Results for keyword: hiking
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Solace among the Crazies
A hike in Montana's Crazy Mountains eases the pain and worry of cancer treatments.
by Joanne Wilke, Sep 24, 2009 -
Books for lonely times
When you're camped all alone in the wilderness, there is nothing like a book to bring you comfort.
by Emma Brown, Sep 13, 2009 -
Great Old Broads celebrate 20 years of hiking and advocacy
Describing themselves as "the junkyard dogs of the environmental movement," the women of Great Old Broads for Wilderness have spent 20 looking out for the wild lands they love.
by Andrew Gulliford, Jul 21, 2009 -
Solo journeys, life lessons
In the nine essays gathered in her new book, Hiking Alone, poet and artist Mary Beath celebrates nature from the point of view of an independent woman.
by Irene Wanner, Jun 23, 2008 -
An empty canyon full of everything
Seth Shteir goes looking for birds and finds all kinds of wonderful things in a little-known corner of northeastern Nevada known as Lamoille Canyon.
by Seth Shteir, Mar 31, 2008 -
Remembering our wildness
In The Animal Dialogues, Colorado author Craig Childs writes of chance encounters with wild animals.
by Sarah Gilman, Mar 17, 2008 -
In the presence of stones
Charles Finn discovers a place of power, inside a circle of stones.
by Charles Finn, Dec 24, 2007 -
The good and bad of peak-bagging
Steven Albert – like John Muir before him – loves the thrill of climbing fourteeners, even if it’s sometimes a guilty pleasure.
by Steven Albert, Sep 03, 2007 -
Peak bagging and how to avoid it
Steven Albert – like John Muir before him – loves the thrill of climbing fourteeners, even if it’s sometimes a guilty pleasure.
by Steven Albert, Aug 20, 2007 -
Extreme commuters are maybe even you and me
Alison James may not be an extreme commuter, but she certainly drives more than she wishes she had to.
by Alison James, Jun 14, 2007
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