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Accidents Nov 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of accidents in the White Mountains (and nearby) in New Hampshire during winter and spring 2015—other than the Kate Matrosova death, which is covered in this issue’s feature, “Too Cold,”—include stories of getting lost near Crawford Notch; a 50-year-old woman’s death after falling from the top of Purgatory Falls in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire; six stories of ill-prepared hikers who were billed for their rescue costs; wisdom from snow rangers on the dangers of inexperienced people putting too much responsibility on others; and more.


Letters Nov 2021

Letters

Appalachia

Douglass Teschner writes in appreciation of stories published in Appalachia's Winter/Spring 2015 issue.


On Thinning Ice: Photographing Declining Polar Bears On Hudson Bay, Lisa Densmore Ballard Nov 2021

On Thinning Ice: Photographing Declining Polar Bears On Hudson Bay, Lisa Densmore Ballard

Appalachia

Photographing polar bears in an evolving landscape, Lisa Densmore Ballard describes how arctic wildlife is adapting to climate change


From Carter Notch To Aconcagua: A Yankee Discovers Community Between The Mountains, Stephen Kurczy Nov 2021

From Carter Notch To Aconcagua: A Yankee Discovers Community Between The Mountains, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

A writer recounts the challenges and victories of summitting Argentina's Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Western hemisphere, drawing comparisons to his earlier experiences hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.


A Decade Of Change In The Maine Woods: An Appalachian Mountain Club Ecologist Considers The Progress, David Publicover Nov 2021

A Decade Of Change In The Maine Woods: An Appalachian Mountain Club Ecologist Considers The Progress, David Publicover

Appalachia

The Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Woods Initiative has led to various protections of wilderness land and scientific research projects there since it began in 2004.


Harriet E. Freeman, White Mountain Conservationist: A Secret Romance Obscured Her Legacy, Sara Day Nov 2021

Harriet E. Freeman, White Mountain Conservationist: A Secret Romance Obscured Her Legacy, Sara Day

Appalachia

A researcher and writer unearths the secret affair between the married minister Edward Everett Hale (after whom Mount Hale in the White Mountains is named) and a Boston conservationist who fell in love with him.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: One Tough Gal: Why Have The Ideals Of Femininty Been Deemed Something Far From Wild?, Dove Henry Nov 2021

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: One Tough Gal: Why Have The Ideals Of Femininty Been Deemed Something Far From Wild?, Dove Henry

Appalachia

A young backcountry worker tells stories of building trails and cairns in the Adirondacks.


Up Versus Down: Thoughts From A Groundbreaking Climber And Caver, Jan Conn Nov 2021

Up Versus Down: Thoughts From A Groundbreaking Climber And Caver, Jan Conn

Appalachia

Legendary climber and caver Jan Conn compares her two passions in an endearing piece illustrated with line drawings.


Distance: How Far Have You Come?, Elissa Ely Nov 2021

Distance: How Far Have You Come?, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

During dinner at Mizpah Spring Hut in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, three Appalachian Trail thru-hikers arrive, silent and dripping.


Going To Tent Rocks: An Encounter With The Edge Of Understanding, Sally Manikian Nov 2021

Going To Tent Rocks: An Encounter With The Edge Of Understanding, Sally Manikian

Appalachia

In Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, a surprise encounter with light and beauty at the end of a day surprises Sally Manikian.


A Bear Ponders My Edibility: The Too-Old-And-Stringy Hypothesis, Richard Leblond Nov 2021

A Bear Ponders My Edibility: The Too-Old-And-Stringy Hypothesis, Richard Leblond

Appalachia

On the shore of a remote Labrador pond, a biologist encounters a hungry black bear.


Too Cold: The Death Of Kate Matrosova, Sandy Stott Nov 2021

Too Cold: The Death Of Kate Matrosova, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

Appalachia’s Accidents editor tells the story of a young woman whose passion for winter mountains led her to take a fatal risk.


The Long Way Home: Back On The Ramsey Trail—The Boys Are There, Christine Woodside Nov 2021

The Long Way Home: Back On The Ramsey Trail—The Boys Are There, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Editor-in-chief Christine Woodside looks back at a mountain origin story, climbing Rattlesnake Mountain in central New Hampshire with her three older brothers.


Appalachia Winter/Spring 2016: Complete Issue Nov 2021

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2016: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2016 - Volume LXVII, Number 1 - Issue #241. Commitment: One Time, Many Times, Over a Lifetime


Moose Gives Birth, Max L. Stephan Nov 2021

Moose Gives Birth, Max L. Stephan

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Cormorants At Chambers Bay, Kay Mullen Nov 2021

Cormorants At Chambers Bay, Kay Mullen

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Hutchins Island, Grace Mattern Nov 2021

Hutchins Island, Grace Mattern

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Monarchs, Todd Davis Nov 2021

Monarchs, Todd Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Gomantong Caves, Sabah, Borneo, Marcyn Del Clements Nov 2021

Gomantong Caves, Sabah, Borneo, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Lake At The Pass (Arapahoe Pass, Co), Chris Hoffman Nov 2021

The Lake At The Pass (Arapahoe Pass, Co), Chris Hoffman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Screech Owl, Francis Blessington Nov 2021

Screech Owl, Francis Blessington

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead, Christine Woodside Nov 2021

A Peak Ahead, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Nov 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

Maia Rauschenberg writes a tribute to Canadian artist Emily Carr in an essay about three books: The Art of Emily Carr by Doris Shadbolt, Growing Pains: the Autobiography of Emily Carr by Emily Carr, and The Forest Lover: A Novel by Susan Vreeland. Reviews of: Desperate Steps: Life, Death and Choices Made in the Mountains of the Northeast by Peter W. Kick. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley. The Airman’s Arctic Survival Guide by Belmore Browne. 59 Illustrated National Parks by Joel Anderson and Nathan Anderson. Art of Katahdin by David Little.


News And Notes Nov 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

Reports on: A new bridge for the Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail. Adventurer Kaitlyn Bernard reflects on the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. Molly Higgins writes about the Bay Circuit Trail near Boston. The late former governor of New Hampshire, Sherman Adams, received a posthumous trail work award.


Alpina Nov 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Jeffery Parrette, the longtime editor of this section, retired in winter 2016. During the transition to a new editor of this section, Steven Jervis gives a report on Denali.


Accidents Nov 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of summer/fall 2015 accidents in the White Mountains of New Hampshire found many slips on cool, damp rocks. Accidents included: Hikers seeking Owls Head turned back at swollen Franconia Brook on May. On August 11, a teenager died after being swept under Franconia Brook, which was rising fast following heavy rain. In October, an experienced hiker was swept away by the swollen Gale River and died. Bad weather on August 11 trapped a hiking group on Mount Madison. Mishaps on Mount Monadnock in southwestern New Hampshire. A helicopter rescued a man who collapsed on the Falling Waters Trail and …


Letters Nov 2021

Letters

Appalachia

A letter from Jack Reilly comments on the contrasting approaches to mountains by Kate Matrosova and William Putnam as chronicled in the Winter/Spring 2016 issue of Appalachia.


A Maple For The Ages: Discovering A 250-Year-Old Tree Hidden In An Overgrown Nature Preserve, Christopher Johnson Nov 2021

A Maple For The Ages: Discovering A 250-Year-Old Tree Hidden In An Overgrown Nature Preserve, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

A writer explores Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts, coming upon a very old maple tree that once stood alone.


The Randolph Glacier Inventory: Scientists Gatheres In The White Mountains To Count The World's Glaciers, W. Tad Pfeffer Nov 2021

The Randolph Glacier Inventory: Scientists Gatheres In The White Mountains To Count The World's Glaciers, W. Tad Pfeffer

Appalachia

A glaciologist describes a meeting in Randolph, New Hampshire, in the White Mountains, of international scientists charged with creating a glacier inventory for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.


Catching A Fish: Girls Find Food And Water, Leah Titcomb Nov 2021

Catching A Fish: Girls Find Food And Water, Leah Titcomb

Appalachia

A registered Maine guide shares tales of teaching girls outdoor skills on three-week-long canoe expeditions.