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Three Gripping Tales of Survival

Saved by Prickly PearA hiker gets trapped in Big Bend.It was a gorgeous Tuesday morning in April 2010, and Merritt Myers was going on a hike. Hiking was a form of spiritual therapy for Myers—the Austinite had trekked in the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park, even Machu Picchu—and one

Bird's eye view of the green waters at the Devils River with a kayaker.

Travel & Outdoors|

September 22, 2014

Let’s Go Wild

Most of Texas may be privately owned, but that doesn't mean it's tame. From McKittrick Ridge and the Guadalupe River to Maravillas Canyon and Lake Crockett, here are eighteen places where you can revel in the most natural, untouched—and, yes, savage—aspects of our state.

By Texas Monthly, Dan Oko, Rick Bass, Matt Bondurant, S. C. Gwynne and Kate Murphy

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