Outdoors
In the mountains, deserts, forests, and on the water.
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The River: Drowning
Most winters, the ice was strong enough for skating, as long as you avoided the fast flowing sections where it was much thinner. As a…
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The River: Boats
For Christmas, I wanted a kayak. For months, I had been poring over the catalogs of various suppliers, comparing specifications and accessories and looking at…
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The River: Fishing
Beneath the surface, there were trout. On hot days they were suspended in the water without moving. My brother, for a few years, was obsessed…
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The Gospel of Nature
John Burroughs published Time and Change in 1912. Hewas a well known naturalist, corresponding with Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir and others. He has been largely…
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Builds Character
If a person who has not had enough exercise attempts to backpack, then he will find the going difficult. He might think, “I sweat, I…
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