Two explorers on an intensive adventure across California made a sweet discovery during their three-week expedition: an abandoned puppy.
National Geographic grantee Cedar Wright and Alex Honnold were on a grueling biking and climbing expedition through the American southwest, a trip they fittingly dubbed Sufferfest 2. After pulling off to the side of the road to pee, they found the puppy hiding in a rubber tire. They took him into their care and, after he pooped all over their sleeping bags, built him his own shelter out of an empty box of beer. They named their new companion Sufferpup.