SEVERAL YEARS AGO, we asked Bill McKibben to ski the entire Jackrabbit Trail in a single day and write about it. Saranac Lake to Keene. That’s twenty-four miles, but that wasn’t enough for McKibben. When he turned his story in, I learned he … [Read more...] about Long Distance Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously
Recreation
The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
If you’re a golfer, you may have heard of Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, a popular compilation of golf tips related in an amusing, plainspoken style. Kirk Deeter, an editor-at-large for Field & Stream, is a golfer who benefited from Penick’s … [Read more...] about The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
No Place I’d Rather Be: Wit and Wisdom from Adirondack Lean-to Journals
PROBABLY THE MOST interesting fact in No Place I’d Rather Be: Wit and Wisdom from Adirondack Lean-to Journals is buried in the back under Forest Preserve camping regulations. First among the state’s five rules for the backcountry log structures is … [Read more...] about No Place I’d Rather Be: Wit and Wisdom from Adirondack Lean-to Journals
Adirondack Peak Experiences
ADIRONDACK PEAK Experiences: Mountaineering Adventures, Misadventures and the Pursuit of “The 46” contains eighty-six essays and one poem inspired by wilderness outings, mostly in the High Peaks. It also contains brief histories of the Adirondack … [Read more...] about Adirondack Peak Experiences
High Peaks A History of Hiking in the Adirondacks
Tim Rowland’s High Peaks: A History of Hiking the Adirondacks from Noah to Neoprene is an impressionistic review of those aspects of Adirondack history that helped form the landscape that modern-day hikers traverse. Rowland, a humor columnist for the … [Read more...] about High Peaks A History of Hiking in the Adirondacks
At the Mercy of the Mountains
As the author of the “Accident Reports” column in Adirondac, I am always amazed at the number of individuals who say that’s the first thing they read in the magazine. And so Peter Bronski’s book At the Mercy of the Mountains should have an immediate … [Read more...] about At the Mercy of the Mountains