At ϳԹ, we publish dozens of stories, videos, and photo essays per week. The result can be overwhelming: Lots of stories and not enough time to read them.
So here's our digest of the reading you should catch up on this week. Our goal’s simple: to collect the most interesting, overlooked, and worth-your-time reads from ϳԹ and our other favorite sources.
What We Wrote:
Looking back on her early days in her sport, professional climber Angie Payne, 32, is struck by how twisted her definition of health once was.
“I hope they will not risk too much. K2 really is a maneater.”
“Unfortunately, it was mostly in the face they’d get you. It’s just basically like being murdered by bees.”
There’s a lot of footage of Symmonds running in half tights, driving around, and dispensing training advice: “My number one rule of training: never wake up to an alarm clock.” There is much shirtlessness.
It’s summer. Like every other summer, we humans enter the woods and are shocked to find that bears live there.
Lance Armstrong is back and on ϳԹ. He'll be writing about the ups and downs of the Tour de France from July 1 to 23.
What We Read:
Best Crime Investigations Featuring “Dazed Heifers”: “” [High Country News
Most Important Land-Feud Coverage: “” [The Nation]
Best Headline: “” [Literary Hub]
Most Helpful Reminder: “” [The Atlantic]
Most Promising New Resource: “.” [SNews]