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Call Of The Wild, John E. Smelcer

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Dreams Of Flight, James Doyle

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Light, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Eastern Timber Wolf—Ely, Minnesota, Gina Marie Bernard

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Heath Hen: Tympanuchus Cupido Cupido, Francis Blessington

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

A Peak Ahead: Retelling History, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Books Of Note

Appalachia

Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler, as told to Joseph B. Egan. Catskill Mountain Guide 3rd Edition by Peter W. Kick. AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England 2nd Edition by Matt Heid. Quiet Water Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island 3rd Edition by Alex Wilson and John Hayes. Inscriptions by Cammy Thomas. The Mountain: My Time on Everest by Ed Viesturs with David Roberts. Logging Railroads of New Hampshire’s North Country by Bill Gove.

Research

Appalachia

Richard Primack’s work compares climate conditions Henry David Thoreau reported 150 years before to the current conditions, reports Jennifer Weeks. In western North America, the Sitka spruce struggles, writes Lisa Densmore Ballard.

News And Notes

Appalachia

The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversaries of the Wilderness Act and the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. AMC and partners develop an outdoor recreation management certificate program with White Mountains Community College. Federal government issues new accessibility guidelines for outdoor areas. A task force works to control parties at Bulls Bridge in Connecticut. AMC receives a large grant to improve trails in the Moosehead Lake region. Memories of summer 2014 near Mount Moriah by that season’s Imp Shelter and Tentsite caretaker.

Alpina

Appalachia

The 2013 pre-monsoon season in the Nepal Himalaya included first ascents of Jagdula, Dragmorpa Ri, and others, and a record number of deaths on several peaks, including eight on Everest. Briton Kenton Cool and Sherpa Dorje Gyalzen traversed three peaks in the Everest group. Sixteen Nepalese died in the Khumbu Icefall below Everest on April 18, 2014.

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of accidents in the White Mountains (and nearby) in New Hampshire during winter and spring 2013–14 begins with a note about an unusual avalanche on Mount Washington’s southeast-facing summit snowfield on March 29, 2014; no one was hurt. A man backtracks on a poorly marked trail in the Kilkenny Range. A solo hiker avoiding dangerous wind and blowing snow descends onto the Dry River Trail. Six hikers call for help while sliding down the Mount Washington Auto Road. A pair of hikers lose a trail, and a skier slides out of King Ravine. Four hikers in a school group …

Letters

Appalachia

A letter comments on the Summer/Fall 2014 interview of Peter Landres. The man who organized AMC Boston Chapter’s first music weekend in 1976, called Mountains and Music, reminisces.

The Great Gulf: Evolution Of A Wilderness, David Govatski

Appalachia

A history of the naming of and exploration in the Great Gulf, the glacial cirque complex between Mount Washington and Mount Adams in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Huts As Classrooms: A Memoir By Two Who Inhabited The Puckerbrush, John B. Nutter, W. Kent Olson

Appalachia

The origins of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s educational programs at its huts in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, told by AMC’s first education director, John Nutter, and a former hut system manager, W. Kent Olson.

"Old Man" Thompson, White Mountain Guide: A Mountain Was Named After Him—And Then Unnamed, Julie Boardman

Appalachia

Julie Boardman’s story of Allen Thompson, a nineteenth-century White Mountain guide who had many excellent qualities and one failing: he focused on his own needs more than those of his clients.

118 Deer Went By...: Reminscing About The Old Sporting Camps Deep In The Maine Backcountry, William Geller

Appalachia

Part 2 of William Geller’s story of a vanished way of life in Maine, between Rainbow Lake and Yoke Pond just west of Millinocket and south of Baxter State Park. The story is told through the eyes of a caretaker looking back on the 1890s-1950s.

Finding Courage In The Mountains' Shadows: Recovering A Climber's Body, Ryan J. Harvey

Appalachia

A crew member at the Mount Washington Observatory is called on to recover a body on the eastern slope of Mount Clay.

Breakup At 4,800 Feet: He Hiked Out, And She Didnt, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Elissa Ely overhears a heartbreaking interaction inside Greenleaf Hut on the slopes of New Hampshire’s Mount Lafayette.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Cage Canyon: "I Am Holding A Piece Of The Wild In My Hands, And She Wants Nothing To Do With Me", Jenny Kelly Wagner

Appalachia

The winner of the seventh Waterman Fund Essay Contest shows what has happened to wolves in the West: most wolves alive today have never learned to hunt because they were bred in captivity. They are a species that has lost its wildness but can never be tamed.

A Wild Ride: Down A Beautiful And Stressed Western Waterway, Lisa Densmore Ballard

Appalachia

Lisa Densmore Ballard’s story of a 187-mile rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.

Save The Colorado: Can Recreation Rescue A Preservation Ethic?, John Gioia

Appalachia

An environmental management scholar takes a trip down the Colorado River and considers the long history of abuse that has threatened its water.

The Long Way Home: Trout Fishing In The Carters, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Editor-in-chief Christine Woodside narrates a backpacking trip with an old friend through the Carter Range. They are reading and puzzling over Richard Brautigan’s cryptic novel Trout Fishing in America.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2015: Complete Issue

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

2021-2022 Master Of Music Recital - Luis Pulido (Trumpet), Luis Pulido, Marina Machado

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Friday Message From The President, February 25, 2022, John Porter

John Porter

Friday Message from the President, February 25, 2022.

The Puppy In The Polka Dot Pajamas: A Multimedia Approach To Children's Literature, Grace Phillips

Honors Projects

In a world that seemingly becomes crueler by the day, some topics are not handled with the tact they require and deserve. Issues of bullying and self-expression can often evoke undesirable emotions when discussed. Although it may be difficult to achieve, every child deserves to grow up in a world free of bullying that promotes authentic self-expression. To do my part – however minor it may be – in fostering a more accepting community, I used this project as an opportunity to create a story that shared anti-bullying messaging in a suitable and enjoyable manner for children.

2021-2022 Junior Recital - Benjamin Shaposhnikov (Trumpet), Benjamin Shaposhnikov, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxli, Number 7, February 25, 2022, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

2021-2022 Performance Forum - February 25, 2022, Benjamin Kremer, Kayla Bryan, Gabriel Galley, Megan Savage, Fabiola Parra, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Jr Medina, Miguelangel Garcia Marquez

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Fred And Dinah Gretsch School Of Music Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

School of Music: News & Publications (2017-2023)

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