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Book Reviews: November 2006

A Mile In Her Boots: Women Who Work In The Wild Jennifer Bové, Editor Solas House, 2006, 296 pages. After reading A Mile in Her ...

Amy McCaffree November 1, 2006

Jess Walter: The Urban Outdoors

Lately, people in downtown Spokane have been stopping me on the street to ask how the urban outdoorsperson should vote in this month’s election. “Hey,” ...

Out There Outdoors November 1, 2006

Cool Outdoor Jobs

By Derrick Knowles, Juliet Sinisterra, & Jon Snyder We’ve compiled five of the coolest outdoor jobs in the Inland Northwest (and one of the worst). ...

Derrick Knowles November 1, 2006

Ski & Party on Local Mountains

The staid image of “Aprés ski” activities-a round of hot drinks around the fireplace at the ski lodge following a day on the slopes, often ...

Out There Outdoors November 1, 2006

Is Density Sustainable?

Density can be a hard sell. Congestion, hardscape and pollution come to mind when most people think about highly populated urban environments. A lot of ...

Out There Outdoors November 1, 2006

From S.W.A.T. Team to Elk Hunts

Decades ago I met a man who claimed to have leaped from a truck and knifed dead a fleeing deer. A steep slope slowed the ...

Out There Outdoors November 1, 2006

Editorial: Rails to Trails Comes to Town

In October I had the opportunity to give bike tour of Spokane trails to Ben Gettleman and Heather Deutsch, two visiting directors from the National ...

Out There Outdoors November 1, 2006

Music Reviews: October 2006

THE BLAKES Let it Loose (Red Dear Records) The Blakes are Seattle’s best export right now. There I said it. Yeah, and I meant it. ...

Out There Outdoors October 1, 2006

Jess Walters: The Urban Outdoors

I have sort of an embarrassing problem with this month’s urban outdoors column (and I’m not talking about the above illustration which often portrays me ...

Out There Outdoors October 1, 2006