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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?”

Backcountry Cell Phone Vignettes: Connected And Disconnected, Ian Ramsey, Douglas Balmain

Appalachia

Ian Ramsey writes that while technology can make adventurers safer, it also corrupts people’s direct experience and attention; and how ten middle schoolers gradually disengage from technology in the New Hampshire mountains. Douglas Balmain has remained loyal to map and compass, so he finds it disorienting when a companion navigates using an app.

Never Lost: On The Pacific Crest Trail Before Smartphones, A Hiker Never Had To Choose, Dan White

Appalachia

On the Pacific Crest Trail before smartphones, Dan White never had to choose between technology and quiet. Hikers left notes under dried cow droppings.

Do Cell Phones Belong In The Mountains? A 24-Mile Journey With A 1-Year-Old Suggests A Quieter Mountain Way, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

Stephen Kurczy examines the dangers and assumptions about cell phones in wilderness areas as he sets out on long remote hikes phoneless with his toddler.

The Long Way Home: Time As An Iron Hand Versus Time As A Shifting Wind, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside looks at anthropologist Edward T. Hall’s ideas about different cultures’ approaches to time as it applies to her and backpacking.

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2022: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2022 - Volume LXXIII, Number 2 - Issue #254. The Ubiquitous Cell Phone: Do Cell Phones Help Adventurers or Hinder Them?

Changing Stem To Steam: An Analyzation On The Effects Of Art Integration Up To The University Level, Elizabeth Richmond

Honors Projects

This Honors Project is a combination of an artistic, creative project and a research driven analysis. The focus of this project is to research and understand the effects the arts have on both general students and STEM students in particular, what benefits come from art education and art integration, and if STEM students benefit from art integration. This goal was accomplished through a literature review and annotated bibliography featuring 18 sources. Another goal of the project was to understand where I fit into the research. In my creative portion of the project, I explored and analyzed how the arts affected …

Finding Your Inner Drag: How Drag Culture Helped Form Freedom Of Expression For The Lgbtq Community, Sylvia Zobel De Ayala

Pop Culture Intersections

This research paper discusses the history of the LGBTQ community, the effects of the drag community and the comparison to the behaviors and attitudes from the past to the present. This article goes in depth to different scholarly articles that help understand the history of the LGBTQ community. This article will also discuss personal stories and experiences that describe the emotional aspect of the moments of history mentioned. The three main topics discussed in this paper are the Stonewall Riot, the AIDS epidemic and the uprising of the transgender community. After understanding the history and the present attitudes, they will …

Popular Culture’S Grip On The Lgbtq Community, Connor Grogan

Pop Culture Intersections

The purpose of this research is to identify the causes and consequences of forming groups within this cultural sphere, specifically focusing on the LGBTQ community. I would contend that the inclusion and exclusion of this marginalized group which exists within a larger community can be promoted or amplified by hegemonic forces through the use of popular culture and mass media. Firstly, with regards to this paper, I will identify what hegemonic power dynamics are within the context of the thesis, as well as what it means to be a marginalized group without much force within a power dynamic. Secondly, I …

Amjambo Africa! (September 2022), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue

Moonglade............................. 4-5

Education............................. 6-10

In 7 languages

General Assistance ...........11-13

In 7 languages

Market Basket ...................14-15

All about the Workforce ........18

Community Happenings ......20

Amjambo Arts ........................21

Ugandan athletes ....................22

Rwandan hero .........................23

Health & Wellness.............24-31

In 7 languages

International & Maine updates .................... 33

New Voices feature........... 34-35

Financial literacy ....................35

Nonprofit updates ............36-37

Tips & Info.............................. 38

Del Ornitorrinco A La Radio Ambulante: La Nueva Crónica Latinoamericana En La Era Neoliberal, Ulises Gonzales

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores the presence of neoliberal hegemonic imaginaries in narrative journalism written in Latin America between 1995 and 2021.

There are strong connections between a period of decline in the readership of some of the authors of the so-called “Latin American Boom,” the penetration of neoliberal economic policies in the region (with the privatization of State companies and the expansion of the telecommunications industry), and the renewed interest in non-fiction writing published by a number of print publications in the region during the last decade of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century, as in magazines …

Blood Sugar: A Collection Of Essays On The Highs And Lows Of Diabetes, Annalisa Morganelli

Honors Program Theses and Projects

As soon as I began working on this thesis project, I knew that I wanted this collection to focus on the different aspects of my life that have been affected by me having type one diabetes. The diabetic experience is one that has been underrepresented—and arguably, misrepresented—in popular media. The four non-fiction essays in my collection aim to add my personal experience to the existing literature, showing that while diabetics may have similar experiences, these experiences can also be vastly individualistic. Additionally, while I share my own stories, I explore the general chronic illness experience and how ableism and misunderstanding …

Evading Oblivionland, Caitlin Faria

Honors Program Theses and Projects

When I initially started this project, I hoped to tell stories in genres that I love while exploring the impact my father has had on my life. Although I prefer to write fiction, the nonfiction essays of this piece show who my father is through my eyes as well as provide me with the space to explore and find words for my own fears of losing him one day. The fictional stories interwoven throughout also show how my father inspires my writing even when it does not directly involve him, or a character exactly like him. For example, my dad …

A Peak Ahead: The Lure Of Alaska, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books Of Note

Appalachia

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Research

Appalachia

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News And Notes

Appalachia

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Alpina

Appalachia

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Accidents

Appalachia

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Somebody Should Build A Bridge Over This River: A Young Trail Crew's Feat, 1953, Douglas W. Rankin

Appalachia

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The Beat Generation In The Mountains: After The Famous San Francisco Reading, Fire Lookouts Became Literary Sites, Ron Dart

Appalachia

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