Robert Redford rides the Outlaw Trail

I was never one for star worship. Celebrities rarely held much sway - well, aside from a certain red-haired FBI agent from my youth. Exceptions, after all, prove the rule.

That said, I always liked Robert Redford. There was a quiet integrity about him, a kind of unforced grace that feels rare these days. National Geographic recently resurfaced a longform piece from 1976: The Outlaw Trail. Redford wrote it himself: part historical reflection, part road trip, part elegy for a fading frontier. It’s the kind of immersive, slow-burn storytelling we don’t see often anymore.