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Rocky Mountain

The sound of the American wilderness

by Dave Pidgeon on January 28, 2010

How natural and unnatural sounds impact the debate about whether America has true wilderness.

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America’s alpine kingdom

by Dave Pidgeon on January 26, 2010

Rocky Mountain National Park celebrates its birthday, and we celebrate with a link to an archaic film.

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Blue Ridge memories and Rocky’s future

by Dave Pidgeon on November 30, 2009

The first post after the Thanksgiving vacation promises a Shenandoah trip report and highlights an article about what threatens Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Farley delivers beautiful places

by davepidgeon on September 16, 2009

If you love national parks and haven’t signed up to watch Tony Farley’s fantastic Beautiful Places in HD podcast on iTunes, c’mon, hop to it. Farley’s camera creates digital images as close to human-eye perfection as I’ve ever seen, and each three- to five-minute podcast has such a serene ambiance, you’d gratefully fall asleep if [...]

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Miss the trail

by davepidgeon on September 14, 2009

A tropical-like rain storm … a drenched forest without marked trails … the confusion of navigating an unmarked wilderness cloaked in impenetrable darkness … risky river crossings … erratic GPS units … This weekend promised a challenging backpacking experience as 10 members of the Appalachian Mountain Club, myself included, journeyed to the trail-less portion of [...]

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