And Then, By Golly, Up Again. Some people dream of climbing a mountain every day. Day in, day out, good weather or bad, the same trees, the same rocks, that same damn squirrel again. It started out as a blissfully ordinary summer Thursday in the sports-happy little mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. But then Amy Bechtel didn't come home, and nothing has been quite the same ever since.
Some men dream of peace on earth.
Others, of fame and love. And then there's the trio of visionaries whose idea of a better world centers on, well, a really comfortable tent. In the fastest event you won't catch on cable, the Kahuna of ice surfing defends his crown. Why greens are battling greens over the grizzly bear's return to Idaho. One man's quixotic quest to bring the nation's kayakers to their feet.