THE WEIGHT WE CARRY
Apr 15, 2021
3 minutes
BY MICHAEL EASTER
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RYAN GARCIA
myself standing in the Arctic tundra, about 120 miles from civilization, in Kotzebue, Alaska, with half a year’s worth of dinner—100-plus pounds of caribou—strapped to my back. Gnarled four-foot antlers burst from the top of my pack, and my shoulder straps felt so weighty that I thought they might slice me lengthwise into thirds. I was up there on a backcountry hunt, and all I needed to do was carry my meat
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