Above: Aaron Johnson in one of the less miserable moments of the 2016 Extreme Plein Air Expedition (Photo by Joe Foster, dappstudios.com) By Aaron Johnson The company loves misery —…
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.
The Shortest Hunt
"As long as we had water nearby and a semi-flat site to pitch a small shelter we would be fine. " By Jared Lampton Despite being a lifelong hunter and…
3 a.m. and wide awake in the wilderness
By Ed Robinson It's 3:00 am and I am suddenly awake. So . . . the question is: a.) Did something wake me?; or b.) Did the memory of the…
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…
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 hiking, biking and skiing. …
David Neils — Introduction to a Wild Life
By David Neils Growing up in Libby, Montana, I was surrounded by incredibly wild and beautiful country. Our family spent a lot of time in the outdoors. There were trails…
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…
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 responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any…
