland, followed by a few mo

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