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In a growing trend that many are calling “unhinged but deeply on-brand,” hikers throughout the Pacific Northwest have started voluntarily smashing their own car windows at trailheads in pursuit of what they describe as a more authentic Northwest outdoor vibe.
“I just didn’t feel connected anymore,” said Ash Taggart, 29, as he gently shattered the rear passenger window of his 2011 Prius using a responsibly sourced artisanal brick. “Sure, I had the hiking boots, the titanium trekking poles, the copy of Braiding Sweetgrass in my glovebox. But something was missing — something raw. Something shatterable.”
That something, apparently, was a sense of chaotic wilderness vulnerability — now
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