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From Outside magazine and PRX, these are dispatches.

Stories from our writers in the field.

Most jobs come with some kind of hazard. If you're a lifeguard, maybe it's sunburn. Account

boredom. Journalists in outside magazine? It varies, but most of us are more likely to die testing electric skateboards than trekking through the Himalayas.

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