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For the latest edition of Sounds of the High Country, KDNK Radio’s collaboration with High Country News, Nelson Harvey spoke with reporter Sarah Tory about a battle over bandit mountain bike trails near Sedona, Arizona, and how the sport is beginning to come of age. Read her feature story from our latest issue here.

HCN Fellow Sarah Tory mountain bikes in Sedona. Credit: Brooke Warren

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KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter Sarah Tory

by Nelson Harvey, High Country News
July 29, 2015

					<h1>KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter Sarah Tory</h1>
<p class="byline">by Nelson Harvey, High Country News <br />July 29, 2015</p>
					
<p>For the latest edition of Sounds of the High Country, KDNK Radio’s collaboration with <em>High Country News</em>, Nelson Harvey spoke with reporter Sarah Tory about a battle over bandit mountain bike trails near Sedona, Arizona, and how the sport is beginning to come of age. Read her feature story from our <a href="../../issues/47.12/illegal-mountain-bike-trails-and-a-forest-service-crackdown-divide-an-arizona-town" title="" target="_blank" class="external-link" rel="noopener">latest issue here</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter Sarah Tory

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