BONNER AND BOUNDARY COUNTY ATLAS Northwest Map Service 2010 edition, 152 pages. $24.95. A map person: I buy maps to plan and speculate, muse and daydream. You know what I’m talking about—that obsessive wonder that comes when you look at those squiggly lines and imagine slopes and steepness, the dense underbrush of a gulley, the […]
HIS DAD GOT HIM interested in road biking as a kid, thanks to rides in the countryside around Nampa, Idaho, where he grew up. Today, Noah Sutherland shares his love of bikes with street youth in Spokane as the manager of Cool Water Bikes, a full-service non-profit bicycle shop in downtown Spokane that opened three
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This article didn’t get posted in this month’s current issue section so we ar posting it here on the blog: New Hostel in Kellogg for Skiers, Boarders, and Cyclists By Estar Holmes A new hostel that caters to skiers, boarders and cyclists welcomes visitors to the old town section of Kellogg, Idaho—less than a mile
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By Jon Snyder, founding publisher of Out There Monthly When you look at the slopes today it’s hard to remember that just a decade-and-a-half ago snowboarding was dominated by men. The gender distribution seems a lot more even these days. Lewis and Clark High School grad Kasey Weise recalls that when she first went to the
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As he raced down the tunnel into the bowels of Olympic Stadium, chasing the East German runner leading the race, it did not matter whether the time gap was 3.2 seconds or 3.2 minutes. On that balmy, wet evening of July 31, 1976, in Montreal, Spokane’s Don Kardong would be “stuck in 4th place” in
If you ride your bike enough, you’re going to need to park it, lock it, and leave it unattended at some point. Here are some tips, thoughts and strategies for parking your bike. RIDE A PARKABLE BIKE. This means, when you go out on your bike and you know need to leave it locked up,
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No Way Down: Life And Death On K2 Graham Bowley Harper Books, 2010, 304 pages Some reviewers have succumbed to the temptation of comparing No Way Down to Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. Though both books deal with Himalayan mountain disasters, the similarities end there. Into Thin Air reveals Jon Krakauer’s view as an experienced
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Thursday, Feb. 24: Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival at 7 p.m., Gonzaga University’s Jepson Center, Wolfe Auditorium. Come experience the thrill of human-powered winter pursuits. Presented by Gonzaga Outdoors, in conjunction with Spokane Mountaineers, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness and Idaho Conservation League. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 or $3 with Gonzaga
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Walking Home: A Traveler In The Alaskan Wilderness, A Journey Into The Human Heart Lynn Schooler Bloomsbury, 2010, 272 pages Best Book: Mountain Literature, 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival I first encountered Lynn Schooler’s writing half a decade ago when I read The Blue Bear, the story of his multi-year effort to find and photograph
An Inland Nw Round Hut Travel Guide It’s February, and you’re itching to hit the road for an outdoor adventure. But sometimes in the colder, drearier months, the thought of packing up all of your gear—tent, rain fly, shovel, sleeping bag and pad, cook stove, propane, food, utensils, firewood, etc.—hauling it through deep snow, and
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