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Harley Rustad

Harley Rustad (@hmrustad) is a features editor at The Walrus and the author of Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas (2022) and Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees (2018).
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December 2022

A New Wave of Ciders Is Bringing a Refreshing Change to Cocktail Hour

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 - by Harley Rustad

Tariq Ahmed founded Revel Cider in 2014—now he spends his days brewing batches of traditional and not-so-traditional ciders

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Sports

The Women’s National Team Taught Canada How to Be a Soccer Country

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 - by Harley Rustad

The men’s team has made it to the FIFA World Cup. But it was the women’s team that helped them get there

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Society

Challenging the Himalayas: Obsession and Danger in the Parvati Valley

January 12, 2022April 30, 2022 - by Harley Rustad

Famous online for his daring travels, Justin Alexander brushed off concerns about his final trek

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Arts & Culture

The Wheel of Time: Why It’s So Hard to Accept Adaptations of Our Favourite Books

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

The challenge for Robert Jordan fans is to avoid nitpicking the flashy new Amazon series

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Books / May 2021

How to Teach Kids about Impending Doom

April 12, 2021June 8, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

Award-winning children’s book author Jon Klassen on trusting four-year-olds with difficult realities

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Business

How MEC Lost Touch with Its Roots

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

Mountain Equipment Co-op was always key to my life as an adventurer. Now, I barely recognize it

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Memoir / November 2018

Love Letters from the Battlefield

November 9, 2018November 11, 2022 - by Harley Rustad

How words kept my grandparents connected during the Second World War

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Environment / October 2018

How I Learned to Love Bonsai

October 2, 2018February 13, 2021 - by Harley Rustad

When my amateur attempts at the art weren’t working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders

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Out of the Shadow of a Mountain

June 17, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

I travelled to the Himalayas with my dad to better understand his history. I left understanding my future

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Books

The Stories We Tell About Our Fathers

May 22, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

Bill Gaston’s new memoir examines his dad’s life—and our fears that we all become our parents

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