Coming home to the North Cascades
When you give yourself to places, they give you yourself back. –Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust
North Cascades
Category: North Cascades
I wrote a book about the North Cascades, but there’s much more to say. In these posts, I dive deeper into aspects of these magnificent mountains.
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Go ahead. Judge this book by its cover.
A book’s cover conveys a lot to readers, and I wanted to make sure we got it right. I think we succeeded.
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Of mountains and mountaineers
Storied climber Fred Beckey died on October 30, felled by congestive heart failure at age 94 after a lifetime relentlessly dedicated to putting up routes on peaks around the world. Both Mr. Adventure and I have longstanding connections to Beckey, Mr. Adventure as a former climber and an admirer and me as an historian of the North Cascades. And last Friday, as we drove through unseasonably early snow over two mountain passes on our way…
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Should we restore grizzlies to the North Cascades?
Should we restore grizzlies to the North Cascades? Now is the time to get involved in the decision-making process.
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National park crowd control, mid-century style: A tram in the North Cascades
An aerial tram could transport lots of national park visitors to scenic alpine viewpoints. Ain’t gonna happen.