Results for keyword: Hiking
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Gathering strength from the Continental Divide
A summer in the Rocky Mountains helps a child learn to stand up against the bullies in her life.
by Jane Koerner, Sep 13, 2012 -
Exploring the West's land sculptures -- made by artists and industry
A land-art-inspired ramble takes the writer from Michael Heizer's Double Negative, to Robert Smithson's underwater Spiral Jetty, with detours to places including the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 24, 2012 -
Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation
The author tries to walk like a ghost through a wild and haunted landscape.
by Craig Childs, Feb 20, 2011 -
Crown of horns
Unexpected encounters with an injured bull elk and a couple of teenage boys lead a writer to consider the meaning of fatherhood.
by Craig Childs , Mar 02, 2009 -
Take a hike!
Rob Pudim recalls his own adventurous childhood, and wonders why today’s kids are so unwilling to go outside and get dirty.
by Rob Pudim, Oct 20, 2008 -
Bear necessities
Seth Cohen describes a close encounter with a grizzly – and an even closer encounter with grizzly-strength pepper spray.
by Seth T. Cohen, Oct 13, 2008 -
Dry-hiking in a desert awash with history
A 61-year-old hiker and two middle-aged friends take an epic hike through Arizona in David Roberts’ new book, Sandstone Spine
by Lee Ross, Oct 16, 2006 -
Leave only footprints, and turn the darn phone off
Cell phones have their uses, but they do not belong in the wilderness
by Becky Lomax, Oct 02, 2006 -
The time I was struck by lightning
The writer climbs a mountain in Colorado and meets a lightning bolt head on
by Rob Pudim, Sep 25, 2006 -
Leave only footprints, and turn the darn phone off
The writer has a message for hikers in the backcountry: Turn your darned cell phone off!
by Becky Lomax, Sep 18, 2006






