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Climbers Who Volunteer: Everest Climber And White Mountains Fixture Rick Wilcox Reflects, Erik Eisele, Joe Klementovich Jun 2021

Climbers Who Volunteer: Everest Climber And White Mountains Fixture Rick Wilcox Reflects, Erik Eisele, Joe Klementovich

Appalachia

Everest climber and White Mountain fixture Rick Wilcox reflects on his commitment to search-and-rescue in this tribute by Erik Eisele.


Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski Jun 2021

Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski

Appalachia

Fifty years after the worst accident in the history of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, David Govatski, who was there, went looking for the reason it happened.


Mount Washington's Quirky Record Holder: A Writer Follows The Intensity Of Alton Weagle, Dan Szczesny Jun 2021

Mount Washington's Quirky Record Holder: A Writer Follows The Intensity Of Alton Weagle, Dan Szczesny

Appalachia

Dan Szczesny chronicles the intensity of Alton Weagle, who invented many strange ways to break records on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, like pushing a wheelbarrow of sugar up the auto road.


The Long Way Home: Straight Up, Christine Woodside Jun 2021

The Long Way Home: Straight Up, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Hikers fail to save a man’s life on the Tuckerman Ravine Trail.


Appalachia Winter/Spring 2018: Complete Issue Jun 2021

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2018: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2018 - Volume LXIX, Number 1 - Issue #245. Mount Washington: Summit of Extremes: Alton Weagle, the Record Maker; Revisiting a Tragic Accident


A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside Jun 2021

A Peak Ahead: Going Far Away To Find Something, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Jun 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

“Life in the Big Meh,” in which Sandy Stott reviews John Branch’s long, illustrated piece about Everest in the December 19, 2017 issue of the New York Times. White Mountain Guide by Steven D. Smith. Mount Washington: Narratives and Perspectives by Mike Dickerman (editor). Death in the White Mountains by Julie Boardman. Critical Hours by Sandy Stott. In Wild Trust by Jeff Fair. Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces by William B. Swett. Where You’ll Find Me by Ty Gagne.


In Memoriam Jun 2021

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Bruce P. Sloat, an influential Appalachian Mountain Club hut system manager. Joseph Brooks Dodge Jr., an Olympic skier and son of AMC institution Joe Dodge. Green Mountain Club trails director David Hardy. Frank Carlson, age 97, who had written for Appalachia in 2017 of his 1936 bicycle expedition.


News And Notes Jun 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

The Cog Railway on Mount Washington pushes ahead with hotel plans. Remembrance of a hike in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Controversial Northern Pass powerline project is halted.


Alpina Jun 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

The strange science of grading climbs is explained. Tributes to the late Norman Dyhrenfurth and Fred Beckey. After an avalanche in Montana kills young skier Inge Perkins, her surviving companion Hayden Kennedy ends his life. Female Sherpas and several women climbers achieve many feats in the Nepal Himalaya. Journalist and Himalayan Database creator Elizabeth Hawley dies.


Accidents Jun 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Mishaps and rescues from summer/fall 2017 include: a dramatic rescue of several people in a school group on Mount Lafayette; a wandering backpacker in early May who triggers the season’s largest search; and a swimmer who drowns below Franconia Falls.


Early Logging In The Southern Maine Woods: The Woods Produced Shoe Blocks, Spruce Gum, And More, William Geller Jun 2021

Early Logging In The Southern Maine Woods: The Woods Produced Shoe Blocks, Spruce Gum, And More, William Geller

Appalachia

William Geller’s history of nineteenth-century enterprises around the Pleasant River in Maine.


The Last Gift: Months Before A Father's Death, He Encourages His Son To Seek Challenges, Douglass P. Teschner Jun 2021

The Last Gift: Months Before A Father's Death, He Encourages His Son To Seek Challenges, Douglass P. Teschner

Appalachia

Months before his tragic death, a man encourages his yuoung son to seek challenges.


An Injury Changes The Story: Encounter With A Baby Stroller, Elissa Ely Jun 2021

An Injury Changes The Story: Encounter With A Baby Stroller, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Elissa Ely encounters a baby stroller on the Ptarmigan Cirque loop trail in the Canadian Rockies.


Sequoias And Redwoods In A Hotter World: When Trees As High As 30-Story Buildings "Die On Their Feet," Something's Wrong, Christopher Johnson Jun 2021

Sequoias And Redwoods In A Hotter World: When Trees As High As 30-Story Buildings "Die On Their Feet," Something's Wrong, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

Scientists in two pioneering research projects are examining how climate change affects the iconic ancient trees of California, by Christopher Johnson.


Problembär: Germany's First Bear In 170 Years, Brendan Curtin Jun 2021

Problembär: Germany's First Bear In 170 Years, Brendan Curtin

Appalachia

The strange story, by Brendan Curtin, of a bear that wandered through the Alps into Germany in 2006.


The Resourceful Teen: A Broken Stove Awakens Ingenuity, Lisa Densmore Ballard Jun 2021

The Resourceful Teen: A Broken Stove Awakens Ingenuity, Lisa Densmore Ballard

Appalachia

Parker Densmore, age 15, makes dinner following the breakdown of a stove.


Emotional Rescue: A Hiker Becomes A Benefactor As She Follows A Set Of Sneaker Prints, Ty Gagne Jun 2021

Emotional Rescue: A Hiker Becomes A Benefactor As She Follows A Set Of Sneaker Prints, Ty Gagne

Appalachia

Ty Gagne’s riveting story of a hiker who followed a set of sneaker prints in foul weather and saved a man from suicide.


The Continuing Adventures Of Buffalo And Tough Cookie: Sometimes A Family Goes Deeper Than Blood, Janelle Mylott, Dan Szczesny Jun 2021

The Continuing Adventures Of Buffalo And Tough Cookie: Sometimes A Family Goes Deeper Than Blood, Janelle Mylott, Dan Szczesny

Appalachia

Dan Szczesny and Janelle Mylott together tell the story of their hiking partnership after the death of Janelle’s grandmother and guardian who made Janelle’s participation possible.


Climbers As Humanitarians: Helping Injured Migrants In Mexico, Lisa Densmore Ballard Jun 2021

Climbers As Humanitarians: Helping Injured Migrants In Mexico, Lisa Densmore Ballard

Appalachia

A group buys an ambulance and helps injured migrants in Mexico.


Care For The Caregiver: His Mother Had Never Backpacked; He Took Her To The Presidentials For Her 60th Birthday, Stephen Kurczy Jun 2021

Care For The Caregiver: His Mother Had Never Backpacked; He Took Her To The Presidentials For Her 60th Birthday, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

His mother had never backpacked; Stephen Kurczy took her to the Presidentials in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for her 60th birthday.


The Long Way Home: Encounter With A Hare, Christine Woodside Jun 2021

The Long Way Home: Encounter With A Hare, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside encounters a hare in the wilderness.


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2018: Complete Issue Jun 2021

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2018: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2018 - Volume LXIX, Number 2 - Issue #246. Role Reversal in the Mountains: New Perspectives, New Circumstances


Bio 013: Writing In The Sciences - Evolutionary Themes, Syllabus, Esther Muehlbauer Jun 2021

Bio 013: Writing In The Sciences - Evolutionary Themes, Syllabus, Esther Muehlbauer

Open Educational Resources

The Syllabus for Bio. 013, Writing in the Sciences - Evolutionary Themes, is a College Writing 2 course that develops student skill in science writing for different audiences: Scientists writing for themselves (the Field journal); Scientists writing for other scientists (the Review article); and Scientists writing for students/ society ( an Essay for a periodical that utilizes analogy/metaphor). To inform this writing, students read and discuss Darwin's original works and the writings of more contemporary evolutionary theorists, including E. Mayr and S.J. Gould. This course is appropriate for incoming students as well as more advanced biology students.


Dual Immersion Programs: Are They Enough?, Samantha Renae Castillo Jun 2021

Dual Immersion Programs: Are They Enough?, Samantha Renae Castillo

Canterbury Scholars

This study asks: How do middle school students attending a Spanish and English dual immersion program develop their biliteracy skills differently based on the extent of their exposure to and practice of both languages in the home environment? Deborah Brandt argues that sponsors invest in literacy tools in order to give other people access to language resources, allowing communication to be fostered through the passing on of information, as done between different generations. This research project examines how literacy sponsorship outside of the classroom impacts an individual’s bilingual development overall. In a pilot version of this study with two participants, …


Material Encounters: Making Memory Beyond The Mind, Ariel Wills Jun 2021

Material Encounters: Making Memory Beyond The Mind, Ariel Wills

Masters Theses

Can acts of making carry the memories of our embeddedness within the world? This thesis explores how making things can nurture a sense of kinship that cuts across the organic and inorganic, erasing the distinction between living and dead, material and spiritual. Through handwork such as art-making, sewing, knitting, cooking, woodworking, and beyond, the burden of remembering and of archiving is shared across human and non-human bodies, cultivated through practices of making, and through the materials themselves. By recounting the stories of my family’s experience as Jewish immigrants in the United States, I aim to reveal how their domestic practices …


Becoming Lovely, Marijean Oldham Jun 2021

Becoming Lovely, Marijean Oldham

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Collecting Seashells, Caitlin Upshall Jun 2021

Collecting Seashells, Caitlin Upshall

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Migration, Brian Wallace Baker Jun 2021

Migration, Brian Wallace Baker

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.


Perhaps Then, Stephanie Lamb Jun 2021

Perhaps Then, Stephanie Lamb

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

No abstract provided.