For the first few years of my continued reformation from couch potato, I went backpacking with no one but me. I had a lot to learn, and my best method…
Author: Sandy Compton
Sandy Compton has been program coordinator for Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness since 2009. He is also a storyteller and author of both fiction and non-fiction books, and the publisher at bluecreekpress.com.
In addition to his other duties, he runs the FSPW All Star Trail Team (www.scotchmanpeaks.org/trails), which works on Forest Service trails in the Scotchman Peaks. He is a trail surveyor as well, and a C-Certified Crosscut Bucker/Feller and USFS National Saw Policy OHLEC instructor.
Sandy grew up on a small farm/woodlot at the south end of the proposed wilderness and lives there still. He is also board member of the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance and a planning team member for the Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute.
Confessions of a reformed couch potato: Part 2
Math was never a weak subject for me, but it seems that I might have flunked it when I was adding up the years since my first trip carrying the…
Confessions of a reformed couch potato: Part 1
Sometime in the decade before last, I awoke from a long hiatus from a physical life and realized that I hadn't been anywhere with a pack on my back for…
Mr. Scotchman has Facebook figured.
In “friends Q&A," a game that runs on Facebook, people answer questions about Facebook friends. The friends are subsequently asked to sign into the game page, after which questions and…
Do wildlife turn out for wildlife films?
Some days, thinking of things to blog about is like fishing for paddlefish. All you can do is throw a big hook out and drag it back and see what…
Banff Mountain Film Festival brings 44 new Friends
The last weekend in January was a good one for lovers of good film and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. Against the backdrop of the Banff Mountain Film Festival at…
New banners from Bonner Awards help us tell our story.
Part of the job of advocating for Scotchman Peaks is getting folks' attention; a crucial part of the FSPW mission to preserve the 88,000 acres of roadless area as wilderness.…
Star Peak: a “new” name for an old mountain — and a great hike
First, and at the risk of turning this into a product review, let me first say that the Lightning Ascent snowshoes from Mountain Safety Research are a bit pricy, but…
