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Alpina, 2021 Dartmouth College

Alpina

Appalachia

A 10-year-old climbs the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in June 2019. A dog summits Baruntse in Nepal in November 2018. Everest’s buy 2019 season. Eight die on Nanda Devi. Climbers fail to summit K2 in winter. Fitz Roy is free-soloed. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer die on Howe Peak.


Accidents, 2021 Dartmouth College

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of the winter of 2018–2019 covers skiers off the regular routes, a hiker lost in a morning whiteout, a hiker stranded by a raging brook, an injury when a hiker didn’t change to crampons on an icy stretch, and more.


In Memoriam, 2021 Dartmouth College

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Barbara Hull Richardson, one of the first females to work in the Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountain huts.


Letters, 2021 Dartmouth College

Letters

Appalachia

Responses from “the caregiver and her son,” a mother and son whose essay on their hike together had drawn questions and criticism. A letter about Summer/Fall 2019’s piece on the 1965 climb of Rainier. A reminiscence of skiing in Tuckerman Ravine in 1967. A criticism of Appalachia’s articles.


Ongoing: Action Heals A Wound, Sarah Ruth Bates 2021 Dartmouth College

Ongoing: Action Heals A Wound, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

Hiking the length of Vermont’s Long Trail takes on a slow pace as an injured woman slows down.


A Line Of Scouts: Personal History From Mead Base Camp In Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, William Geller 2021 Dartmouth College

A Line Of Scouts: Personal History From Mead Base Camp In Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, William Geller

Appalachia

Personal history from a man who once worked as a Boy Scout leader in Mead Base Camp near Center Sandwich, New Hampshire.


Turning Back: A Backcountry Trip In Yellowstone Tests A Skier's Sense Of Danger, Lisa Ballard 2021 Dartmouth College

Turning Back: A Backcountry Trip In Yellowstone Tests A Skier's Sense Of Danger, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Something doesn’t feel right for an experienced skier in Yellowstone National Park.


A Week In The Wild At Medawisla: One Night In The Wild For Each Hour He Drove, Daniel Hudon 2021 Dartmouth College

A Week In The Wild At Medawisla: One Night In The Wild For Each Hour He Drove, Daniel Hudon

Appalachia

A writer moves slowly through the silent days at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Medawisla Lodge and Cabins in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Valley Of The Bulls: "I Have A Red Backpack. Is That A Bad Thing?", Jenny O'Connell 2021 Dartmouth College

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Valley Of The Bulls: "I Have A Red Backpack. Is That A Bad Thing?", Jenny O'Connell

Appalachia

The escapades of a climber and her friends trekking in Huascaran National Park in Peru.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Do's And Don'ts Of Trail Running In The Appalachian Mountains: Written By A Hairless Bipedal Alien Who Has Learned To Take Nature Seriously, Alex Pickens 2021 Dartmouth College

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Do's And Don'ts Of Trail Running In The Appalachian Mountains: Written By A Hairless Bipedal Alien Who Has Learned To Take Nature Seriously, Alex Pickens

Appalachia

A comical list of tips from a trail runner.


Waterman Fund Essay Winners: Introduction, Christine Woodside 2021 Dartmouth College

Waterman Fund Essay Winners: Introduction, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Scotland, The Climbing Way: Reconnections With Hardy, Brash, Hilarious, Mountain Friends, Todd Swain 2021 Dartmouth College

Scotland, The Climbing Way: Reconnections With Hardy, Brash, Hilarious, Mountain Friends, Todd Swain

Appalachia

Two climbers visit the United Kingdom to meet several accomplished Scottish and British climbers in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, including Sir Chris Bonington, Peter Myers, Paul Ross, Hamish MacInnes, Henry Barber, Alan Richard McHardy, Ian Nicholson, Cynthia and Ed Grindley, and Davy Gardner.


What We Have Learned, Max Stephan 2021 Dartmouth College

What We Have Learned, Max Stephan

Appalachia

An analysis of Mary Oliver’s development and influence over more than 1,000 poems.


Nature's Indefatigable Guide And On Hearing The News, John Smelcer 2021 Dartmouth College

Nature's Indefatigable Guide And On Hearing The News, John Smelcer

Appalachia

A musing that the natural world, too, must have mourned Mary Oliver’s death.


Recitation: After Mary Oliver, Todd Davis 2021 Dartmouth College

Recitation: After Mary Oliver, Todd Davis

Appalachia

A poem by Todd Davis inspired by Mary Oliver


Unraveling Lessons From Mary Oliver, Sarah Audsley 2021 Dartmouth College

Unraveling Lessons From Mary Oliver, Sarah Audsley

Appalachia

A young poet describes the ways Oliver’s commitment to the craft inspired her.


What Might Surprise Mary?, Sandra Sylvia Nelson 2021 Dartmouth College

What Might Surprise Mary?, Sandra Sylvia Nelson

Appalachia

A poet describes hosting Oliver on a visit to Milwaukee.


Telling The Bees, Parkman Howe 2021 Dartmouth College

Telling The Bees, Parkman Howe

Appalachia

Appalachia’s poetry editor describes his working relationship with Mary Oliver and their correspondence over such things as poems, weather, houses, and beekeeping.


Warming The Winter Hours, Lucille Stott 2021 Dartmouth College

Warming The Winter Hours, Lucille Stott

Appalachia

An editor, great in her appreciation of Oliver’s work during the years she worked with her.


Gifts, Sandy Stott 2021 Dartmouth College

Gifts, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

A remembrance by the editor who invited Oliver to write for Appalachia.


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