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Benjamin Yeager

Cordova, New York
As seen in: Business Insider, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Outside Magazine, Thrillist, Anchorage Daily News, Vocativ, Santa Fe Reporter
High-latitude sailor, former garbageman, waterman, former @outsidemagazine Fellow benyeager.contently.com
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What happened when this college student drank too much, too quickly

What happened when this college student drank too much, too quickly

Washington Post — I opened my eyes in a strange room. I was lying on a couch in a dark basement. My skull felt like an eggshell. A wound covering nearly half my face had dried to the upholstery and peeled off when I lifted my head to look around. My pockets, which might have contained evidence of what I'd done, or where I'd been, were empty. I put my hand to my face, which had started to ache, dully at first and then in hot stabs. I felt the warm stickiness where I'd thrown up on the cushions before passing out again.
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On the Ground at Land Sailing's Title Race

On the Ground at Land Sailing's Title Race

outsideonline.com — I put on a motorcycle helmet and buckle into what's basically a 12-foot-long beach chair affixed to three wheels and a sail. My feet rest on pedals that steer the tiny front wheel, and I point the contraption across the dry lakebed toward a distant peak. After I give it a few kick-pushes to get the thing moving, the sail catches a gust of wind and I take off. Within seconds, I'm shooting across the desert at highway speeds. I feel the acceleration in my chest. Chunks of dirt batter my face. The lifting sail pulls one of the rear wheels off the ground.
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Backcountry Beyond the Horizon

Backcountry Beyond the Horizon

Backcountry Journal — Fishing for sharks from a kayak off Fire Island, New York
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Enter Dog Man: A trip to Manby Springs yields a long, hot soak...and an interesting character

Enter Dog Man: A trip to Manby Springs yields a long, hot soak...and an interesting character

sfreporter.com — Two months after I moved to Santa Fe, my girlfriend Kristin flew from New York to visit me. I wanted to show her some of what the Southwest had to offer: sweeping desert vistas, staggering canyons and, of course, hot springs. On a Saturday afternoon, we drove up to Taos to track down Manby Hot Springs in the Rio Grande Gorge. I was hoping for some romantic privacy in an unbeatable setting but hadn't imagined that it would be the perfect place for some local color. Walking toward the canyon, Kristin and I passed a small exodus, a line of doughy men in Gore-Tex.
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Should Helicopters Be Allowed on Everest?

Should Helicopters Be Allowed on Everest?

outsideonline.com — When Jing Wang and her team summited Everest last year, becoming the only party to do so in a season marked by tragedy, the 41-year-old Chinese climber reignited a longstanding debate about the purity of climbing. To avoid the Khumba Icefall, she chartered a helicopter to fly her from Base Camp to Camp II, bypassing one of Everest's most dangerous obstacles and more than 50 years of climbing tradition. Helicopters have long been a contentious addition to the mountain. But Wang's flight-on a year when 16 high-altitude workers died in one day, effectively closing the mountain-became a lightning rod for criticism.
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What's The Deal With All These Great White Sharks All Of A Sudden?

What's The Deal With All These Great White Sharks All Of A Sudden?

Thrillist — Shark research non-profit OCEARCH has been in the news a lot lately. It has democratized Great Whites, so to speak, tagging 128 sharks since 2012, giving them lovely human names and us a way to track them. Now there's an app. They even have Twitter handles and tons of followers. Now that it's officially summer, we're seeing them kicking around our favorite beaches. But just who are these majestic ladies? Here's the definitive list of our favorite Great Whites so you can get to know these ferocious females a little better-in case they come in range.
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The high priest of Alaska oysters

The high priest of Alaska oysters

Alaska Dispatch News — CORDOVA -- Jim Aguiar doesn't like angst. That isn't a judgment of others, but rather a conceptual misunderstanding on his part. He just doesn't get it. "If you like angst, move to New York City and meet Woody Allen," he said. It could be that his life has been dictated by hard work and perseverance, first as a 19-year old with $20 to his name, working the slime line at a cannery, then as commercial fisherman and boat owner and now as the owner and sole operator of the Eagle Shellfish oyster farm in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound.
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How A High-School Dropout Became The Most Dangerous Man In Financial News

How A High-School Dropout Became The Most Dangerous Man In Financial News

Business Insider — On a clear day last October, Bloomberg TV anchor Matt Miller stood on the corner of York Avenue at 79th Street, staring across the stream of traffic at the spot where five months earlier he had nearly died. "Crazy," he muttered, limping back to the curb. The 40-year-old looked the part of a television personality: He wore a camel sport coat over a Brooks Brothers shirt, tennis racket cuff links, and Diesel jeans with an alligator belt. Only the hiking boots seemed off. "I need them for ankle support," Miller said. A former anchor of Rewind on Bloomberg TV, Miller covers business (and increasingly Bitcoin).
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Climbing Everest: What Exactly Are You Paying For?

Climbing Everest: What Exactly Are You Paying For?

outsideonline.com — Everest is no cheap hike. Between getting to Nepal, paying for a climbing permit, outfitting yourself and Sherpas, as well as compensating them for time and expertise, you're looking at anywhere from $30,000 to $100,000. But where exactly does this money go? To find out, we crunched the numbers. We assumed our would-be Everest climber would hire a typical Western operator, with five guides shepherding ten clients. Our mountaineer gets one pass at the summit with perfect weather. Note that the price tag goes up rapidly depending on the climber-to-guide ratio, the operator's profit margins, and certain amenities.
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Road Trip to an Anti-Government Gun Rally

Road Trip to an Anti-Government Gun Rally

Vocativ — On a recent windy Saturday morning, Andy Poliakoff, a member of an anti-government group called the Oath Keepers, pulls up his black Dodge Ram to a Dunkin' Donuts in Long Island, New York. Poliakoff had invited me to join him and a buddy on a road trip to Connecticut. They planned to protest a gun control law passed in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in which 20 children and six teachers died. It's the most stringent gun control law in the nation. And it drives the Oath Keepers batty.
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I'm on New Mexican Radio: Madrid debuts new low-power radio station. You should listen.

I'm on New Mexican Radio: Madrid debuts new low-power radio station. You should listen.

sfreporter.com — On June 16, I sat in a coworker's car in my office's sweltering parking lot-because the radio in my car hasn't worked in a decade-when a woman's voice came out of the static: "This is K96.9 Madrid, New Mexico." I was trying to catch the inaugural broadcast of Madrid's new community radio station. Surprisingly, it came through crystal clear all the way up in Santa Fe. It was only supposed to reach 20 miles. But here was Jimi Hendrix's "If 6 Was 9." Now if 6 turned out to be 9, I don't mind, I don't mind, Alright, if all the hippies cut off all their hair, I don't care, I don't care.
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How a Giant Ball Will Help This Man Survive a Year on an Iceberg

How a Giant Ball Will Help This Man Survive a Year on an Iceberg

outsideonline.com — While rowing across the Pacific in 2008, wind pushing him and waves battering him, Italian explorer Alex Bellini felt an unsettling lack of control. Playing in his mind was the story of another Italian explorer, Umberto Nobile, who crashed his zeppelin north of Svalbard after a 1928 polar expedition. Seven men died. The survivors, including Nobile, spent a month wandering the free-floating pack ice, at one point shooting and eating a polar bear, until their rescue. How people react to unpredictable situations fascinates Bellini, a dedicated student of psychology. In the Arctic Ocean, unpredictable situations are a way of life.
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Red Bull Is Making Sailing a Contact Sport

Red Bull Is Making Sailing a Contact Sport

outsideonline.com — On May 9, 2013, British Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson was on a training run for the 34th America's Cup off the California coast when his catamaran capsized while turning around downwind, or gybing. During that maneuver, large catamarans are liable to dig a hull into the water and pitch-pole, essentially somersault. He was sailing an AC72, a 72-foot-long, carbon-fiber vessel capable of hitting 55 mph. Such high-speed capsizes are thrilling to watch, and fatal accidents are extremely rare. But in Simpson's case, the yacht he was crewing broke apart and he died in the water, trapped under the wreckage.
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Rolling Stone's Tsarnaev Cover: 15 Minutes of Blame - IMPROVATEUR

Rolling Stone's Tsarnaev Cover: 15 Minutes of Blame - IMPROVATEUR

improvateur.com — by Saxon Henry A year ago Tuesday at 2:50 p.m., as people cheered Boston Marathoners toward the finish line, two crude bombs exploded on Boylston Street, shredding muscle, shattering bone and obliterating limbs. As horrified spectators and runners went into action using belts and varied pieces of clothing to tie off tourniquets, and the medical tent was absconded as a triage station, the question "who would have done such a thing" quelled the normal "chirpiness" of my Twitter stream. Confusion and anger ruled as news marked #BostonBombing took over the platform, picking up speed when marathon attendees and the media covering the race began tweeting details.
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History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian

History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian

Smithsonian Magazine —
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