Dreams of Ancient Warriors
Traveling this week. Have a piece by our old friend Basho. And one for my good friend George Gardner (previously published, spring 2020).
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Experience: If It Doesn’t Kill You, It Might Just Save Your Life
Another essay by my pal Chrissie Oken. She's a climbing ranger in Denali National Park There is nothing quite like the exquisite stupidity that comes with experience. The same ease that allows us to function smoothly after years of repetition can also slip us into surprisingly dangerous situations
Q: When is it wrong to be right?
Q: When is it wrong to be right? A: When it almost kills you. A few years ago, an avalanche forecaster well north of here issued an Avalanche Warning. When people rolled their eyes at the boy crying wolf, he doubled down and decided to prove himself right. Pretty soon,
A Guest Along Cottonwood Creek
I spent many years in this cabin in Lupine Meadows, but in many ways, I was only a guest. ❄️ The bats and the mice wonder When their guest will leave. The pronghorn, too, were seasonal guests.
BOOK REVIEW - Making Decisions in Avalanche Terrain: Human Factors in Theory and Practice by Jerry Johnson & Jordy Hendrikx, review by Drew Hardesty
(previously published last winter in The Avalanche Review) WARNING! Books like these are not for everyone. They’re only for people interested in how to make better decisions, not just in the alpine or the backcountry, but in our day to day lives. There was an era when the conventional