Mark Sundeen

1 month ago | outsideonline.com | Mark Sundeen

Dear Sundog: My buddies and I have been mountain biking together for more than 20 years. We’re not racers, but we ride hard and push each other. A few years back, one of the guys had a hip replacement and could no longer keep up, so he got an e-mountain bike. It was the right call to keep the gang together, even though it limited our access to trails that allow e-bikes.

1 month ago | outsideonline.com | Mark Sundeen

Dear Sundog: I’ve always been an environmentalist and lived as close to nature as possible. Years ago I was lucky enough to buy a parcel that borders on public land near a river. I’ve designed and built a dream house that allows me to feel like I’m a part of the natural surroundings. The house is not visible from the river; I intentionally left the bottomlands untouched.

2 months ago | outsideonline.com | Mark Sundeen

Dear Sundog, Last September, in California’s Malibu Creek State Park, a mountain lion pounced on a five-year-old child. The father managed to save his kid by fighting off the cat, and soon after, officials euthanized the cougar. Isn’t this immoral and outrageous? The lion was behaving just as nature intended. — People againsthe Unethical Murder of AnimalsDear PUMA,This is not the only recent alarming attack on humans by a cougar.

Jan 22, 2025 | outsideonline.com | Mark Sundeen

Dear Sundog: Am I a jerk for not owning an electric vehicle yet? I live in a city, commute to work, and like to get outside. I have a decent car that gets decent mileage, but feel like I would be doing better for myself and the planet with an EV. Should I buy one? —Looking for Environmental Alternatives that are FriendlyDear LEAF,Let’s say you’re the average American who commutes 42 miles per day round-trip to a job that you find moderately soul-sucking.

Jan 7, 2025 | outsideonline.com | Mark Sundeen

In the summer of 1991, Mical Garcia was 19 years old, taking classes at a cosmetology school in the farm town of Manteca, California, when she got an alarming call from her stepdad in Las Vegas. Her mother had run off. He came home from work to find her possessions gone, and a note explaining that she’d been leading a double life and did not want to be contacted. Mical, who helps people pronounce her name by saying “like ‘me call you,’” was surprised but not overly concerned at the time.