Friday Inspiration, Vol. 74

Sometimes we forget that the Colorado River flows past the end of the Grand Canyon:

Welp, #vanlife is in the New Yorker. Might not be all you think it’s cracked up to be on Instagram.

How about a mix for each year of hip-hop, starting in 1979 and ending in 2008?

Ani Yahzid is trying to make a series of short films to encourage more multicultural urban youth to get outdoors. You can help him here.

Brendan Petrus of The Unconventionalist and I had a great chat about storytelling/getting shit done.

A queer black woman’s story of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2016.

—Brendan