The Last Man On The Mountain: The Death Of An American Adventurer On K2 Jennifer Jordan W.W. Norton & Company, August 2010, 320 pages In the early 1990s, when I first became interested in collecting adventure literature, one of the first truly collectable books I obtained was a copy of Charles Houston and Robert Bates’ […]
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Spokane has been awarded Bike Friendly City Bronze status by the American League of Bicyclists.
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By Callae Frazier And Dale Tessin What inspires and encourages us to step away? Why do we intentionally present ourselves with physical, mental and psychological challenges in the backcountry? For some it’s the sense of adventure. Others are instilled with confidence by the experience. And many simply revel in the opportunity to spend as much
A Long Trek Home: 4000 Miles By Boot, Raft, And Ski Erin McKittrick The Mountaineers Books, 2009, 256 pages My shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines “trek” as, “A long arduous journey or expedition, esp. one made on foot or by unconventional means.” While modern usage has lightened the burden of a trek to being simply
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Registration for Bike To Work Week 2010 is now open. This popular
annual bike commuting celebration is packed with events and will take place May 16-22, 2010.
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Two dollars and seventeen cents. Even a super-part-time writer with a part-time day job can afford a bike tune-up for two dollars and seventeen cents. And even if I couldn’t, Pedals2People wouldn’t have turned me away. Bicycles are supposed to be the great equalizer for transportation, but without do-it-yourself know-how, they can cost a lot
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For walking or biking, I love the High Drive trails. The High Drive trails sprawl over the west and south sides of the bluff that climbs up to the South Hill from Latah Creek. I grew up on the lower South Hill in the ‘80s. Way back then, the area off High Drive had an
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Once upon a time in a rock ‘n’ roll dreamland far, far away (Los Angeles, specifically, or was it somewhere in Utah?), there lived a young man named Bert McCracken. Bert was a hard-working, hard-wailing, formerly straight-edged kid from Utah with a hit song and a young pop princess girlfriend. The song, “The Taste of
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Two local mountains have free skiing deals this week:
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This Thursday, February 11th, Silver Mountain is offering everyone who makes a donation of at least $5 to the American Red Cross the opportunity to ski and snowboard or “surf and splash” for $15, a 70% discount. A portion of the proceeds from food and beverage sales will be donated as well, and there will
