In early March, Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira injured his wrist in preparation for the World Baseball Classic. Since then, he has been engaging in an aggressive, high-tech East-West therapy regimen. Photograph by Randy Harris

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Zambia’s Kasanka National Park during their roughly 2,000-mile migration. Photograph by Kieran Dodds

Utah’s Amangiri resort has four on-site Via Ferrata. This Italian invention, which translates to “iron road,” is a network of fixed cables and ladders that allow guests to safely climb the steep canyon walls. Photograph by Robert Wright

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Alexander Skarsgard, photographed for Men’s Journal by Albert Watson on August 13, 2011, in New York City.

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Nolan Kasper is the newest star of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team — and the guy with a ton of heart. Photograph by James Dimmock

At Wyoming’s Red Reflet Ranch, cowboys eke out every last drop of sunlight in order to practice their rodeo skills. Photograph by Robert Wright

Oh, to be a Men’s Journal scribe — Kitt Doucette testing the new Helly Hansen Odin Shell and pants in Sun Valley’s deep powder. Photograph by Cody Doucette

It’s exciting to catch a fish, but the real beauty of fly fishing is simply hanging out in nature. Photograph by Robert Wright

These caves, 75 south of Cancún, were formed after a meteor socked into the Yucatán 65 million years ago. Photograph by Reinhard Dirscherl

This year, summer came on like a grudge, with the sense that life in America’s mythic frontier might never be the same. Will the West survive? Photograph by John Moore / Getty Images