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Ordinary Time, Paula Bohince Jun 2021

Ordinary Time, Paula Bohince

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside Jun 2021

A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Jun 2021

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 Apr 2021

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 Apr 2021

Broken October, Laura Sweeney

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Names Of Lichens, Max Stephan Apr 2021

Names Of Lichens, Max Stephan

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Meal, John Smelcer Apr 2021

The Meal, John Smelcer

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Bones And Moonlight, Robert M. Randolph Apr 2021

Bones And Moonlight, Robert M. Randolph

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


In Cedar Woods, Kay Mullen Apr 2021

In Cedar Woods, Kay Mullen

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Prayer Parable, Todd Davis Apr 2021

Prayer Parable, Todd Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Nov. 25, Madison, Robin Chapman Apr 2021

Nov. 25, Madison, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: "Reset" In Wild Lands, And The Crawford Path Turns 200, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

A Peak Ahead: "Reset" In Wild Lands, And The Crawford Path Turns 200, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Apr 2021

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 Apr 2021

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.