Recently added articles from High Country News:
The Eastern Frontier
Nov 23, 2009; ... When I lived in Wyoming, I used to drive across the plains for hours on my days off. I had a battered Toyota with a factory stereo, and I listened to stacks of cassette tapes purchased for 99 cents apiece at the record store in Cheyenne. One of them was Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, the one ...
HEARD AROUND THE WEST
Nov 23, 2009; ... THE WEST It's always a treat to get Cabela's Christmas catalog, that compendium of rugged outdoor gear for hunters, anglers and all those who love camouflage in its myriad incarnations. We could devote this entire page to describing those incarnations, but instead will tantalize you with ...
EDITOR'S NOTE
Sep 14, 2009; ... "To feel at home, stay at home! -Clifton Fadiman (writer, radio personality) Simple words, but I've taken them to heart. So have a lot of Westerners. The crummy economy and the "keep-it-local" movement have kept many of us from roaming as much as we usually do. One friend of mine ...
Our best idea
Sep 14, 2009; ... Dayton Duncan was an impressionable 9-year-old when he made his first journey into the West* s national parks. He had the kind of life-changing experience that many people have enjoyed in the parks. Beginning Sept. 27, it will pay off in 12 hours of evocative public television, exploring how ...
Peril in the parks
Sep 14, 2009; ... SNAPSHOT Early August: A woman and her young son are stranded for five days in a remote corner of Death Valley National Park in 117 degreeaverage heat; the boy doesn't survive. Late August: Two climbers fall in Grand Teton; one is airlifted from a ledge by helicopter. The ...