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Full-Text Articles in Creative Writing
Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Peak Ahead: Pioneers Of Unusual Sorts, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Not Then, Nor Now, Not Yet, Ann Taylor
Confluence, Wally Swist
A Place Called Love, John Smelcer
Geology, Alice B. Fogel
What Water Wants, Todd Davis
Coyote Tells The Story Of Loving His Brother, Noah Davis
Coyote Tells The Story Of Loving His Brother, Noah Davis
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Last Day Of December: Banff, 2017, Robin Chapman
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. …
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
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
Appalachia
Barbara Hull Richardson, one of the first females to work in the Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountain huts.
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
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.