Rock-climbing community faces reckoning on offensive labels By Phil Brown Open any rock-climbing guidebook, peruse the route names, and you’ll find loads of bad puns (and some good ones), raunch, wacky humor and references to sex, drugs and … [Read more...] about Erasing discriminatory climbing route names
Biking Loon Lake Loop
A July bike outing uncovers a new favorite route By Phil Brown Fourth of July, hordes of tourists, a pandemic—I would have to put on my thinking cap if Carol and I were to escape the crowds and mitigate the risk of contracting the … [Read more...] about Biking Loon Lake Loop
A motor tour of the Sable Highlands
By Phil Brown In earlier articles for the Explorer, I wrote about exploring the Sable Highlands by bike, on foot and in a canoe. It’s also possible to enjoy these little-visited easement lands in the comfort of your car. Two good logging … [Read more...] about A motor tour of the Sable Highlands
Figure 8: A Sable Highlands destination in need of long-planned road improvements
By Phil Brown One of the biggest easement tracts in the Sable Highlands open for recreation is the Figure 8 Public Use Area, situated in the hills west of Lower Chateaugay Lake. Earlier this year, I biked through this tract on a good logging … [Read more...] about Figure 8: A Sable Highlands destination in need of long-planned road improvements
Owls Head: A popular hike in the otherwise lonely Sable Highlands
By Phil Brown On most of my outings in the Sable Highlands this year, I rarely saw a fellow hiker or mountain biker. The exception came on a hike up Owls Head Mountain on the northern edge of the Adirondack Park. The trail up Owls Head is the … [Read more...] about Owls Head: A popular hike in the otherwise lonely Sable Highlands
Adirondack fire tower builder’s Maine project causes stir
By Phil Brown An Adirondack resident who builds and restores fire towers has been caught up, though indirectly, in a controversy over a structure he erected this summer on a mountaintop in Maine owned by the Nature Conservancy. In some … [Read more...] about Adirondack fire tower builder’s Maine project causes stir
