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Reviews of: The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the UTMB, by Doug Mayer; Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature, edited by Amber Wendler and Shaz Zamore; AMC's Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains, by Robert N. Buchsbaum; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Boston, by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O'Leary; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Washington, D.C., by Jennifer Adach and Beth Homicz; Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks and Trails, Volume II, edited by Dave Kyu and Ilyssa Kyu; …
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Reviews of: White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest, 31st edition, compiled and edited by Ken MacGray and Steven D. Smith; The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems, by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave; Conversations with Birds, by Priyanka Kumar; Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, by Michael Wejchert; Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, by Harley Rustad; Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We …
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A literary essay on the term “white death” when it means avalanche, by former University of Alaska Anchorage creative writing program director David Stevenson. Reviews of: The Naturalist's Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife, by Dave Hall; This Wild Land: Two Decades of Adventure in the Shadow of Katahdin, by Andrew Vietze; Tangled Roots: The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics, by Sarah Mittlefehldt; Imaginary Peaks, by Katie Ives; Don't Sing to Me of Electric Fences, by Dave Seter; Dammed If You Don't, by Chris Kalman.
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Reviews of: The American Alpine Journal 2021: The World's Most Significant Climbs and Accidents in North American Climbing, both by the American Alpine Club. Trail Running Illustrated, by Doug Mayer and Brian Metzler. To Be a Warrior, by Brandon Pullan. A Beautiful Work in Progress: A Memoir, by Mirna Valerio. Honouring High Places, by Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe. Overexposure, by Chad Sayers. The Third Pole, by Mark Synnott. NH Rocks that Rock: An Adventure Guide to Twenty-Five Famous Boulders of the Granite State, by Uma and Dan Szczesny. Edward Feuz …
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Reviews of: Trail applications including AllTrails, Cal Topo, Avenza, Gaia GPS, FatMap, and Onx Backcountry, reviewed by Catherine Buni and Scott Berkley. Gunks Climbing by Andy Salo et al. The 4,000-Footers of New Hampshire’s White Mountains by Mike Dickerman. AMC’s Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, Fifth Edition edited by Ryan Harvey. Great Day Hikes on North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail by the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The Most Radical Thing You Can Do: The Best Political Essays from Orion Magazine edited by Christopher Cox. The Waterville Valley Guidebook by Steven D. Smith with Preston Conklin. On the …
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler, as told to Joseph B. Egan. Catskill Mountain Guide 3rd Edition by Peter W. Kick. AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England 2nd Edition by Matt Heid. Quiet Water Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island 3rd Edition by Alex Wilson and John Hayes. Inscriptions by Cammy Thomas. The Mountain: My Time on Everest by Ed Viesturs with David Roberts. Logging Railroads of New Hampshire’s North Country by Bill Gove.
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Maia Rauschenberg’s essay, “The Mom List: Books straight out of the box,” discusses Wild by Cheryl Strayed, The Emerald Mile by Ken Fedarko, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, and others. Reviews of The Geology of New Hampshire’s White Mountains by J. Dykstra Eusden et al. Along the Appalachian Trail: New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut by Leonard M. Adkins and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Denali’s Howl by Andy Hall. Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods by Richard B. Primack. The Land Breakers by John Ehle. Hanging On: A Life Inside British Climbing’s Golden Age by Martin Boysen. …
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Maia Rauschenberg celebrates Mardy Murie, author of Two in the Far North (Alaska Northwest Books, 2003). Reviews of: Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness by Laura and Guy Waterman. White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State by Mike Dickerman. New England Trail Map and Guide by the Appalachian Mountain Club and Connecticut Forest & Park Association. Trail Running Western Massachusetts by Ben Kimball. The Precipice by Paul Doiron. The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre by Kelly Cordes. Barren Grounds: The Story of the Tragic Moffat Canoe Trip by Skip Pessl. Savage …
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Maia Rauschenberg writes a tribute to Canadian artist Emily Carr in an essay about three books: The Art of Emily Carr by Doris Shadbolt, Growing Pains: the Autobiography of Emily Carr by Emily Carr, and The Forest Lover: A Novel by Susan Vreeland. Reviews of: Desperate Steps: Life, Death and Choices Made in the Mountains of the Northeast by Peter W. Kick. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley. The Airman’s Arctic Survival Guide by Belmore Browne. 59 Illustrated National Parks by Joel Anderson and Nathan Anderson. Art of Katahdin by David Little.
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Along on the Wall by Alex Honnold with David Roberts. AMC’s Best Sea Kayaking in New England by Michael Daugherty. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains by Robert M. Buchsbaum. Living with Bears Handbook 2nd Edition by Linda Masterson. The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping by Laura and Guy Waterman. Deep Down Dark by Hector Tohar. The Man Who Built the Sierra Club by Robert Wyss. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman. Acadia National Park: A Centennial Celebration with photography by Tom Blagden Jr.
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Continental Divide by Maurice Isserman. East of the Himalaya Mountain Peak Maps: Alps of Tibet & Beyond by Tamotsu Nakamura. One Hundred Summers: The People of the Appalachian Mountain Club Professional White Mountain Trail Crew, Their Work and Adventures by Natalie Beittel and Kyle Peckham. Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims. On Trails by Robert Moor. On the Trails by Silas Chamberlin. Canoeing Maine’s Legendary Allagash: Thoreau, Romance, and the Survival of the Wild by David K. Leff.
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AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Berkshires by Rene Laubach and John S. Burk. White Mountain Winter Recreation Map and Guide. Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast by David Goodman. An Ice Climber’s Guide to Southern New England and Eastern New York by Todd Swain. Black Woman in Green by Gloria D. Brown and Donna L. Sinclair. Black Faces, White Spaces by Carolyn Finney. In Search of Amos Clough by Robert W. Averill. Waymaking: An Anthology of Women’s Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art (edited by Helen Mort et al). Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss by David Smart. …
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Reviews of: Blazing Ahead: Benton MacKaye, Myron Avery, and the Rivalry That Built the Appalachian Trail by Jeffrey H. Ryan. AMC’s Mountain Skills Manual: The Essential Hiking and Backpacking Guide by Christian Bisson and Jamie Hannon. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley by Peter W. Kick. AMC’s Best Day Hikes Near Washington, D.C. by Beth Homicz and Annie Eddy. Go Take a Hike! Hiking tips and Outings for Seniors in Western Maine and the White Mountains by Allen Crabtree. Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls. Thoreau and the Language of Trees by Richard …
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“Life in the Big Meh,” in which Sandy Stott reviews John Branch’s long, illustrated piece about Everest in the December 19, 2017 issue of the New York Times. White Mountain Guide by Steven D. Smith. Mount Washington: Narratives and Perspectives by Mike Dickerman (editor). Death in the White Mountains by Julie Boardman. Critical Hours by Sandy Stott. In Wild Trust by Jeff Fair. Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces by William B. Swett. Where You’ll Find Me by Ty Gagne.
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Reviews of: AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Connecticut by Rene Laubach and Charles W.G. Smith. AMC’s Best Day Hikes Near Boston by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O’Leary. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Vermont by Jen Lamphere Roberts. Trails or Timber? The Creation, Destruction, & Rebuilding of Paths on the Northern Presidential Range, 1857–1914 by Judith Maddock Hudson. Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul, a film by Huey Coleman. Sky Runner: Finding Strength, Happiness and Balance in Your Running by Emelie Forsberg and Kilian Jornet. A Mountaineer’s Life by Allen Steck. Way Out There: Adventures …
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Reviews of: AMC’s Maine Mountain Guide by Cary Michael Kish. Forest and Crag by Laura Waterman and Guy Waterman. A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich by Bernd Heinrich. Terranexus: Connection and Meaning in Ordinary Places by David K. Leff. A Sideways Look at Clouds by Maria Mudd Ruth. Saving Thoreau’s Birthplace by Lucille Stott. The Pacific Alone by Dave Shively. Yankee Rock and Ice by Laura and Guy Waterman with new chapters by Michael Wejchert.
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Reviews of: Hermit: The Mysterious Life of Jim Whyte by Jeffrey H. Ryan. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Central Massachusetts by John S. Burk. Reflections: 100 Years of Friendship and Hiking at AMC Cold River Camp by Robert and Emma Crane. The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life by Mark Synnott. The White Mountain by Dan Szczesny. Chasing Denali by Jon Waterman. The Winter Army by Maurice Isserman. Starvation Shore by Laura Waterman. Cultivating the Wildness Within by Walt McLaughlin. Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage by Christopher Ives. Glorious Mountain Days by Allison W. …
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Reviews of: The Unlikely Thru-Hiker by Derick Lugo. New Hampshire’s 52 with a View: A Hiker’s Guide by Ken MacGray. Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson by Jeffrey Cramer. Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches, and Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail by Sarah Kaizar. Outpost by Dan Richards. End of the Rope by Jan Redford. The Sharp End of Life by Dierdre Wolownick.
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Reviews of: The Outdoor Citizen by John Judge. Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West by Heather Hansman. Paths Less Traveled by Gordon Dubois. Desert Cabal by Amy Irvine. How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi and Yao Xiao. The Adventurer’s Son by Roman Dial. Appalachian Trail: Backcountry Shelters, Lean-Tos, and Huts by Sarah Jones Decker. Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide: Fifth Edition by Ken MacGray with Steven D. Smith. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Shenandoah Valley: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails, from Harpers Ferry …