Friday Inspiration, Vol. 247

A great short film about the Desolation Peak fire lookout and Jim Henterly, the artist and naturalist who staffs the lookout. (video)

A very interesting dive into the world’s artificial mountains

126 tweets, each beginning with a word in the lyrics of the Beatles “Yesterday,” in order, written and tweeted over the course of almost a month

If you haven’t seen this video of these two young lads listening to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” yet, please allow me to recommend it—they have NO IDEA the drums are coming and I was just waiting waiting waiting for it the whole time.

These ballpoint pen portraits on repurposed “canvases” are really something

Good Luck Doing This 30-Minute Recipe In 30 Minutes!

A classic Adventure Journal essay: The Bittersweet Embrace of the Last Camp

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—Brendan