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Appalachia

A loon researcher describes his encounters with two very old loons in Maine.

News And Notes

Appalachia

A tribute to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s senior vice president, Walter Graff, who retired after 45 years. A ramble in the Alps.

Alpina

Appalachia

Nirmal Purja of Nepal climbs all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in under seven months. Climate change alters routes in the Alps. David Lama summits Lunag Ri in October 2018 but dies in Canada six months later. And more.

Accidents

Appalachia

Late spring and summer 2019 came slowly; hikers got in trouble on old snow (“monorails”) throughout the White Mountains of New Hampshire in May. Also tales of June’s cold and mishaps on the Franconia Ridge.

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Gene Daniell, longtime “Accidents” editor of Appalachia and former editor of the AMC White Mountain Guide.

A 15-Year-Old Sets Out Alone For The Tetons: Part 1 Of A Climber's Memoir, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

Part 1 of a climber’s memoir of technical climbing as a teenager in the 1950s.

Holding Back: Sometimes, Advice Is Not Required, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A hiker encounters a group of novice hikers on New Hampshire’s Mount Cardigan and decides not to render advice.

Given To The Winds: A Friendship Strengthens On Doubletop, David Heald

Appalachia

Two friends strengthened their connection on Doubletop Mountain. Many years later, one of them dies, and the surviving friend reflects.

Exploring The Ancient Old North Trail: A 13,000-Year-Old Route Along The Rocky Mountain Front, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

A backpacking trip along the Rocky Mountain Front searches for clues of an ancient route used by migrants across the Bering Strait.

Trailsplaining: In The Sierras, Four Women Disprove Unsolicited Doubts, Dianne Fallon

Appalachia

Disproving unsolicited doubts and advice, four women trek through the subalpine of the Sierra Nevada.

Risk And Huntington: What Is It That Drew Him To This Mountain?, Michael Levy

Appalachia

Two climbers wrestle with Mount Huntington in the central Alaska Range.

Braiding, Widening, And Downslope Creep: Trying To Restore Overly Loved Trails Below Mount Washington, Laura Waterman

Appalachia

Foot traffic has altered the landscape along the exposed Gulfside Trail below Mount Washington. Members of the Waterman Fund visit the trail to understand how it can be restored.

The World Of Christina: Reflections On The Journey Home, Judy Benson

Appalachia

A writer’s encounter with the Maine seacoast house that appeared in Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting reawakened her to the familiar.

The Class Of '51: Back When Few Knew About The Appalachian Trail, Four Men Pioneered Thru-Hiking, Mills Kelly

Appalachia

Four men who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1951 transformed the trail experience.

Nepal's Most Important Non-Climber: Elizabeth Hawley's Unique Journalistic Pilgrimage, Billi Bierling

Appalachia

A tribute to late journalist Elizabeth Hawley, an American living in Nepal who created and maintained the Himalayan Database.

The Disappearing Rainbow Mountain: Pilgrims Flock To A Magical Peak In Peru That A Melting Glacier Revealed Four Years Ago, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Climate change has melted glaciers covering Mount Winikunka, or Rainbow Mountain. Huge numbers of hikers are following local guides up the 16,522-foot peak in Peru.

The Long Way Home: Convertible Pants Parable, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

A pair of convertible pants works against the goal of seeing the mountains.

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2020: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2020 - Volume LXXI, Number 2 - Issue #250. Unusual Pioneers: The Disappearing Rainbow Mountain, Nepal's Most Important Non-Climber, and the AT's Forgotten "Class of 1951"

A Mile And More: A Novella And A Reflection On Body-Swapping, De'avion Reid

Undergraduate Theses

The story takes place in a quiet town and follows two high school juniors, Jerome-Tyler Hodges and McKenna McKinley. Having no prior affiliation with one another, Jerome and McKenna find themselves caught in the predicament of having switched bodies after an unforeseen comet crashes on the roof of their high school. Not wanting to attract the wrong kind of attention, the two decide to weather the storm and spend some time in each other’s shoes, in hopes of the issue resolving itself. Despite living in the same town and going to the same school, Jerome and McKenna have lived different …

The Butte, Natasha Bailey

Senior Theses

The Butte is a collection of short stories about a small town in the Pacific Northwest. In these short stories I explore idealistic small-town culture and blend it with the Pacific Northwest’s own (modern) paranormal mythology. This medley of different genre aspects in my stories makes The Butte difficult to label, but ultimately, my goal while writing was to explore various styles and points of view.

The nine stories set in The Butte shift styles on a variety of levels from character switching, point of view (1^st person, 3^rd person, and omniscient), and formatting (structure and linguistics). These …

"Woodburn, Texas: A Study In Southern Gothic", Katherine Stone

Honors Theses

My thesis, titled “Woodburn, Texas: A Study in Southern Gothic”, is a short story separated into four main sections as well as an introductory piece and conclusion that are separate from the other sections. The four main sections are separated by four prose poems ¾one for each season.

Separating the sections are four prose poems that follow the seasons. They allow for further access into the history and mindset of the people of this seemingly quiet and slow town as well as the Southern mindset in general.

Both the poems and the regular prose are told in the first person …

Mlk Poem, Akul Prakash '21

IMSAloquium Student Investigation Showcase

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12. Childhood Bliss, Emily Foscaldo

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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02. A Child Says, Xiani Zhu

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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11. More Than A Neighbor, Alexander Thurber

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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01. Welcome (Start), Holy Cross Libraries

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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07. Going To The Sun, Kimberly Fetherston

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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10. Miracles, Adrian Coyle

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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23. Selma 1965: After Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorien Steadman

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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13. Mankind, Anonymous

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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