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The Great Bicycle Expedition Of 1936: Three Teens, 600 Miles, And $15, Francis Carlson Sep 2021

The Great Bicycle Expedition Of 1936: Three Teens, 600 Miles, And $15, Francis Carlson

Appalachia

Francis Carlson recounts his bicycle trek across New England as a teenager with two friends. Their 600-mile circuit started in Winchester, Massachusetts, and went across Vermont, around Lake Champlain, through the White Mountains, and back to Concord, Massachusetts.


The Long Way Home: The Bent Imagination, Christine Woodside Sep 2021

The Long Way Home: The Bent Imagination, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Reflections on a nineteenth-century etching by Robert Hinshelwood from Harry Fenn’s drawing of a “crazily pointy cliff,” the Sturrall Headland (also spelled Sturrell), on the Slievetooey ridge in northwest Ireland. Modern climbers were scaling it from the sea side.


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2017: Complete Issue Sep 2021

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2017: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2017 - Volume LXVIII, Number 2 - Issue #244. Stories from the Albums: Revisiting Tales, from the White Mountains to New Mexico.


A Peak Ahead: Taconic And Catskills Cataclysms, Christine Woodside Sep 2021

A Peak Ahead: Taconic And Catskills Cataclysms, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Sep 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Berkshires by Rene Laubach and John S. Burk. White Mountain Winter Recreation Map and Guide. Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast by David Goodman. An Ice Climber’s Guide to Southern New England and Eastern New York by Todd Swain. Black Woman in Green by Gloria D. Brown and Donna L. Sinclair. Black Faces, White Spaces by Carolyn Finney. In Search of Amos Clough by Robert W. Averill. Waymaking: An Anthology of Women’s Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art (edited by Helen Mort et al). Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss by David Smart. …


News And Notes Sep 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

A COVID-19 timeline of how backcountry groups served the public during summer and fall 2020. AMC’s shelter caretaker program reaches the half-century mark. Appalachia archives now hosted on Dartmouth Library’s Digital Commons three months after publication.


In Memoriam Sep 2021

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Michael Micucci, an outfitter, rescuer, caretaker, and Appalachian Mountain Club employee.


Alpina Sep 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

The review of mountaineering in the greater ranges includes: a winter ascent of K2. A new measurement of Mount Everest. Hard climbs in Pakistan. Two climbers ascend Mount Roraima in Guyana. Jeff and Priti Wright ascend K6 Central and K6 West. Nepal’s economy struggles during the pandemic. Emily Harrington free-climbs the Golden Gate route on El Capitan. In memoriam: Ang Rita Sherpa, Doug Scott, Hamish MacInnes, George Whitmore, and Cesare Maestri.


Accidents Sep 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of accidents in and around the White Mountains of New Hampshire in summer/fall 2020 include: Novice hikers get stranded on Mount Jackson; teenagers spend the night near Moat Mountain after a late start; the snow arch in Tuckerman Ravine buries a man taking a photo; a woman fractures her ankle on the Watson Path; a man trying to carry his friend’s pack on the Castle Ravine Trail slips; four accidents kill climbers and hikers in September; Appalachian Mountain Club kept its high huts open as stopover and rescue coordination sites; a trail steward reflects on the COVID-19 summer; risk …


Letters Sep 2021

Letters

Appalachia

An Earl Shaffer memory, a memory of history writer William Geller when he was “Ranger Bill,” and Laura Waterman tells how her husband Guy Waterman built a remote cairn on the Hancock slide in 1982.


The Edge: A Young Mother And Her Dog Face Up To A Ledge, Amanda K. Jaros Sep 2021

The Edge: A Young Mother And Her Dog Face Up To A Ledge, Amanda K. Jaros

Appalachia

Amanda K. Jaros, a winner of the journal’s Waterman Fund essay contest, describes her epiphany about wilderness and motherhood through a backpacking odyssey in the Catskills.


Expectations: Bad Joints Encounter Good Advice, Elissa Ely Sep 2021

Expectations: Bad Joints Encounter Good Advice, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Her dog’s joints won’t keep up, so Elissa Ely sets out alone on Mount Jackson, where she encounters good advice from a stranger.


Trail Etiquette 201: A New Code For A Complicated Era, Mike Cherim Sep 2021

Trail Etiquette 201: A New Code For A Complicated Era, Mike Cherim

Appalachia

White Mountain professional guide Mike Cherim sketches a new guide for giving right-of-way to others in the mountains, post-COVID-19.


The Dark Sky Where Orion Sleeps: On A High Trail, Alone With The Night, Ken R. Martin Sep 2021

The Dark Sky Where Orion Sleeps: On A High Trail, Alone With The Night, Ken R. Martin

Appalachia

The late September sky guides a writer up to the tundra below a high peak in Colorado, and it tells him when it’s time to retreat.


Ode To My Father, Who Worked: Memories Of Growing Up In A Land Caretaker's Family, Beaumont Sugar Sep 2021

Ode To My Father, Who Worked: Memories Of Growing Up In A Land Caretaker's Family, Beaumont Sugar

Appalachia

Beaumont Sugar, a writer and artist, reminisces about growing up in a land caretaker’s family.


Off The Mountain: Strangers Build Community Around A Hiker's Sudden Collapse, Donald Kollisch Sep 2021

Off The Mountain: Strangers Build Community Around A Hiker's Sudden Collapse, Donald Kollisch

Appalachia

Strangers build community around a hiker’s sudden collapse on Mount Madison in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Told sensitively by his friend and doctor.


The Turkey Cam: A Wild Bird's Surprise Move-In Helps People Quarantine, Daniel Grossman Sep 2021

The Turkey Cam: A Wild Bird's Surprise Move-In Helps People Quarantine, Daniel Grossman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Mount Marshall Marathon: Four Decades Later, Walking Back Up A Streambed, Lisa Ballard Sep 2021

The Mount Marshall Marathon: Four Decades Later, Walking Back Up A Streambed, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Lisa Ballard returns to a remote peak in the Adirondacks 40 years after she swore she would never go there again.


Preparing: A Wrong Turn, A Dangerous River, And An Absent Partner, Rachel Curtis Sep 2021

Preparing: A Wrong Turn, A Dangerous River, And An Absent Partner, Rachel Curtis

Appalachia

A woman whose partner is home with a debilitating illness goes hiking in the Pemigewassett Wilderness, takes a wrong turn, and must cross a dangerous river.


Off-Trail At Home: Bushwhacking Around Mount Cardigan, Sandy Stott Sep 2021

Off-Trail At Home: Bushwhacking Around Mount Cardigan, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

Sandy Stott bushwhacks around familiar wilderness areas below Mount Cardigan.


The Story Of Scar Ridge: A Trailless Tangle In The Southern White Mountains, Steven D. Smith Sep 2021

The Story Of Scar Ridge: A Trailless Tangle In The Southern White Mountains, Steven D. Smith

Appalachia

Steven D. Smith, an accomplished bushwhacker and editor of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountain Guide, describes the trailless tangle in the southern White Mountains of New Hampshire.


The Long Way Home: Mr. Fletcher, Christine Woodside Sep 2021

The Long Way Home: Mr. Fletcher, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Editor-in-Chief Christine Woodside recounts experiences of developing a deeper understanding of race relations thanks to a memorable high school track coach.


Summer/Fall 2021: Off Trail Sep 2021

Summer/Fall 2021: Off Trail

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2021 - Volume LXXII, Number 2 - Issue #252. Off Trail: Trailless tangles, bushwhacking, river crossings, helpful strangers, and more.


America, The Pinnacle, Micah Horne Sep 2021

America, The Pinnacle, Micah Horne

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Garden Of Secrets, Angelina Butters Sep 2021

Garden Of Secrets, Angelina Butters

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Ascension, David Chadburn Sep 2021

Ascension, David Chadburn

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No abstract provided.


From The Shower Floor, Angelina Butters Sep 2021

From The Shower Floor, Angelina Butters

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Fool’S Gold, David Chadburn Sep 2021

Fool’S Gold, David Chadburn

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Sigh, Carly Duncan Sep 2021

Sigh, Carly Duncan

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Wish, Elie Heile Sep 2021

Wish, Elie Heile

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.