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Skyline Sketches: Survival Of The Timid, Jessica Kulynych

Appalachia

A mother and daughter retreat in bad weather, showing that timidity saves lives.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Old Friends In The Alpine: Field Scientists On Vermont's Highest Peak, Catherine Wessel

Appalachia

In this winning essay of the annual contest sponsored by the Waterman Fund, a young scientist meets Bill Howland, who studied the same vegetation in 1991, at their study site high on Vermont’s Mount Mansfield.

Poetry On The Mountain: Hiking Moosilauke In A Mood, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Near the summit of Mount Moosilauke, someone hands a hiker a copy of a Billy Collins poem with a typo.

Editor’s note: We have redacted the quoted lines of the Collins poem. Appalachia’s agreement to reprint part of “Night Letter to the Reader” covers only the print edition of the journal. Physical copies of this issue can be purchased at outdoors.org.

Last Hike On Mount Monadnock: Friends Confront Time And Mortality, Eric D. Lehman

Appalachia

Two friends push up the southern New Hampshire peak, sensing but not knowing that it will be the last time for one of them.

Debacle On Mount Pierce: A Self-Rescue Story, Heidi J. Downing

Appalachia

Two friends take a wrong turn heading down Mount Pierce in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, navigating several errors of judgement.

When Powder Skis Became A Thing: A Winter's Tale Of Engineers And Unbroken Fields Of White, Rick Spedden

Appalachia

Powder skiing used to be the domain of an adventurous fringe element, but with the manufacturing of specialized skis, it is now a mainstream pursuit.

Return To The Cuyahoga Valley: From Toxic Dump To National Park, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

Once known as the place where a river caught fire, today’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio attracts boaters and hikers.

Rotors, Not Propellers: A Tribute To A Dedicated Helicopter Pilot, Sally Manikian

Appalachia

A tribute to Carl J. Svenson, a pilot who for three decades flew supplies to huts and shelter sites for the Appalachian Mountain Club before his death in a crash in Croyden, New Hampshire, in October 2023.

Mountain Ninjas: Today's Motorized Beasts Of Burden, Justin Preisendorfer

Appalachia

Motorized equipment like snowcats and helicopters have become critical tools for effective recreation management in the modern era in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire.

Flight Lessons: Drones Find Their Way As Search-And-Rescue Tools, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

Since 2018, New Hampshire Fish & Game has begun using drones to search for lost and injured hikers in the White Mountains, complementing ground searches, trained dogs, and helicopters.

The Long Way Home: Getting Water, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

From the outlet of Ethan Pond in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, waterlogged memories of moose, children, and swimmers resurface.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2025: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2025 - Volume LXXVI, Number 1 - Issue #259. The Humanity of Machines: Stories of drones, helicopters, and snowcats in the mountains.

The Son Becomes, Katherine Zhang

College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations

The Son Becomes is an interactive Twine game that explores generational trauma through a time loop of narrative across three generations of inherited pain. Trapped in a recurrence of pain, players will take the roles of different family members of a father, his son, and grandson and navigate through a relentless cycle of choices, mirroring the suffocation that can happen within a family that may be going through generational trauma. Through the interactive dialogue, players confront the recurring patterns, often making them feel powerless as the choices keep repeating, making it seem like there isn’t a light at the end …

A Conversation With Loe Gino, Loe Gino, Seb Taylor

Digital Laboratory: Publisher of Internet Journal

LOE Gino is a Bay Area native from Berkeley, California and an independent artist. He has been a pioneer in the music industry for new age artistry. His ability to be a voice for independent artists parallels his wordsmith-skills as a rapper. As a part of the Bay Area cultural scene, he is a real life example of how to set a vision and build it as you go. Every aspect of his creative vision is thought out and executed with the accuracy of a freestyle. LOE Gino stands as an example of what it means to never conform to …

Contributors, Amelie Sandoval

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Scatter' & 'Divine', Victoria Dai, Margaret Mallow

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'Can't Feel Me'; 'Bodies In Nature'; & 'Chypre', Owen Isachsen, Joie Rahn, Jaclyn Brodersen

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Nazare, Portugal' & 'Fingered', Tasman Fruhauf, Olivia Pye

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Visual Control'; 'What Lurks'; & 'Whispers Of My Roots', Nick Degeorge, Samarra Sanders, Shrishti Dutta

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'The Deception Of Elegance' & 'Submarine Cinema', Maya Benham, Lucas Vergara

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Picking Up The Pieces' & 'Show Me The Way', Liliana Monge, Lorelai Samuel

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Pink Party' & 'West', Kelli Ayon, Kennedy Ray

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Mio- Branding' & 'Pillow Book', Jenni Martinez, Itzel Camarillo-Gonzalez

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Veiled In Luminance'; 'Herd'; & 'Preservation', Victorine Philippe, Zoe Shaikh, Jolina Chen

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Sinner' & 'Feel The Music', Gillian Crow-Juarez, Josh Hakman

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Eva'; 'Lone Road'; & 'Mi Mama', Frankie Grosser, Amelie Sandoval, Tiffany Orellana

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Leprawn James'; 'Longing'; & 'The Alchemists', Kyra Oh, Emily La Puma, Lillie Turinsky

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Culture In Couture' & 'Decapitated Darling', Cooper Mortensen, Maneli Mianji

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'An Irreversible Flame' & 'Tuned To The Moment', Christianna Gatti, Michaela Velleno

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Starfishin'' & 'Neighborhood Threads', Chloe Krome, Riley Williamson

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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