In the recent news is a story about a man who died after being gored by a mountain goat in the Olympic National Park in Washington. This tragedy emphasizes something…
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Further confessions for a former couch potato: Wild, Wild Washington, D.C.
On Saturday last, I took a walk into “our” wilderness, clambered into the upper reaches of the East Fork of Blue Creek, looking to sew together some unconnected dots. I…
Plenty of ways to celebrate National Public Lands Day with FSPW
"This land is your land . . . " As September draws to a (currently) beautiful end, FSWP takes note of National Public Lands Day. Saturday, September 25 is a…
Passages: Walkin’ Jim Stoltz has left the planet.
Passages. He made so many. 27,000 miles and still counting, the last time I talked to him at Wild Idaho in Redfish Lake this past May. He came and sang…
Further confessions of a former couch potato: To the top of Sawtooth . . . again.
Three of us — and my new dog, Laddie — stood at the top of Sawtooth in the midst of the proposed wilderness last Saturday (August 28th), an internationally flavored…
Scotchman (singular) Peak is in the Scotchman Peaks (plural)
Grammatically speaking, "Scotchmans" is not OK. Except sometimes. I use this paraphrase of a verse from the song, A, Your Adorable, ("Alphabetically speaking, you're OK.") to make a point. And…
Assimilation
Eight of us went to the wilderness, though we all often thought that we were nine. I'd turn to count us, strung out across a talus slope or gathered around…
Making a Movie
This weekend three young film makers, Jake Glass, Matt Stauble and Joe Foster, began shooting a 20 to 30 minute documentary film about the Scotchman Peaks area and our effort…
