Outside Podcast
Outside Podcast
Outside
Dispatches: National Parks Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Reverence
23 minutes Posted Oct 5, 2016 at 12:00 pm.
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John Muir rhapsodizing about Yosemite is one thing, but Outside contributing editor Ian Frazier has had it with people calling their favorite outdoor spots “cathedrals,” “shrines,” and “sacred spaces.” When he made his case in an issue of Outside, it struck a major nerve with readers. Frazier explains his argument, reacts to reader letters, and reads the story that ignited a firestorm.