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The Geography Of Philanthropy: With Three Meditations On Humility, W. Kent Olson Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

"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 Nov 2021

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 Nov 2021

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 Sep 2021

Crossing The Road, Mary Oliver

Appalachia

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The Swimmer (Dusk, Walden Pond), Michael Werner Sep 2021

The Swimmer (Dusk, Walden Pond), Michael Werner

Appalachia

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So Begins The Lasting Silence, John Smelcer Sep 2021

So Begins The Lasting Silence, John Smelcer

Appalachia

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Incident At The Lakes Of The Clouds, J. B. Sisson Sep 2021

Incident At The Lakes Of The Clouds, J. B. Sisson

Appalachia

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The Nisqually Delta, Kay Mullen Sep 2021

The Nisqually Delta, Kay Mullen

Appalachia

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Milk Snake, Wally Swist Sep 2021

Milk Snake, Wally Swist

Appalachia

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Brown Trout On The Coming Of November, Noah Davis Sep 2021

Brown Trout On The Coming Of November, Noah Davis

Appalachia

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For The Center Trail Brooks, Polly Brown Sep 2021

For The Center Trail Brooks, Polly Brown

Appalachia

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Watching, Francis Blessington Sep 2021

Watching, Francis Blessington

Appalachia

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A Peak Ahead: Stories From The Albums, Christine Woodside Sep 2021

A Peak Ahead: Stories From The Albums, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books And Media Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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 Sep 2021

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.