This 7km-long white-knuckle adventure combines hiking, climbing over smooth rock slabs alongside waterfalls, ziplining over a surging river and navigating wild canyons via bridges and metal rungs.

BBC: North America by cable and bridge

With traditional harvesting, fishermen use large metal rakes towed by boats to dredge up wild oysters embedded along the bay bottom.

WSJ: Planting Seeds for a Better Oyster Harvest

Being with metal and machines required a great deal more sensitivity than being with wild animals or with plants and trees.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants