Nature Exploring In Eastern Washington And North Idaho Rich Leon Adventure Trail Publishing, 2009, 68 pages With my initial scan of the Table of Contents of Nature Exploring I knew this book would bring back memories. From Boy Scout camping trips in the environs of the Little Pend Orielle Wildlife Refuge to hikes in the […]
By David Stpehens A DAY OF CLIMBING AT CASTLE ROCK DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ALL ABOUT CLIMBING—ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT DAY OF CLIMBING IS SPENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE NORTH FORK OF THE COEUR D’ALENE RIVER AND THE COOL WATER HAS BEEN CALLING YOUR NAME FOR HOURS. MOST TRIPS TO Castle are topped off with
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Forget Me Not Jennifer Lowe-anker Mountaineers Books, 2008, 276 pages ALEX LOWE DIED in an avalanche on the Himalayan peak Shishapangma in 1999 at the age of 41. The same disaster also took the life of fellow expeditioner and filmmaker David Bridges, but spared Alex’s best friend and notable climbing partner Conrad Anker. Alex left
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I try to avoid thinking about the principles of airline flight: a long metal tube with huge mini-rockets riveted under flimsy-looking wings that propel me (and hundreds of others) on an arcing trajectory that can suffer little variance. We’re shot up into the sky; we glide (hopefully) gently down. Sure, the pilot may occasionally bank
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