A Hike to Geiger Lakes: The Eye-opening Experience for a Young Boy
When I was nine years old, my family moved from...
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.
Snow Cave: A winter adventure
By Christine Tefta, Priest River High School Class of 2019
Not long ago, in the early days of March, I set off...
Changing your outlook changes everything.
By Elloria Lambert,
Clark Fork High School Class of 2019
My most memorable outdoor experience took place my sophomore...
Family fun in wilderness
Above: Aaron Johnson in one of the less miserable moments of the 2016 Extreme Plein Air Expedition (Photo by Joe Foster, dappstudios.com)
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The Shortest Hunt
"As long as we had water nearby and a semi-flat site to pitch a small shelter we would be fine. "
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3 a.m. and wide awake in the wilderness
By Ed Robinson
It's 3:00 am and I am suddenly awake.
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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...
Flip-flops and Mountain Goats
Yeo Won Yarnell's essay was the best of the 2019 FSPW Scholarship Competition.
I was raised in a household that highly values doing outdoor activities like...