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Katie Arnold

Grand Haven, New Mexico
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BRIEF FLASHINGS IN THE PHENOMENAL WORLD, 2024. RUNNING HOME memoir; bylines @Outsidemagazine, @NYT @WSJ. Leadville 100 champ. Reader, writer, wild runner.
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Mother Load

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By Katie Arnold
| Substack
I wasn’t planning to write about the avalanche that killed nine skiers as they left Frog Lake Backcountry Huts in a snowstorm on February 17. I’ve never backcountry skied in the Sierra. I do not have personal knowledge of the snow conditions that day or the decisions the guides and skiers made. I do not have enough information to form an opinion of what they should or shouldn’t have done. I didn’t know any of the skiers or guides personally.
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command shift

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By Katie Arnold
| Substack
Do you ever hold onto something you know you should let go of? I know. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to fill Desert Flow Camp. From the get-go, interest was sluggish, sign-ups were down. Chalk it up to the government shutdown, economic uncertainty, or the disheartening state of the world, especially on the borderlands—but whatever the reasons, it was starting to feel like rolling a boulder uphill, pushing the river. The opposite of flow.
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soul-full

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By Katie Arnold
| Substack
The other day an email wormed its way into my inbox. It was titled “Missing Pieces,” and the teaser line warned, Pieces of your soul are missing. I get a lot of emails, a lot of PR emails with weird, niche titles, but the ominous tone of this one caught my attention. I had to re-read it a couple of times: Pieces of your soul are missing. My immediate reaction was one of panic. Was a piece of my soul missing?! And then affront—who were they to know? Not that I even knew who “they” were.
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