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Full-Text Articles in Creative Writing
Ordinary Time, Paula Bohince
A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside
A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Books And Media
Appalachia
“Life in the Big Meh,” in which Sandy Stott reviews John Branch’s long, illustrated piece about Everest in the December 19, 2017 issue of the New York Times. White Mountain Guide by Steven D. Smith. Mount Washington: Narratives and Perspectives by Mike Dickerman (editor). Death in the White Mountains by Julie Boardman. Critical Hours by Sandy Stott. In Wild Trust by Jeff Fair. Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces by William B. Swett. Where You’ll Find Me by Ty Gagne.
In Memoriam
Appalachia
Bruce P. Sloat, an influential Appalachian Mountain Club hut system manager. Joseph Brooks Dodge Jr., an Olympic skier and son of AMC institution Joe Dodge. Green Mountain Club trails director David Hardy. Frank Carlson, age 97, who had written for Appalachia in 2017 of his 1936 bicycle expedition.
News And Notes
Appalachia
The Cog Railway on Mount Washington pushes ahead with hotel plans. Remembrance of a hike in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Controversial Northern Pass powerline project is halted.
Alpina
Appalachia
The strange science of grading climbs is explained. Tributes to the late Norman Dyhrenfurth and Fred Beckey. After an avalanche in Montana kills young skier Inge Perkins, her surviving companion Hayden Kennedy ends his life. Female Sherpas and several women climbers achieve many feats in the Nepal Himalaya. Journalist and Himalayan Database creator Elizabeth Hawley dies.
Accidents
Appalachia
Mishaps and rescues from summer/fall 2017 include: a dramatic rescue of several people in a school group on Mount Lafayette; a wandering backpacker in early May who triggers the season’s largest search; and a swimmer who drowns below Franconia Falls.
Early Logging In The Southern Maine Woods: The Woods Produced Shoe Blocks, Spruce Gum, And More, William Geller
Early Logging In The Southern Maine Woods: The Woods Produced Shoe Blocks, Spruce Gum, And More, William Geller
Appalachia
William Geller’s history of nineteenth-century enterprises around the Pleasant River in Maine.
The Last Gift: Months Before A Father's Death, He Encourages His Son To Seek Challenges, Douglass P. Teschner
The Last Gift: Months Before A Father's Death, He Encourages His Son To Seek Challenges, Douglass P. Teschner
Appalachia
Months before his tragic death, a man encourages his yuoung son to seek challenges.
An Injury Changes The Story: Encounter With A Baby Stroller, Elissa Ely
An Injury Changes The Story: Encounter With A Baby Stroller, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
Elissa Ely encounters a baby stroller on the Ptarmigan Cirque loop trail in the Canadian Rockies.
Sequoias And Redwoods In A Hotter World: When Trees As High As 30-Story Buildings "Die On Their Feet," Something's Wrong, Christopher Johnson
Sequoias And Redwoods In A Hotter World: When Trees As High As 30-Story Buildings "Die On Their Feet," Something's Wrong, Christopher Johnson
Appalachia
Scientists in two pioneering research projects are examining how climate change affects the iconic ancient trees of California, by Christopher Johnson.
Problembär: Germany's First Bear In 170 Years, Brendan Curtin
Problembär: Germany's First Bear In 170 Years, Brendan Curtin
Appalachia
The strange story, by Brendan Curtin, of a bear that wandered through the Alps into Germany in 2006.
The Resourceful Teen: A Broken Stove Awakens Ingenuity, Lisa Densmore Ballard
The Resourceful Teen: A Broken Stove Awakens Ingenuity, Lisa Densmore Ballard
Appalachia
Parker Densmore, age 15, makes dinner following the breakdown of a stove.
Emotional Rescue: A Hiker Becomes A Benefactor As She Follows A Set Of Sneaker Prints, Ty Gagne
Emotional Rescue: A Hiker Becomes A Benefactor As She Follows A Set Of Sneaker Prints, Ty Gagne
Appalachia
Ty Gagne’s riveting story of a hiker who followed a set of sneaker prints in foul weather and saved a man from suicide.
The Continuing Adventures Of Buffalo And Tough Cookie: Sometimes A Family Goes Deeper Than Blood, Janelle Mylott, Dan Szczesny
The Continuing Adventures Of Buffalo And Tough Cookie: Sometimes A Family Goes Deeper Than Blood, Janelle Mylott, Dan Szczesny
Appalachia
Dan Szczesny and Janelle Mylott together tell the story of their hiking partnership after the death of Janelle’s grandmother and guardian who made Janelle’s participation possible.
Climbers As Humanitarians: Helping Injured Migrants In Mexico, Lisa Densmore Ballard
Climbers As Humanitarians: Helping Injured Migrants In Mexico, Lisa Densmore Ballard
Appalachia
A group buys an ambulance and helps injured migrants in Mexico.
Care For The Caregiver: His Mother Had Never Backpacked; He Took Her To The Presidentials For Her 60th Birthday, Stephen Kurczy
Care For The Caregiver: His Mother Had Never Backpacked; He Took Her To The Presidentials For Her 60th Birthday, Stephen Kurczy
Appalachia
His mother had never backpacked; Stephen Kurczy took her to the Presidentials in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for her 60th birthday.
The Long Way Home: Encounter With A Hare, Christine Woodside
The Long Way Home: Encounter With A Hare, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
Christine Woodside encounters a hare in the wilderness.
Appalachia Summer/Fall 2018: Complete Issue
Appalachia Summer/Fall 2018: Complete Issue
Appalachia
Summer/Fall 2018 - Volume LXIX, Number 2 - Issue #246. Role Reversal in the Mountains: New Perspectives, New Circumstances
Encounters On Mount Willard: A Subway Seeker Meets A Mountain Man, Elissa Ely
Encounters On Mount Willard: A Subway Seeker Meets A Mountain Man, Elissa Ely
Appalachia
A hiker overhears a man from the city and two boys with their grandfather on a popular trail above Crawford Notch.
Broken October, Laura Sweeney
Names Of Lichens, Max Stephan
The Meal, John Smelcer
Bones And Moonlight, Robert M. Randolph
In Cedar Woods, Kay Mullen
Prayer Parable, Todd Davis
Nov. 25, Madison, Robin Chapman
A Peak Ahead: "Reset" In Wild Lands, And The Crawford Path Turns 200, Christine Woodside
A Peak Ahead: "Reset" In Wild Lands, And The Crawford Path Turns 200, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
No abstract provided.
Books And Media
Appalachia
Reviews of: AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Connecticut by Rene Laubach and Charles W.G. Smith. AMC’s Best Day Hikes Near Boston by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O’Leary. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Vermont by Jen Lamphere Roberts. Trails or Timber? The Creation, Destruction, & Rebuilding of Paths on the Northern Presidential Range, 1857–1914 by Judith Maddock Hudson. Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul, a film by Huey Coleman. Sky Runner: Finding Strength, Happiness and Balance in Your Running by Emelie Forsberg and Kilian Jornet. A Mountaineer’s Life by Allen Steck. Way Out There: Adventures …
News And Notes
Appalachia
Ken Kimball, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s research director, retires. AMC delays decision about selling a cabin on Fire Island, New York. Tribute to the former New Hampshire landmark Old Man of the Mountain. A hiker recalls climbing the New Hampshire 4,000-footers in 1971.