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In Memoriam, 2021 Dartmouth College

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Bob Proudman, 1948-2018.


Letters, 2021 Dartmouth College

Letters

Appalachia

David Sanderson recollects trying to save Alfred Whipple Jr. and Sidney Crouch on Cannon Mountain in 1959. Al Sanborn tells a story of surviving hypothermia. Bev Esson criticizes a story about a man who took his 60-year-old mother backpacking.


Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr 2021 Dartmouth College

Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr

Appalachia

The narrative of a 15-year-old’s one-day, 31.5-mile, solo circuit around the Pemigewassett Wilderness in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.


Flying With Icarus: A Sunday Afternoon Church Hike Takes An Unexpected Course, Douglass Teschner 2021 Dartmouth College

Flying With Icarus: A Sunday Afternoon Church Hike Takes An Unexpected Course, Douglass Teschner

Appalachia

A Sunday afternoon church hike takes an unexpected turn as one determined man inches his way up a small hill.


A Wrong Turn: Lost In The Dark, Step By Step, Benjamin Alva Polley 2021 Dartmouth College

A Wrong Turn: Lost In The Dark, Step By Step, Benjamin Alva Polley

Appalachia

Lost in a remote area of Idaho, a hiker must find his way and ponder what it means to be lost.


Not Here, Not Now: The Epic Of Dan Mcginness, Mike Cherim 2021 Dartmouth College

Not Here, Not Now: The Epic Of Dan Mcginness, Mike Cherim

Appalachia

A White Mountain guide retells the story of a hiker who saved himself following a scary mid-December overnight in a ravine north of Mount Eisenhower.


Searching For Arnica: A Yellow-Flowered Plant Goes Missing, Bob Zaino 2021 Dartmouth College

Searching For Arnica: A Yellow-Flowered Plant Goes Missing, Bob Zaino

Appalachia

A rare flower in the aster family, Arnica Lanceolata, goes missing from many of its historic spots.


Could He Ascend Farther? What Will Alex Honnold Reach For After His Free Solo Of El Capitan?, Sarah Ruth Bates 2021 Dartmouth College

Could He Ascend Farther? What Will Alex Honnold Reach For After His Free Solo Of El Capitan?, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

An interview with climber Alex Honnold, who free-soloed El Capitan and who discusses his future and that of climbing.


Friendship: A Pessimist Ponders Her Optimist Trail Partner, Elissa Ely 2021 Dartmouth College

Friendship: A Pessimist Ponders Her Optimist Trail Partner, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A community psychiatrist ponders her own pessimism and the optimism of her longtime hiking partner.


If I Ever Lose My Way: A Writer Shares What Has Made Crawford Path A Touchstone For Her, Bethany Taylor 2021 Dartmouth College

If I Ever Lose My Way: A Writer Shares What Has Made Crawford Path A Touchstone For Her, Bethany Taylor

Appalachia

A writer pays tribute to the ways Crawford Path has become her touchstone.


Rebuilding, A Photo Essay: Volunteers Help Restore Parts Of The Oldest Trail In The United States, Paula Champagne, Joe Klementovich 2021 Dartmouth College

Rebuilding, A Photo Essay: Volunteers Help Restore Parts Of The Oldest Trail In The United States, Paula Champagne, Joe Klementovich

Appalachia

Photos by Paula Champagne and Joe Klementovich celebrate the trail work that restores parts of the Crawford Path, the oldest recreational trail in the United States.


Closing The Circle: Fatherhood Rekindles In Franconia Notch, Christopher Johnson 2021 Dartmouth College

Closing The Circle: Fatherhood Rekindles In Franconia Notch, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

A father suffering anxiety from his work rekindles the connection to life and his family in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch.


Fuji-Ko: On Japan's Mountain Day, Americans Experience Fuji Faith, Dianne Fallon 2021 Dartmouth College

Fuji-Ko: On Japan's Mountain Day, Americans Experience Fuji Faith, Dianne Fallon

Appalachia

American hikers feel awe and experience community as they join throngs climbing Japan’s Mount Fuji.


Waiting On A Ledge: Time To Think, 120 Feet Off The Ground, Sarah Ruth Bates 2021 Dartmouth College

Waiting On A Ledge: Time To Think, 120 Feet Off The Ground, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

The long delays during technical climbing in Maine allows a woman to think, and nothing else.


At Redemption: A Father At A Crossroads Takes His Kids Hiking . . . 244 Miles, Ben Montgomery 2021 Dartmouth College

At Redemption: A Father At A Crossroads Takes His Kids Hiking . . . 244 Miles, Ben Montgomery

Appalachia

Tampa-based writer Ben Montgomery, a father recovering from a painful year, takes his three children hiking 244 miles on the Appalachian Trail.


The Long Way Home: Hi-C And Fkts, Christine Woodside 2021 Dartmouth College

The Long Way Home: Hi-C And Fkts, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Hi-C and FKTs: What constitutes a record on a long mountain hike?


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2019: Complete Issue, 2021 Dartmouth College

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2019: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2019 - Volume LXX, Number 2 - Issue #248. Hitting "Reset" in Wild Lands: Stories of Redemption, Reconnection, and the Crawford Path


A Peak Ahead: Pioneers Of Unusual Sorts, Christine Woodside 2021 Dartmouth College

A Peak Ahead: Pioneers Of Unusual Sorts, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books And Media, 2021 Dartmouth College

Books And Media

Appalachia

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. …


Research, 2021 Dartmouth College

Research

Appalachia

Common loons struggle on Squam Lake in central New Hampshire.


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