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Category: Voices in the Wilderness
Voices in the Wilderness, begun as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, allows people from many walks of life to tell personal stories about enjoyable —or maybe not-so-enjoyable —adventures and personally important moments in wild country. Pieces are written by people from all around the Scotchmans area. Each story tells of the writer’s special relationship with wild places. The stories are funny, touching, scary, inspiring and all rooted in a personal relationship with a place with no roads.
These essays are published in papers around the region including Montanian, Western News, Sanders County Ledger, Bonner County Daily Bee, and Sandpoint Reader.
Voices in the Wilderness: Wesley Simko
I saw the picture of the fog-encased peak and my heart sunk. This might be a problem. I had planned for this adventure just enough to convince my cousin and sister to join...
Voices in the Wilderness: Amy Pearson
I pull over at the intersection of Lightning and Mosquito Creek Roads to check my map. Sure enough, I am en route to find the trailhead to a noted peak in the...
Voices in the Wilderness: Jessie Grossman
When I was in college, I wanted a job working in the wilderness. I, however, had a problem. While I had been on many group backpacking trips in well-traveled wilderness...
Voices in the Wilderness: Ed Robinson on Art and Fear in the Wild
Ed Robinson is a retired forester, plein air artist, and 40-year resident of North Idaho.
In the Sun
by Kaeli Wells
I hiked down off the mountain at 3:44 in the morning. It was the day after the summer solstice and there was already a thin line of light blue along the horizon. I moved quickly...
Leigh Lake September
By Phalyn Fickas
The September day started out early, before the sun rose, as most expeditions like this do. I laced up my boots, filled my water bottles, and headed out the door with my friend...
Man Vs. Nature
By Kelly Butts-Spirito
Eugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual...