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Alpina Apr 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Nirmal Purja of Nepal climbs all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in under seven months. Climate change alters routes in the Alps. David Lama summits Lunag Ri in October 2018 but dies in Canada six months later. And more.


Accidents Apr 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Late spring and summer 2019 came slowly; hikers got in trouble on old snow (“monorails”) throughout the White Mountains of New Hampshire in May. Also tales of June’s cold and mishaps on the Franconia Ridge.


In Memoriam Apr 2021

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Gene Daniell, longtime “Accidents” editor of Appalachia and former editor of the AMC White Mountain Guide.


A 15-Year-Old Sets Out Alone For The Tetons: Part 1 Of A Climber's Memoir, Steven Jervis Apr 2021

A 15-Year-Old Sets Out Alone For The Tetons: Part 1 Of A Climber's Memoir, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

Part 1 of a climber’s memoir of technical climbing as a teenager in the 1950s.


Holding Back: Sometimes, Advice Is Not Required, Elissa Ely Apr 2021

Holding Back: Sometimes, Advice Is Not Required, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A hiker encounters a group of novice hikers on New Hampshire’s Mount Cardigan and decides not to render advice.


Given To The Winds: A Friendship Strengthens On Doubletop, David Heald Apr 2021

Given To The Winds: A Friendship Strengthens On Doubletop, David Heald

Appalachia

Two friends strengthened their connection on Doubletop Mountain. Many years later, one of them dies, and the surviving friend reflects.


Exploring The Ancient Old North Trail: A 13,000-Year-Old Route Along The Rocky Mountain Front, Lisa Ballard Apr 2021

Exploring The Ancient Old North Trail: A 13,000-Year-Old Route Along The Rocky Mountain Front, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

A backpacking trip along the Rocky Mountain Front searches for clues of an ancient route used by migrants across the Bering Strait.


Trailsplaining: In The Sierras, Four Women Disprove Unsolicited Doubts, Dianne Fallon Apr 2021

Trailsplaining: In The Sierras, Four Women Disprove Unsolicited Doubts, Dianne Fallon

Appalachia

Disproving unsolicited doubts and advice, four women trek through the subalpine of the Sierra Nevada.


Risk And Huntington: What Is It That Drew Him To This Mountain?, Michael Levy Apr 2021

Risk And Huntington: What Is It That Drew Him To This Mountain?, Michael Levy

Appalachia

Two climbers wrestle with Mount Huntington in the central Alaska Range.


Braiding, Widening, And Downslope Creep: Trying To Restore Overly Loved Trails Below Mount Washington, Laura Waterman Apr 2021

Braiding, Widening, And Downslope Creep: Trying To Restore Overly Loved Trails Below Mount Washington, Laura Waterman

Appalachia

Foot traffic has altered the landscape along the exposed Gulfside Trail below Mount Washington. Members of the Waterman Fund visit the trail to understand how it can be restored.


The World Of Christina: Reflections On The Journey Home, Judy Benson Apr 2021

The World Of Christina: Reflections On The Journey Home, Judy Benson

Appalachia

A writer’s encounter with the Maine seacoast house that appeared in Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting reawakened her to the familiar.


The Class Of '51: Back When Few Knew About The Appalachian Trail, Four Men Pioneered Thru-Hiking, Mills Kelly Apr 2021

The Class Of '51: Back When Few Knew About The Appalachian Trail, Four Men Pioneered Thru-Hiking, Mills Kelly

Appalachia

Four men who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1951 transformed the trail experience.


Nepal's Most Important Non-Climber: Elizabeth Hawley's Unique Journalistic Pilgrimage, Billi Bierling Apr 2021

Nepal's Most Important Non-Climber: Elizabeth Hawley's Unique Journalistic Pilgrimage, Billi Bierling

Appalachia

A tribute to late journalist Elizabeth Hawley, an American living in Nepal who created and maintained the Himalayan Database.


The Disappearing Rainbow Mountain: Pilgrims Flock To A Magical Peak In Peru That A Melting Glacier Revealed Four Years Ago, Lisa Ballard Apr 2021

The Disappearing Rainbow Mountain: Pilgrims Flock To A Magical Peak In Peru That A Melting Glacier Revealed Four Years Ago, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Climate change has melted glaciers covering Mount Winikunka, or Rainbow Mountain. Huge numbers of hikers are following local guides up the 16,522-foot peak in Peru.


The Long Way Home: Convertible Pants Parable, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

The Long Way Home: Convertible Pants Parable, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

A pair of convertible pants works against the goal of seeing the mountains.


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2020: Complete Issue Apr 2021

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2020: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2020 - Volume LXXI, Number 2 - Issue #250. Unusual Pioneers: The Disappearing Rainbow Mountain, Nepal's Most Important Non-Climber, and the AT's Forgotten "Class of 1951"


Attitude, Ann Taylor Mar 2021

Attitude, Ann Taylor

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Raven Funeral, John Smelcer Mar 2021

A Raven Funeral, John Smelcer

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Polar Vortex, Laurie D. Morrisey Mar 2021

Polar Vortex, Laurie D. Morrisey

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, Photographer 1865–1931, Francis Lunney Mar 2021

Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, Photographer 1865–1931, Francis Lunney

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Heron Heart, Noah Davis Mar 2021

Heron Heart, Noah Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Komorebi, Marcyn Del Clements Mar 2021

Komorebi, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Annotating Darwin, Polly Brown Mar 2021

Annotating Darwin, Polly Brown

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: Off Trail, Christine Woodside Mar 2021

A Peak Ahead: Off Trail, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Mar 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The Outdoor Citizen by John Judge. Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West by Heather Hansman. Paths Less Traveled by Gordon Dubois. Desert Cabal by Amy Irvine. How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi and Yao Xiao. The Adventurer’s Son by Roman Dial. Appalachian Trail: Backcountry Shelters, Lean-Tos, and Huts by Sarah Jones Decker. Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide: Fifth Edition by Ken MacGray with Steven D. Smith. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Shenandoah Valley: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails, from Harpers Ferry …


News And Notes Mar 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

A COVID-19 timeline of trail and outdoor facilities closings in the northeastern United States.


Alpina Mar 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Tributes to Joe Brown, Dee Molenaar, John Evans, and Mark Powell. Most climbing in the greater ranges halts in early 2020. Reports of climbs and attempted climbs on Ama Dablam, Everest, and in Patagonia.


Accidents Mar 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in the winter of 2020. Ho-hum weather yielded to the emergency of COVID-19, which put rescue groups at risk. In late March, the U.S. Forest Service closed the Cutler River drainage and the Mount Washington Avalanche Center suspended avalanche forecasting.


Letters Mar 2021

Letters

Appalachia

A tribute to Gene Daniell from a White Mountain Guide co-author, Jon Burroughs. Clarifications about the struggles of common loons on Squam Lake in New Hampshire from biologist Tiffany Grade.


The Crawford Path In The News: White Mountain History And The Communications Revolutions, Susan Schibanoff Mar 2021

The Crawford Path In The News: White Mountain History And The Communications Revolutions, Susan Schibanoff

Appalachia

By 1820, at least 50 newspapers were being published in New Hampshire, and that number doubled within a few decades. The communications revolution and the rapid expansion of newspapers in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been an underused resource for historians. The 21st-century digital revolution has made those paper accessible, and they tell the story of the oldest continually maintained footpath in America, the Crawford Path.