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What It’s Like to Hike Thousands of Miles with Children

A group of families is trading traditional life for months thru-hiking in the wilderness—with kids in tow. Their unconventional choice is sparking a fierce debate over child safety and the reality of life on the trail, but they say the lifestyle has brought their families closer together and more in touch with nature.

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The world’s most iconic mountain bike destination just opened 200 miles of singletrack to electric bikes. From revitalizing injured riders to turning brutal climbs into a "turbo-charged" cruise, here is what the new rules really mean for the desert.

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How To Walk Through—And Away From—A Digital World, with Craig Mod

The most influential digital designer you've never heard of found an anecdote to the noise on Japan's ancient walking routes

The Scuba Dive That Killed 18-Year-Old Linnea Mills in Glacier National Park

The Scuba Dive That Killed 18-Year-Old Linnea Mills in Glacier National Park

In the heart of Glacier National Park, a young diver’s pursuit of adventure ended in a heartbreaking tragedy that shocked all who knew her. The life and death of an 18-year-old Montana woman is now portrayed in a new documentary, ‘How to Kill a Mermaid: The Linnea Mills Story.’

As the winter sun dipped behind the Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park, Linnea Mills, 18, waded into the frigid, glass-clear waters of Lake McDonald, two hours north of Missoula, Montana. It was just after 5 P.M. on November 1, 2020. The air was crisp, the shoreline quiet, and fresh snow clung to the alpine peaks above.

Linnea was participating in a scuba dive certification class designed to introduce her to the technical demands of cold-water diving, including how to use a drysuit. Within an hour, the training exercise unraveled into a cascade of accidents.

She would not resurface alive.

Her death has since raised difficult questions about the hidden risks of diving in one of the country’s most iconic parks, and about the safety protocols that diving companies must follow. Linnea’s life, and the events that led to her accident, are presented in a new documentary, How to Kill a Mermaid: The Linnea Mills Story. The film explores the events surrounding her death using law enforcement body-camera footage and video from her final dive.

Outside’s Madison Dapcevich sat down with the filmmaker, Damon Ristau, and spoke with her brother and father to learn more about her death and its implications for the scuba-diving industry as a whole. Outside reached out to the dive instructor who was present during Linnea’s death, as well as the instructor’s attorney, but we did not receive a response by the time this story was published.

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