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News And Notes
Appalachia
A COVID-19 timeline of how backcountry groups served the public during summer and fall 2020. AMC’s shelter caretaker program reaches the half-century mark. Appalachia archives now hosted on Dartmouth Library’s Digital Commons three months after publication.
Trail Etiquette 201: A New Code For A Complicated Era, Mike Cherim
Trail Etiquette 201: A New Code For A Complicated Era, Mike Cherim
Appalachia
White Mountain professional guide Mike Cherim sketches a new guide for giving right-of-way to others in the mountains, post-COVID-19.
News And Notes
Appalachia
A COVID-19 timeline of trail and outdoor facilities closings in the northeastern United States.
There Was No Mountain: But There Were Memories—Of Shoes, Elissa Ely
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Eight Weeks On Scudder: Writing From The Pandemic At The Fringes Of The White Mountain National Forest, Sally Manikian
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
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
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.
Special Feature: Mountains In A Pandemic
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.