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Komorebi, Marcyn Del Clements Mar 2021

Komorebi, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Annotating Darwin, Polly Brown Mar 2021

Annotating Darwin, Polly Brown

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: Off Trail, Christine Woodside Mar 2021

A Peak Ahead: Off Trail, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Mar 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

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 …


News And Notes Mar 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

A COVID-19 timeline of trail and outdoor facilities closings in the northeastern United States.


Alpina Mar 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Tributes to Joe Brown, Dee Molenaar, John Evans, and Mark Powell. Most climbing in the greater ranges halts in early 2020. Reports of climbs and attempted climbs on Ama Dablam, Everest, and in Patagonia.


Accidents Mar 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in the winter of 2020. Ho-hum weather yielded to the emergency of COVID-19, which put rescue groups at risk. In late March, the U.S. Forest Service closed the Cutler River drainage and the Mount Washington Avalanche Center suspended avalanche forecasting.


Letters Mar 2021

Letters

Appalachia

A tribute to Gene Daniell from a White Mountain Guide co-author, Jon Burroughs. Clarifications about the struggles of common loons on Squam Lake in New Hampshire from biologist Tiffany Grade.


The Crawford Path In The News: White Mountain History And The Communications Revolutions, Susan Schibanoff Mar 2021

The Crawford Path In The News: White Mountain History And The Communications Revolutions, Susan Schibanoff

Appalachia

By 1820, at least 50 newspapers were being published in New Hampshire, and that number doubled within a few decades. The communications revolution and the rapid expansion of newspapers in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been an underused resource for historians. The 21st-century digital revolution has made those paper accessible, and they tell the story of the oldest continually maintained footpath in America, the Crawford Path.


The Hancock Loop Trail, Then And Now: Reflections From One Who Helped Build The Trail, Douglass P. Teschner Mar 2021

The Hancock Loop Trail, Then And Now: Reflections From One Who Helped Build The Trail, Douglass P. Teschner

Appalachia

A hiker who helped build the first trail up North Hancock and South Hancock in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the 1960s, tells the story.


The Women Who Ran Sporting Camps: The Making Of A Tradition In Maine, William Geller Mar 2021

The Women Who Ran Sporting Camps: The Making Of A Tradition In Maine, William Geller

Appalachia

Starting in the 1860s, the land now called Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness was home to a string of trappers’ and hunters’ camps. By the 1890s, many of these camps were managed by women. A dedicated amateur historian shares his research into these quiet leaders’ work.


A Teenager Goes Guideless In The Tetons: Part 2 Of A Climber's Memoir, Steven Jervis Mar 2021

A Teenager Goes Guideless In The Tetons: Part 2 Of A Climber's Memoir, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

In part 2 of his climbing memoir, Steven Jervis writes of exploring the Grand Tetons in the 1950s. He climbs the Exum Ridge, Devils Tower, and the pinnacle called the Red Sentinel.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Wild Self: What Is Wild To One Is Home To Another, Lorraine Monteagut Mar 2021

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Wild Self: What Is Wild To One Is Home To Another, Lorraine Monteagut

Appalachia

“It was our first trip as a family: Ben, me, and his three kids. I’d never hiked more than 30 miles in one trip. I was suddenly nervous that I wouldn’t keep up on this hike, that I would never settle into this family, that maybe they preferred last summer when I wasn’t there. That’s when I knew we’d arrived at the wilderness we’d been seeking.”


There Was No Mountain: But There Were Memories—Of Shoes, Elissa Ely Mar 2021

There Was No Mountain: But There Were Memories—Of Shoes, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Instead of hiking up mountains during spring 2020, a writer and community psychiatrist walked in her memories. The stories in her head start high on ridges but soon sink close to the ground: she thinks about shoes.


The Shaking Trees: In The Forest, Catching Up With Mom By Phone, Andrew Jones Mar 2021

The Shaking Trees: In The Forest, Catching Up With Mom By Phone, Andrew Jones

Appalachia

A student navigates his mother’s phone-in advice to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring a suburban fringe of trees in Pennsylvania.


Katahdin: Standing Above Unsettling Thoughts And Emotions, Anthony Emerson Mar 2021

Katahdin: Standing Above Unsettling Thoughts And Emotions, Anthony Emerson

Appalachia

It’s May in Maine, which usually means spring, snowmelt, and restless hikes over blowdowns. But in spring 2020, Katahdin in Baxter State Park is closed, and a young writer must walk in and stay low.


Lockdown In The Alps: All Quiet In Chamonix, Doug Mayer Mar 2021

Lockdown In The Alps: All Quiet In Chamonix, Doug Mayer

Appalachia

At noon on March 17, 2020, in the French town where alpinism was born, everything stops. No one is allowed out without completing a form and is forbidden from going farther than 1 kilometer before turning around. Doug Mayor, who lives in Chamonix, describes the seven weeks of le confinement.


Androscoggin Constant: The Town Belongs To Geese And Bears, Judi Calhoun Mar 2021

Androscoggin Constant: The Town Belongs To Geese And Bears, Judi Calhoun

Appalachia

When the world goes quiet, an artist takes her sketchbook to the Androscoggin River across Route 16 from her Berlin, New Hampshire house. She befriends a gaggle of Canada geese near the empty school fields and quiet streets where bears also wander.


Seasonal Affective Reorder: Which Reality Is Capable Of A Pause?, Sarah Ruth Bates Mar 2021

Seasonal Affective Reorder: Which Reality Is Capable Of A Pause?, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

A young woman has flown home from graduate school in Arizona to suburban Boston for a ten-day spring break. She finds herself living and teaching from her childhood bedroom. She rambles around outside every afternoon, watching old snow melt, crocuses bloom, maples leaf out, adjusting to the cycle of change.


Going Small: A Father And Daughter Do Backyard Field Research, Dan Szczesny Mar 2021

Going Small: A Father And Daughter Do Backyard Field Research, Dan Szczesny

Appalachia

In a small patch of crumbly dirt and mulch in Manchester, New Hampshire, near the weather-worn trellis where the hydrangea had begun to bloom, a father helps his 5-year-old discover a winter firefly. All plans for wider exploration are off, but nature is unlimited if they look hard enough.


Eight Weeks On Scudder: Writing From The Pandemic At The Fringes Of The White Mountain National Forest, Sally Manikian Mar 2021

Eight Weeks On Scudder: Writing From The Pandemic At The Fringes Of The White Mountain National Forest, Sally Manikian

Appalachia

On the fringes of the White Mountain National Forest, in Shelburne, New Hampshire, a dog musher forges a close-to-home walking route where she can feel safe, both physically and spiritually.


The Vertical Mile: An Obsession Of Repeated Climbs, Stephen Kurczy Mar 2021

The Vertical Mile: An Obsession Of Repeated Climbs, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

At a secluded 32-foot-high crag in northeastern Connecticut, a climber gives in to his obsessions, tallying 5,280 feet in repeated climbs. Urging him on is legendary repeat climber Ken Nichols.


The Closed Outdoors: A Hiker Quarantines In New York City, Derick Lugo Mar 2021

The Closed Outdoors: A Hiker Quarantines In New York City, Derick Lugo

Appalachia

“My first impulse was to flee to the mountains.” But that is not happening. A hiker copes with quarantines in New York City. Every day brings new extremes and new tests of this Appalachian Trail thru-hiker’s optimism and sense of humor.


Mountains In A Pandemic: Introduction, Christine Woodside Mar 2021

Mountains In A Pandemic: Introduction, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Special Feature: Mountains In A Pandemic Mar 2021

Special Feature: Mountains In A Pandemic

Appalachia

Writer-adventurers from New York to the Alps describe how they dealt with the early quarantines of COVID-19.


The Long Way Home: Is It Help Or Is It "Help"?, Christine Woodside Mar 2021

The Long Way Home: Is It Help Or Is It "Help"?, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

On Mount Monadnock, Christine Woodside encounters a hiker who “helps” by asking if she’s got a headlamp. The free advice takes her back to an earlier time when hikers helped in a most respectful way.


Appalachia Winter/Spring 2021: Complete Issue Mar 2021

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2021: Complete Issue

Appalachia

No abstract provided.