
Climbing Seventy Mountain, (close to Death)
By Tim Rowland
Close to Death is a shorter, easier hike up Seventy Mountain, a 2,200-foot eminence that’s part of the Jay Wilderness.
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Tim Rowland is a columnist, author and outdoors writer living in Jay. He can be reached at [email protected].
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