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Accidents Oct 2022

Accidents

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Ice And Ashes: A Young Sled Driver Takes On A Moral Imperative, Blair Braverman Oct 2022

Ice And Ashes: A Young Sled Driver Takes On A Moral Imperative, Blair Braverman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Ice House Cabin, Marcyn Del Clements Oct 2022

Ice House Cabin, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Stones Of Rome: A Walk Along Hadrian's Wall, Parkman Howe Oct 2022

The Stones Of Rome: A Walk Along Hadrian's Wall, Parkman Howe

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


White Mountains, 1964: 25 Impressions, Guy Waterman, George Bellerose Oct 2022

White Mountains, 1964: 25 Impressions, Guy Waterman, George Bellerose

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Shawangunks, Now And Then: A Personal History By The Only Climber From 1952 Still Out There, Steven Jervis Oct 2022

The Shawangunks, Now And Then: A Personal History By The Only Climber From 1952 Still Out There, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Night News: Trailside, Hearing Of The Financial Collapse, Sandy Stott Oct 2022

Night News: Trailside, Hearing Of The Financial Collapse, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Living With Wind: Gathering Impressions Of The Newest Power Technology, William T. Smith, Timothy Paul Smith Oct 2022

Living With Wind: Gathering Impressions Of The Newest Power Technology, William T. Smith, Timothy Paul Smith

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Climbing Detectives On Mount Willard: Unearthing A Long-Neglected Route, Geoff Wilson Oct 2022

Climbing Detectives On Mount Willard: Unearthing A Long-Neglected Route, Geoff Wilson

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Nowheres: The Sheer Physiographic Intensity Of New Jersey, John Mcphee Oct 2022

Nowheres: The Sheer Physiographic Intensity Of New Jersey, John Mcphee

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Doing Time In New Jersey: A Thoreau Scholar In Princeton Finds Comfort In The Nascent Appalachians, Will Howarth Oct 2022

Doing Time In New Jersey: A Thoreau Scholar In Princeton Finds Comfort In The Nascent Appalachians, Will Howarth

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Wake Up: The Most Densely Populated State Has Preserved One-Fifth Of Its Land, Ronald J. Dupont Jr., Paul E. Decoste Oct 2022

Wake Up: The Most Densely Populated State Has Preserved One-Fifth Of Its Land, Ronald J. Dupont Jr., Paul E. Decoste

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Long Way Home: Human Nature On The Herd Path, Christine Woodside Oct 2022

The Long Way Home: Human Nature On The Herd Path, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2011: Complete Issue Oct 2022

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2011: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2011 - Volume LXII, Number 2 - issue #232. Off the Turnpike: Rediscovering Wild New Jersey


A Peak Ahead: Hidden Surprises, Christine Woodside Sep 2022

A Peak Ahead: Hidden Surprises, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Sep 2022

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The American Alpine Journal 2021: The World's Most Significant Climbs and Accidents in North American Climbing, both by the American Alpine Club. Trail Running Illustrated, by Doug Mayer and Brian Metzler. To Be a Warrior, by Brandon Pullan. A Beautiful Work in Progress: A Memoir, by Mirna Valerio. Honouring High Places, by Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe. Overexposure, by Chad Sayers. The Third Pole, by Mark Synnott. NH Rocks that Rock: An Adventure Guide to Twenty-Five Famous Boulders of the Granite State, by Uma and Dan Szczesny. Edward Feuz …


Valley And Skyline Sketches, Steve Fagin, Liana Tsang Cohen Sep 2022

Valley And Skyline Sketches, Steve Fagin, Liana Tsang Cohen

Appalachia

The joys and pitfalls of dining outside, by Steve Fagin. Trail workers live fully in Tongass National Forest, by Liana Tsang Cohen.


News And Notes Sep 2022

News And Notes

Appalachia

Susan Arnold is named interim president of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The shelter at Imp Campsite near the Carter Range is renovated using historic techniques. Echo Lake Camp turns 100. AMC’s Maine Woods property is certified an International Dark Sky Park.


In Memoriam Sep 2022

In Memoriam

Appalachia

A remembrance of climber and writer David Roberts, by Michael Wejchert.


Research Sep 2022

Research

Appalachia

Climate change is causing complex impacts to ecosystems worldwide. Plants and animals face the necessity of migrating north. Kevin Berend reports on some of the species that seem destined to move and asks whether researchers and conservation agencies should take an active role in helping species move.


Alpina Sep 2022

Alpina

Appalachia

Climber Barry Blanchard suffers a head injury on some stairs in Saskatchewan. French climbers summit Sani Pakkush. British alpinists make it up the North Pillar of Tengkangpoche. In memoriam, Rick Allen (1954-2021). Mingma Gyalje Sherpa leads climbers to the true summit of Manaslu. A climber calls for a rescue on Denali, lying about his condition. Climbers are robbed at a base camp in the Caucasus. Ukrainian climbers summit Annapurna III.


Accidents Sep 2022

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the warm months of 2021. A group of men left two brothers behind on Garfield Ridge. A hiker dies when he sets up his hammock in an unstable tree. An experienced hiker takes the wrong trail near Mount Madison and spends an overnight wandering through the Great Gulf Wilderness while searchers look for her. A turned ankle and bad weather below Mount Washington cause trouble for two hikers. A man loses a signal while relying on a trail app and gets benighted on a headwall. Inexperienced hikers improvise and …


Letters Sep 2022

Letters

Appalachia

In response to “Light Snow in the Whites” (Appalachia Winter/Spring 2022), a reader asks why Mount Washington Observatory staffers would not assist hikers in bad weather. Memories of New Hampshire’s Mead Base in 1959. Origins of a knot called the diamond hitch.


Pondering Graceful Aging On Table Mountain, South Africa: A Septuagenarian Rock Climber Reflects On His Past And Future, Douglass P. Teschner Sep 2022

Pondering Graceful Aging On Table Mountain, South Africa: A Septuagenarian Rock Climber Reflects On His Past And Future, Douglass P. Teschner

Appalachia

Douglass P. Teschner, at age 65, decides to hire a guide to help him on a rock climb.


Debacle On The Salmon: A Rowdy River Humbles Two Foolhardy Canoeists, Michael Rouleau Sep 2022

Debacle On The Salmon: A Rowdy River Humbles Two Foolhardy Canoeists, Michael Rouleau

Appalachia

A fast-running spring river in Connecticut humbles paddler Michael Rouleau and his friend.


Leave A Message: A Beep And Expectant Silence. A Kind Ranger Returns The Call, Elissa Ely Sep 2022

Leave A Message: A Beep And Expectant Silence. A Kind Ranger Returns The Call, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Staging for a climb up Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Elissa Ely encounters a kind ranger through voicemail.


A Change Of Plans On The Cohos Trail: After His Mother's Death, A Hiker Faces Why He Loves The Wild, Walt Mclaughlin Sep 2022

A Change Of Plans On The Cohos Trail: After His Mother's Death, A Hiker Faces Why He Loves The Wild, Walt Mclaughlin

Appalachia

After his mother’s death, Walt McLaughlin faces his grief as he struggles to hike a long section of New Hampshire’s Cohos Trail from the Kilkenny Ridge to the Nash Stream Forest.


Covid-19 Exposes A Wilderness Myth: A Long Trail Trek Is Not About Retreating From Towns And Community, Clare Dumont Sep 2022

Covid-19 Exposes A Wilderness Myth: A Long Trail Trek Is Not About Retreating From Towns And Community, Clare Dumont

Appalachia

Long Trail end-to-end hiker Claire Dumont learned during her pandemic-era hike that wilderness is not, nor should it be, separate from community.


A Life Lesson In Denali Park: A Grizzly Bear Follows A Camper, J. Robert Harris Sep 2022

A Life Lesson In Denali Park: A Grizzly Bear Follows A Camper, J. Robert Harris

Appalachia

A grizzly bear follows J. Robert Harris near the Toklat River in Alaska.


Why Does No One Climb The Palisades? Just North Of New York City, A Glacier-Exposed Cliff Tempts A Climber, Michael Levy Sep 2022

Why Does No One Climb The Palisades? Just North Of New York City, A Glacier-Exposed Cliff Tempts A Climber, Michael Levy

Appalachia

The 200-foot-high Palisades from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Nyack, New York, tempt a climber who’s moved back East to ask: “Is there climbing there?”