In Memoriam,
2024
Dartmouth College
In Memoriam
Appalachia
Tributes to: John Edward Mullens, who died December 3, 2022, just after receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the Appalachian Mountain Club, which he served as a volunteer in many roles over many years; George DeWolfe, who died July 2, 2023 after a long career as a photographer that included many contributions to AMC projects; and Douglas W. and Mary Louise Backus Rankin, geologist and China historian who’d met working for AMC in the 1950s and who did mountain research together for years before their deaths in 2015 and 2020.
Alpina,
2024
Dartmouth College
Alpina
Appalachia
Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges in late 2022 and early 2023 is a report of a record 479 permits issued for Mount Everest in spring 2023; seventeen died. In May 2023, climbers establish a new route on India’s Meru. Updates on Kristin Harila’s record time of completing all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in 2023. Three climbers establish a new route, Technicolour Superdream, on Alaska’s Mount Huntington. A new route on the East Face of Mount Dickey. German Jost Kobusch tackles a hard route up Denali. A new route by Czechs up Suru Peak in Nepal. An …
Accidents,
2024
Dartmouth College
Accidents
Appalachia
Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains from the start of winter weather in November 2022 until mid-April 2023. A detailed analysis of the events of Emily Sotelo’s solo trail-run of the Franconia Ridge, which ended in tragedy. A longtime engineer on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, Joseph Eggleson, died in a fall while taking a photo on Mount Willard. A man succumbs to hypothermia below Mount Lincoln. Two skiers triggered an avalanche on Wildcat Mountain that buried one of them for long minutes. Hikers get in trouble on Mount Chocorua relying on a trail app.
Letters,
2024
Dartmouth College
Letters
Appalachia
An appeal for old documents related to the history of ice-climbing, especially back issues of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Boston Chapter Mountaineering Committee newsletter, The Crux, and documents related to AMC’s New York Chapter Mountaineering Committee and notes from an AMC rock- and ice-climbing guidebook project in the 1960s.
The First Kinship: The Native American Relationship With Katahdin,
2024
Dartmouth College
The First Kinship: The Native American Relationship With Katahdin, John W. Neff
Appalachia
An excerpt of the book Katahdin: An Historic Journey: Legends, Explorations, and Preservation of Maine’s Highest Peak, first published in 2006 by Appalachian Mountain Club Books.
Anticipation Is Half The Problem: Navigating 6,649 Reviews Of One Trail In Bryce Canyon,
2024
Dartmouth College
Anticipation Is Half The Problem: Navigating 6,649 Reviews Of One Trail In Bryce Canyon, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
A hiker describes the evenly split opinions of thousands of people who’d posted online that they knew the best direction to travel the Fairyland Loop in Bryce Canyon.
Bushwhacking In The Mahoosucs: With A Compass And Laminated Map, A Patient Hiker Finds Magic,
2024
Dartmouth College
Bushwhacking In The Mahoosucs: With A Compass And Laminated Map, A Patient Hiker Finds Magic, William Geller
Appalachia
An experienced backcountry adventurer describes the highlights of 22 trailless trips in New Hampshire and Maine from 1992 to 1994.
Early Encounters With The Underhills: Did They Know The Young Climber Was Jewish?,
2024
Dartmouth College
Early Encounters With The Underhills: Did They Know The Young Climber Was Jewish?, Steven Jervis
Appalachia
The latest in a series of climbing memoirs by the editor of Appalachia’s Alpina section gives a firsthand look at his experiences meeting climbers Robert and Miriam Underhill in the 1950s, and asks whether Robert Underhill, who had written several anti-Semitic letters in the 1930s and 1940s, knew the author was Jewish.
Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Smoke Report: Lamenting Fire, And The Behaviors That Help Cause It,
2024
Dartmouth College
Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Smoke Report: Lamenting Fire, And The Behaviors That Help Cause It, Austin Hagwood
Appalachia
The winner of Appalachia’s annual essay contest for emerging writers narrates his experience as a fire lookout in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho four years after the Gold Pan Fire burned 42,000 acres.
Finding Brave Blood Above A Raging River: A Via Ferrata Climb Vanquishes Fears In Colorado,
2024
Dartmouth College
Finding Brave Blood Above A Raging River: A Via Ferrata Climb Vanquishes Fears In Colorado, Lisa Ballard
Appalachia
An adventurer confronts her fears in Royal Gorge’s rapids and on the cliffs above.
A Long Faller's Reverie: A Climber Investigates Why He Wasn't Scared On A Dangerous 1987 Fall,
2024
Dartmouth College
A Long Faller's Reverie: A Climber Investigates Why He Wasn't Scared On A Dangerous 1987 Fall, John Thackray
Appalachia
Now age 89, a climber examines narratives of those who survived dangerous falls as he reconsiders his own bad fall in 1987 in the Mohonk Preserve of New Paltz, New York.
The Exploder: A Miserable Trek Lives Up To An Ecuadoran Volcano's Name,
2024
Dartmouth College
The Exploder: A Miserable Trek Lives Up To An Ecuadoran Volcano's Name, Todd Swain
Appalachia
Flashback to 1991: a climber’s story of a miserable attempt to summit an active volcano.
Broken Pieces: An Accident That Felt Destined, Despite Every Effort To Avoid Complacency,
2024
Dartmouth College
Broken Pieces: An Accident That Felt Destined, Despite Every Effort To Avoid Complacency, Stacy Boone
Appalachia
An experienced guide’s solo thru-hike of the Oregon Desert Trail ends suddenly with a broken knee and a courageous self-rescue.
Dragonsky Is Born: Coming Out Of A Crisis, Long-Distance Hiking Saves Her Life,
2024
Dartmouth College
Dragonsky Is Born: Coming Out Of A Crisis, Long-Distance Hiking Saves Her Life, Shilletha Curtis
Appalachia
Learning of the Appalachian Trail from a stranger, a woman decides to hike it, realizing that few people of color have explored long trails.
The Long Way Home: The Winds Of Randomness,
2024
Dartmouth College
The Long Way Home: The Winds Of Randomness, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
A sudden, random injury clarifies how greatly luck figures in mountain walking.
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2024: Complete Issue,
2024
Dartmouth College
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2024: Complete Issue
Appalachia
Winter/Spring 2024 - Volume LXXV, Number 1 - Issue #257. Engines of Extremes: Stories of pushing beyond previous limits.
A Peak Ahead: Up From Devastation,
2024
Dartmouth College
A Peak Ahead: Up From Devastation, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
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Letters,
2024
Dartmouth College
Books Of Note,
2024
Dartmouth College
Research,
2024
Dartmouth College
