Brad Wetzler

Brad Wetzler is a New Mexico-based writer and a former senior editor at Outside. Wetzler originated the idea to send Outside editor-at-large Jon Krakauer on his 1996 expedition to the summit of Mount Everest, the disastrous culmination of which spawned Krakauer's best-selling book, Into Thin Air. His story "Is Just Like Amerika!," about Bohemian trekkers in Eastern Europe, was selected for the 2001 edition of The Best American Travel Writing.

The Lightning Field: New Mexico Art Installation

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats

Beloved Tourist Traps: Hole N’ the Rock

Valley of the Gods, Utah