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The Geography Of Philanthropy: With Three Meditations On Humility, W. Kent Olson
The Geography Of Philanthropy: With Three Meditations On Humility, W. Kent Olson
Appalachia
A former Appalachia editor considers the motivations behind the creation of Maine’s Acadia National Park on its centennial.
Steepness Ends: Considering The Will To Live, Elissa Ely
Steepness Ends: Considering The Will To Live, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
Preoccupations run through Elissa Ely’s mind on the way to Galehead Hut and South Twin Mountain.
Looking For Kate: Searchers' Stories, Sandy Stott
Looking For Kate: Searchers' Stories, Sandy Stott
Appalachia
The story of Kate Matrosova’s tragic death near Mount Adams on February 15, 2015, told by those who searched for her.
A Scoutmaster's Fall: Three Witnesses Will Never Forget It, Crawford Coates
A Scoutmaster's Fall: Three Witnesses Will Never Forget It, Crawford Coates
Appalachia
Looking back on the 1952 fatal fall of Charles Bays Locker, a dynamic guide, in the Sierras.
Wild Katahdin?: Will Growing Numbers Of Thru-Hikers And Disruptive Behavior Remove "Maine's Greatest Mountain" From The At?, Lucille Stott
Wild Katahdin?: Will Growing Numbers Of Thru-Hikers And Disruptive Behavior Remove "Maine's Greatest Mountain" From The At?, Lucille Stott
Appalachia
As growing numbers of long-distance hikers hold public celebrations at the northern terminus of the famed Appalachian Trail, some fear that Baxter State Park may push to move the AT off the mountain.
"All A Question Of Luck": Hope Deteriorated Into A Survival Game In The A. W. Greely Expedition, Laura Waterman
"All A Question Of Luck": Hope Deteriorated Into A Survival Game In The A. W. Greely Expedition, Laura Waterman
Appalachia
An expedition to the Arctic from 1881–1884 deteriorates into a grim survival game.
The Long Way Home: With Magic Like This, Who Needs Routine?, Christine Woodside
The Long Way Home: With Magic Like This, Who Needs Routine?, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
Christine Woodside offers a critic’s view of “trail magic” on the Appalachian Trail.
Appalachia Summer/Fall 2016: Complete Issue
Appalachia Summer/Fall 2016: Complete Issue
Appalachia
Summer/Fall 2016 - Volume LXVII, Number 2 - Issue #242. Living with the Consequences: Six of These Men Survived
Crossing The Road, Mary Oliver
The Swimmer (Dusk, Walden Pond), Michael Werner
So Begins The Lasting Silence, John Smelcer
Incident At The Lakes Of The Clouds, J. B. Sisson
The Nisqually Delta, Kay Mullen
Milk Snake, Wally Swist
Brown Trout On The Coming Of November, Noah Davis
For The Center Trail Brooks, Polly Brown
Watching, Francis Blessington
A Peak Ahead: Stories From The Albums, Christine Woodside
A Peak Ahead: Stories From The Albums, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
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Books And Media
Appalachia
Along on the Wall by Alex Honnold with David Roberts. AMC’s Best Sea Kayaking in New England by Michael Daugherty. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains by Robert M. Buchsbaum. Living with Bears Handbook 2nd Edition by Linda Masterson. The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping by Laura and Guy Waterman. Deep Down Dark by Hector Tohar. The Man Who Built the Sierra Club by Robert Wyss. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman. Acadia National Park: A Centennial Celebration with photography by Tom Blagden Jr.
News And Notes
Appalachia
Appalachian Mountain Club will sell its headquarters at 5 Joy Street in Boston. Massachusetts paddlers get new campsites in Montague and Whateley, Massachusetts. Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York. President Obama creates Katahdin Wood and Waters National Monument in Maine. Medawisla Lodge and Cabins are rebuilt and will reopen. James Edward Mills tells a story of dealing with bodily functions in the Arctic tundra.
Letters
Appalachia
Mount Whitney, fact-checking, and a note from AMC to readers acknowledging the work of Gene Daniell and Jon Burroughs in its White Mountain Guide.
Alpina
Appalachia
Nepal struggles to rebuild after the 2015 earthquake. Everest summiters numbered 456 in spring 2016. Three climbers make the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat. Reflections on Tommy Caldwell, Keith Jorgeson, and Alex Honnold’s climbing in Yosemite. In Patagonia, Honnold and Colin Haley attempt the Torre Traverse and then climb it in reverse. In Memoriam: Nick Clinch. Jeffery Parrette resigns as Appalachia's Alpina editor after 29 years, and four who worked with him write tributes.
Accidents
Appalachia
Analysis of accidents in the White Mountains (and nearby) in New Hampshire during the mild winter and spring 2016 include: benighted climbers on Mount Paugus; a dog rescues a lost teenager in Rindge; an underprepared hiker gets stuck going down Mount Washington; climbers get help by phone; a December hiker bushwhacking to avoid Franconia Brook gets in trouble; an experienced hiker collapses and dies on Franconia Ridge; a professional guide is found dead on the Castle Ravine Trail; A man slips and breaks his leg on Mount Cardigan; a skier falls and is badly hurt and a hiker slips and …
Africa Mountain Journal 1971–2015, Douglass Teschner
Africa Mountain Journal 1971–2015, Douglass Teschner
Appalachia
New England native Douglass Teschner reflects on four decades of mountain climbing he fit around his work for the Peace Corps and the United States Agency for International Development. He climbed in Morocco, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Mali, Mauritania, Botswana, and Guinea.
Bob Proudman: An Appreciation Of A Groundbreaking Trails Career, Rebecca Oreskes
Bob Proudman: An Appreciation Of A Groundbreaking Trails Career, Rebecca Oreskes
Appalachia
Rebecca Oreskes writes an appreciation of the former Appalachian Mountain Club trail worker who build Garfield Ridge Campsite in the White Mountains and went on to direct trail projects on the Appalachian Trail.
Mountain Chatter: Can One Escape Gabbing On Welch-Dickey?, Elissa Ely
Mountain Chatter: Can One Escape Gabbing On Welch-Dickey?, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
Elissa Ely climbs Welch-Dickey in New Hampshire seeking images and silence but leaves with overheard cooking advice.
In The High Country: Following The Trail Of Burroughs And Thoreau, From The Catskills To Katahdin, Richard F. Fleck
In The High Country: Following The Trail Of Burroughs And Thoreau, From The Catskills To Katahdin, Richard F. Fleck
Appalachia
Richard F. Fleck traces the travels of John Burroughs and Henry David Thoreau from the Catskills to Katahdin.
The West Branch Drive: Moving Logs, 1830–1971, William Geller
The West Branch Drive: Moving Logs, 1830–1971, William Geller
Appalachia
Hundreds of river drivers moved logs and supplies along the West Branch of the Penobscot River for 141 years, until 1971. This story continues William Geller’s series about the lost ways of life in the Maine Woods south of Baxter State Park, in the 100-Mile Wilderness.
Dark Night On Whitewall: Neither Solace Nor Comfort, Will Kemeza
Dark Night On Whitewall: Neither Solace Nor Comfort, Will Kemeza
Appalachia
In this essay, the runner-up in the 2008 Waterman Fund essay contest co-sponsored by Appalachia, Will Kemeza narrates a terrible December night of sickness inside Zealand Falls Hut, and an epiphany on frigid Whitewall Mountain the next morning
My Only Rescue: The Chimney, Katahdin, 1951, Steven Jervis
My Only Rescue: The Chimney, Katahdin, 1951, Steven Jervis
Appalachia
A remembrance of a 1951 accident on Maine’s Chimney Peak, when Steven Jervis was called to help in the rescue of Marcia Doolittle, an experienced hiker who had fallen. This accident had earlier been covered in Appalachia 20 no. 5, pages 595–597.