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The Long Way Home: The Last Few Steps, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

The Long Way Home: The Last Few Steps, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside sees parallels between her aging mother’s struggles and climbing a mountain.


Appalachia Winter/Spring 2019: Complete Issue Apr 2021

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2019: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2019 - Volume LXX, Number 1 - Issue #247. Quests That Wouldn't Let Go: Chasing Persistent Dreams to Florida, Antarctica, and Labrador.


A Peak Ahead: Tributes To Mary Oliver, And Scotland, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

A Peak Ahead: Tributes To Mary Oliver, And Scotland, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Apr 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: AMC’s Maine Mountain Guide by Cary Michael Kish. Forest and Crag by Laura Waterman and Guy Waterman. A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich by Bernd Heinrich. Terranexus: Connection and Meaning in Ordinary Places by David K. Leff. A Sideways Look at Clouds by Maria Mudd Ruth. Saving Thoreau’s Birthplace by Lucille Stott. The Pacific Alone by Dave Shively. Yankee Rock and Ice by Laura and Guy Waterman with new chapters by Michael Wejchert.


News And Notes Apr 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

Snow rangers worked in the White Mountain National Forest during the 2017 federal government shutdown for 35 days. A memoir from 1965, when a teenager climbed Mount Rainier “unauthorized.”


Alpina Apr 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Climbs in 2017 include the South Ridge of Mount Huntington in Alaska, Cerro Kishtwar in India, Rungofarka in Kashmir, and more. Tributes to the late Tom Frost and Jeff Lowe. Discussion of films released in 2018 of the free climbs of Yosemite’s El Capitan.


Accidents Apr 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Sandy Stott recommends a book by Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain. The column covers accidents in summer and fall 2018, including an icy May rescue on the Flume Slide Trail, missed turns on the popular Franconia loop route, and three accidents on the tough trail up Huntington Ravine.


In Memoriam Apr 2021

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Bob Proudman, 1948-2018.


Letters Apr 2021

Letters

Appalachia

David Sanderson recollects trying to save Alfred Whipple Jr. and Sidney Crouch on Cannon Mountain in 1959. Al Sanborn tells a story of surviving hypothermia. Bev Esson criticizes a story about a man who took his 60-year-old mother backpacking.


Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr Apr 2021

Night Visions: A 15-Year-Old Walks 31.5 Miles Around The Pemi Loop, Alone, Alexandra Herr

Appalachia

The narrative of a 15-year-old’s one-day, 31.5-mile, solo circuit around the Pemigewassett Wilderness in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.


Flying With Icarus: A Sunday Afternoon Church Hike Takes An Unexpected Course, Douglass Teschner Apr 2021

Flying With Icarus: A Sunday Afternoon Church Hike Takes An Unexpected Course, Douglass Teschner

Appalachia

A Sunday afternoon church hike takes an unexpected turn as one determined man inches his way up a small hill.


A Wrong Turn: Lost In The Dark, Step By Step, Benjamin Alva Polley Apr 2021

A Wrong Turn: Lost In The Dark, Step By Step, Benjamin Alva Polley

Appalachia

Lost in a remote area of Idaho, a hiker must find his way and ponder what it means to be lost.


Not Here, Not Now: The Epic Of Dan Mcginness, Mike Cherim Apr 2021

Not Here, Not Now: The Epic Of Dan Mcginness, Mike Cherim

Appalachia

A White Mountain guide retells the story of a hiker who saved himself following a scary mid-December overnight in a ravine north of Mount Eisenhower.


Searching For Arnica: A Yellow-Flowered Plant Goes Missing, Bob Zaino Apr 2021

Searching For Arnica: A Yellow-Flowered Plant Goes Missing, Bob Zaino

Appalachia

A rare flower in the aster family, Arnica Lanceolata, goes missing from many of its historic spots.


Could He Ascend Farther? What Will Alex Honnold Reach For After His Free Solo Of El Capitan?, Sarah Ruth Bates Apr 2021

Could He Ascend Farther? What Will Alex Honnold Reach For After His Free Solo Of El Capitan?, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

An interview with climber Alex Honnold, who free-soloed El Capitan and who discusses his future and that of climbing.


Friendship: A Pessimist Ponders Her Optimist Trail Partner, Elissa Ely Apr 2021

Friendship: A Pessimist Ponders Her Optimist Trail Partner, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A community psychiatrist ponders her own pessimism and the optimism of her longtime hiking partner.


If I Ever Lose My Way: A Writer Shares What Has Made Crawford Path A Touchstone For Her, Bethany Taylor Apr 2021

If I Ever Lose My Way: A Writer Shares What Has Made Crawford Path A Touchstone For Her, Bethany Taylor

Appalachia

A writer pays tribute to the ways Crawford Path has become her touchstone.


Rebuilding, A Photo Essay: Volunteers Help Restore Parts Of The Oldest Trail In The United States, Paula Champagne, Joe Klementovich Apr 2021

Rebuilding, A Photo Essay: Volunteers Help Restore Parts Of The Oldest Trail In The United States, Paula Champagne, Joe Klementovich

Appalachia

Photos by Paula Champagne and Joe Klementovich celebrate the trail work that restores parts of the Crawford Path, the oldest recreational trail in the United States.


Closing The Circle: Fatherhood Rekindles In Franconia Notch, Christopher Johnson Apr 2021

Closing The Circle: Fatherhood Rekindles In Franconia Notch, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

A father suffering anxiety from his work rekindles the connection to life and his family in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch.


Fuji-Ko: On Japan's Mountain Day, Americans Experience Fuji Faith, Dianne Fallon Apr 2021

Fuji-Ko: On Japan's Mountain Day, Americans Experience Fuji Faith, Dianne Fallon

Appalachia

American hikers feel awe and experience community as they join throngs climbing Japan’s Mount Fuji.


Waiting On A Ledge: Time To Think, 120 Feet Off The Ground, Sarah Ruth Bates Apr 2021

Waiting On A Ledge: Time To Think, 120 Feet Off The Ground, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

The long delays during technical climbing in Maine allows a woman to think, and nothing else.


At Redemption: A Father At A Crossroads Takes His Kids Hiking . . . 244 Miles, Ben Montgomery Apr 2021

At Redemption: A Father At A Crossroads Takes His Kids Hiking . . . 244 Miles, Ben Montgomery

Appalachia

Tampa-based writer Ben Montgomery, a father recovering from a painful year, takes his three children hiking 244 miles on the Appalachian Trail.


The Long Way Home: Hi-C And Fkts, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

The Long Way Home: Hi-C And Fkts, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Hi-C and FKTs: What constitutes a record on a long mountain hike?


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2019: Complete Issue Apr 2021

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2019: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2019 - Volume LXX, Number 2 - Issue #248. Hitting "Reset" in Wild Lands: Stories of Redemption, Reconnection, and the Crawford Path


A Peak Ahead: Pioneers Of Unusual Sorts, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

A Peak Ahead: Pioneers Of Unusual Sorts, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Apr 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: Hermit: The Mysterious Life of Jim Whyte by Jeffrey H. Ryan. AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Central Massachusetts by John S. Burk. Reflections: 100 Years of Friendship and Hiking at AMC Cold River Camp by Robert and Emma Crane. The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life by Mark Synnott. The White Mountain by Dan Szczesny. Chasing Denali by Jon Waterman. The Winter Army by Maurice Isserman. Starvation Shore by Laura Waterman. Cultivating the Wildness Within by Walt McLaughlin. Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage by Christopher Ives. Glorious Mountain Days by Allison W. …


Research Apr 2021

Research

Appalachia

Common loons struggle on Squam Lake in central New Hampshire.


Alpina Apr 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

A 10-year-old climbs the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in June 2019. A dog summits Baruntse in Nepal in November 2018. Everest’s buy 2019 season. Eight die on Nanda Devi. Climbers fail to summit K2 in winter. Fitz Roy is free-soloed. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer die on Howe Peak.


Accidents Apr 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of the winter of 2018–2019 covers skiers off the regular routes, a hiker lost in a morning whiteout, a hiker stranded by a raging brook, an injury when a hiker didn’t change to crampons on an icy stretch, and more.


In Memoriam Apr 2021

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Barbara Hull Richardson, one of the first females to work in the Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountain huts.