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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.


Letters Apr 2021

Letters

Appalachia

Responses from “the caregiver and her son,” a mother and son whose essay on their hike together had drawn questions and criticism. A letter about Summer/Fall 2019’s piece on the 1965 climb of Rainier. A reminiscence of skiing in Tuckerman Ravine in 1967. A criticism of Appalachia’s articles.


Ongoing: Action Heals A Wound, Sarah Ruth Bates Apr 2021

Ongoing: Action Heals A Wound, Sarah Ruth Bates

Appalachia

Hiking the length of Vermont’s Long Trail takes on a slow pace as an injured woman slows down.


A Line Of Scouts: Personal History From Mead Base Camp In Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, William Geller Apr 2021

A Line Of Scouts: Personal History From Mead Base Camp In Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, William Geller

Appalachia

Personal history from a man who once worked as a Boy Scout leader in Mead Base Camp near Center Sandwich, New Hampshire.


Turning Back: A Backcountry Trip In Yellowstone Tests A Skier's Sense Of Danger, Lisa Ballard Apr 2021

Turning Back: A Backcountry Trip In Yellowstone Tests A Skier's Sense Of Danger, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

Something doesn’t feel right for an experienced skier in Yellowstone National Park.


A Week In The Wild At Medawisla: One Night In The Wild For Each Hour He Drove, Daniel Hudon Apr 2021

A Week In The Wild At Medawisla: One Night In The Wild For Each Hour He Drove, Daniel Hudon

Appalachia

A writer moves slowly through the silent days at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Medawisla Lodge and Cabins in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Valley Of The Bulls: "I Have A Red Backpack. Is That A Bad Thing?", Jenny O'Connell Apr 2021

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Valley Of The Bulls: "I Have A Red Backpack. Is That A Bad Thing?", Jenny O'Connell

Appalachia

The escapades of a climber and her friends trekking in Huascaran National Park in Peru.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Do's And Don'ts Of Trail Running In The Appalachian Mountains: Written By A Hairless Bipedal Alien Who Has Learned To Take Nature Seriously, Alex Pickens Apr 2021

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: The Do's And Don'ts Of Trail Running In The Appalachian Mountains: Written By A Hairless Bipedal Alien Who Has Learned To Take Nature Seriously, Alex Pickens

Appalachia

A comical list of tips from a trail runner.


Waterman Fund Essay Winners: Introduction, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

Waterman Fund Essay Winners: Introduction, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Scotland, The Climbing Way: Reconnections With Hardy, Brash, Hilarious, Mountain Friends, Todd Swain Apr 2021

Scotland, The Climbing Way: Reconnections With Hardy, Brash, Hilarious, Mountain Friends, Todd Swain

Appalachia

Two climbers visit the United Kingdom to meet several accomplished Scottish and British climbers in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, including Sir Chris Bonington, Peter Myers, Paul Ross, Hamish MacInnes, Henry Barber, Alan Richard McHardy, Ian Nicholson, Cynthia and Ed Grindley, and Davy Gardner.


What We Have Learned, Max Stephan Apr 2021

What We Have Learned, Max Stephan

Appalachia

An analysis of Mary Oliver’s development and influence over more than 1,000 poems.


Nature's Indefatigable Guide And On Hearing The News, John Smelcer Apr 2021

Nature's Indefatigable Guide And On Hearing The News, John Smelcer

Appalachia

A musing that the natural world, too, must have mourned Mary Oliver’s death.


Recitation: After Mary Oliver, Todd Davis Apr 2021

Recitation: After Mary Oliver, Todd Davis

Appalachia

A poem by Todd Davis inspired by Mary Oliver


Unraveling Lessons From Mary Oliver, Sarah Audsley Apr 2021

Unraveling Lessons From Mary Oliver, Sarah Audsley

Appalachia

A young poet describes the ways Oliver’s commitment to the craft inspired her.


What Might Surprise Mary?, Sandra Sylvia Nelson Apr 2021

What Might Surprise Mary?, Sandra Sylvia Nelson

Appalachia

A poet describes hosting Oliver on a visit to Milwaukee.


Telling The Bees, Parkman Howe Apr 2021

Telling The Bees, Parkman Howe

Appalachia

Appalachia’s poetry editor describes his working relationship with Mary Oliver and their correspondence over such things as poems, weather, houses, and beekeeping.


Warming The Winter Hours, Lucille Stott Apr 2021

Warming The Winter Hours, Lucille Stott

Appalachia

An editor, great in her appreciation of Oliver’s work during the years she worked with her.


Gifts, Sandy Stott Apr 2021

Gifts, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

A remembrance by the editor who invited Oliver to write for Appalachia.


Tributes To Mary Oliver, 1935–2019: Introduction, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

Tributes To Mary Oliver, 1935–2019: Introduction, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Biographical information on the poet, who died in 2019. A short history of her association with Appalachia, which published her work for three decades.


Special Feature: Tributes To Mary Oliver, 1935-2019 Apr 2021

Special Feature: Tributes To Mary Oliver, 1935-2019

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Long Way Home: Waiting In Mary Oliver's Living Room, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

The Long Way Home: Waiting In Mary Oliver's Living Room, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Appalachia Winter/Spring 2020: Complete Issue Apr 2021

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2020: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2020 - Volume LXXI, Number 1 - Issue #249. Farewell, Mary Oliver: Tributes and Stories; Reunion with Hamish MacInnes, Chris Bonington, and Other


A Peak Ahead: Mountains In A Pandemic, Christine Woodside Apr 2021

A Peak Ahead: Mountains In A Pandemic, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Apr 2021

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The Unlikely Thru-Hiker by Derick Lugo. New Hampshire’s 52 with a View: A Hiker’s Guide by Ken MacGray. Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson by Jeffrey Cramer. Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches, and Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail by Sarah Kaizar. Outpost by Dan Richards. End of the Rope by Jan Redford. The Sharp End of Life by Dierdre Wolownick.


Research Apr 2021

Research

Appalachia

A loon researcher describes his encounters with two very old loons in Maine.


News And Notes Apr 2021

News And Notes

Appalachia

A tribute to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s senior vice president, Walter Graff, who retired after 45 years. A ramble in the Alps.


Alpina Apr 2021

Alpina

Appalachia

Nirmal Purja of Nepal climbs all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in under seven months. Climate change alters routes in the Alps. David Lama summits Lunag Ri in October 2018 but dies in Canada six months later. And more.


Accidents Apr 2021

Accidents

Appalachia

Late spring and summer 2019 came slowly; hikers got in trouble on old snow (“monorails”) throughout the White Mountains of New Hampshire in May. Also tales of June’s cold and mishaps on the Franconia Ridge.