Research,
2021
Dartmouth College
Research
Appalachia
Studies of the damage road salt does to waterways, by Judy Benson. Grizzy bears rebound, by Lisa Densmore Ballard.
Letters,
2021
Dartmouth College
Letters
Appalachia
A Massachusetts reader identifies Appalachia’s Summer/Fall 2017 cover shot as a 1930 photo of her family around a campfire. Another reader sends in an imagined story about the mystery cover photo. Dr. Charlotte Ryan writes that she identified strongly with the tragedy of Geraldine Largay, subject of a piece in Winter/Spring 2017, who died on the Appalachian Trail.
Alpina,
2021
Dartmouth College
Alpina
Appalachia
Teams fail to climb K2 in winter 2017. American climber Conrad Anker suffers a heart attack on Lunag-Ri. Everest’s spring 2017 season brings 373 permitted climbers, including two women who make records: Uto Ibrahimi becomes the first woman from Albania to summit, and Tsang Yin Hung of Hong Kong sets a female speed record. Ueli Steck dies in a fall on Nuptse. In Memoriam: Royal Robbins, by Michael Wejchert. And more.
Accidents,
2021
Dartmouth College
Accidents
Appalachia
Incidents include: a 26-year-old experienced hiker dies on Bondcliff on Christmas Eve; a new hiker struggles with his gear and calls for rescue; a man loses his way on icy Mount Lafayette. An excerpt from Accidents Editor Sandy Stott’s book Critical Hours: Search and Rescue in the White Mountains.
Backwaters: A Writing Mentor Surfaces,
2021
Dartmouth College
Backwaters: A Writing Mentor Surfaces, Jeff Debellis
Appalachia
trail crew, trail work, fishing, poetry, craft of writing, writer's notebook, reunion
See One, Do One, Teach One: The Path Branches A Lot,
2021
Dartmouth College
See One, Do One, Teach One: The Path Branches A Lot, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
Navigating up the branching trails of Prairie Mountain in Alberta.
Supporting A Mountain As It Changes: People, Climate, And The Absence Of Trees,
2021
Dartmouth College
Supporting A Mountain As It Changes: People, Climate, And The Absence Of Trees, Caroline Ailanthus
Appalachia
A science writer shows how Monadnock’s landscape tells the story of climate change and calamity.
I'Ll Have The Usual: Mount Monadnock Always Delivers,
2021
Dartmouth College
I'Ll Have The Usual: Mount Monadnock Always Delivers, Marty Carlock
Appalachia
A woman who knows Mount Monadnock as well as her own shoes celebrates the familiar.
The First Women On Katahdin: Was It A Race Or Merely An Exciting Phase?,
2021
Dartmouth College
The First Women On Katahdin: Was It A Race Or Merely An Exciting Phase?, William Geller
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Weakness In Numbers: How A Hiking Partner Can Be Dangerous,
2021
Dartmouth College
Weakness In Numbers: How A Hiking Partner Can Be Dangerous, Ty Gagne
Appalachia
group dynamics, risk management, group hike, winter hiking, White Mountains, Franconia Ridge, team psychology, team behavior
Climbers Who Volunteer: Everest Climber And White Mountains Fixture Rick Wilcox Reflects,
2021
Dartmouth College
Climbers Who Volunteer: Everest Climber And White Mountains Fixture Rick Wilcox Reflects, Erik Eisele, Joe Klementovich
Appalachia
Everest climber and White Mountain fixture Rick Wilcox reflects on his commitment to search-and-rescue in this tribute by Erik Eisele.
Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates,
2021
Dartmouth College
Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski
Appalachia
Fifty years after the worst accident in the history of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, David Govatski, who was there, went looking for the reason it happened.
Mount Washington's Quirky Record Holder: A Writer Follows The Intensity Of Alton Weagle,
2021
Dartmouth College
Mount Washington's Quirky Record Holder: A Writer Follows The Intensity Of Alton Weagle, Dan Szczesny
Appalachia
Dan Szczesny chronicles the intensity of Alton Weagle, who invented many strange ways to break records on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, like pushing a wheelbarrow of sugar up the auto road.
The Long Way Home: Straight Up,
2021
Dartmouth College
The Long Way Home: Straight Up, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
Hikers fail to save a man’s life on the Tuckerman Ravine Trail.
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2018: Complete Issue,
2021
Dartmouth College
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2018: Complete Issue
Appalachia
Winter/Spring 2018 - Volume LXIX, Number 1 - Issue #245. Mount Washington: Summit of Extremes: Alton Weagle, the Record Maker; Revisiting a Tragic Accident
A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something,
2021
Dartmouth College
A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Books And Media,
2021
Dartmouth College
Books And Media
Appalachia
“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.
In Memoriam,
2021
Dartmouth College
In Memoriam
Appalachia
Bruce P. Sloat, an influential Appalachian Mountain Club hut system manager. Joseph Brooks Dodge Jr., an Olympic skier and son of AMC institution Joe Dodge. Green Mountain Club trails director David Hardy. Frank Carlson, age 97, who had written for Appalachia in 2017 of his 1936 bicycle expedition.
News And Notes,
2021
Dartmouth College
News And Notes
Appalachia
The Cog Railway on Mount Washington pushes ahead with hotel plans. Remembrance of a hike in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Controversial Northern Pass powerline project is halted.
Alpina,
2021
Dartmouth College
Alpina
Appalachia
The strange science of grading climbs is explained. Tributes to the late Norman Dyhrenfurth and Fred Beckey. After an avalanche in Montana kills young skier Inge Perkins, her surviving companion Hayden Kennedy ends his life. Female Sherpas and several women climbers achieve many feats in the Nepal Himalaya. Journalist and Himalayan Database creator Elizabeth Hawley dies.
