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Sustainable Summits Conference Inspires Responsible Alpine Recreation
High places inspire me; they challenge my spirit, inspire me to closely observe and participate in the natural world, and serve an essential role in ...
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The Family Car: A Conduit for Adventure
Perhaps it was during a relentless rainstorm at Mount Rainier National Park while sitting in the backseat of my Subaru Outback with my son, when ...
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Honeymoon Camping
Most campsites do not offer pillow menus. Pillow menus make me feel like a queen. And no matter how many Clorox wipes I employ, I ...
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How Not to Climb a Mountain
Where were you on May 18, 1980? Longtime residents of the Inland Northwest remember that day that Mount St. Helens erupted, blowing 520 million tons ...
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Seduced by a Wooly Bugger
No matter where your home fishing waters might be, springtime angling is always a challenging time of year to get your fix. While the warm, ...
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Stolen, Pawned, but Not Forgotten
I locked my bike to a lamppost one sunny afternoon in May 2012, and it was gone an hour later when I returned. I know ...
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The Ladybugs of Bockman Peak
The gentle gray walls of the South Couloir of Bockman Peak, southwest of Libby, Montana, provide just enough protection from the sun so the peak ...
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The R in Washington is Silent
“Pronunciation question: Does ‘Iller’ Creek rhyme with ‘miller’ or ‘miler’?” That’s the unassuming question I posted on Facebook last fall, and it was the moment ...
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Why I Learned to Ski
Mount Shasta is one of those irresistible peaks that beckon from highways and airplanes, and I finally had the chance to climb it last May. ...
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