Let There Be Light
By Alex Heard (@ALEXHEARD) Last year, when it was reported that quarterback Aaron Rodgers had taken part in something called a darkness retreat—staying in an enclosed space, cut off from all light, for intense sessions that can last days—I figured we had to send somebody to try this, in pursuit of a new and challenging form of adventure. As I soon learned, senior editor Alison Osius had already been pitched about the subject by Outside correspondent Tim Neville, an Oregon-based travel writer with deep roots at this magazine and a well-earned reputation for a willingness to try anything. As you’ll see in “The Darkness That Blew My Mind,” page 82, even he was not prepared for what it was like. Neville came to Outside in January 2000, as an intern reporting for…