Backpacker 1995 - Abstracts

Backpacker 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
A big but simple pack. (backpacks)(includes related article on Wy'East Log Co.'s Backpackers Log journal)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessMark Jenkins, Mike Randolph, Annie Getchell
A dry-bag shower. (backpacking tips from readers)Sports and fitness 
Alaska cheap! (includes related articles) (Cover Story)Sports and fitnessLarry Rice, Michele Morris
An affordable tent for two: plus a bag for all seasons and a pocket-size water filter.(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessStephen Gorman, Nancy Prichard, Kevin Young
A no-frills weekend pack. (Eastern Mountain Sports Expedition Alpine Rucksack, Bibler Pinon tent, Raichle Mountain Trekkers hiking boots)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessSally Trepanowski, Kevin Young, Jeanne Twehous
Are you ready for adoption?(becoming a trail parent)Sports and fitnessM. John Fayhee
Arizona's Aravaipa Wilderness.Sports and fitnessChristine Maxa
Arkansas' Buffalo River. (includes travel information)Sports and fitnessDennis W. Thomas
Bullwinkle with an attitude.(viewing moose safely)Sports and fitnessJan Ferris
Cache, don't carry. (includes related article on food and water storage techniques for hiking trips)Sports and fitnessBetty Tucker-Bryan
California's Henry Coe.(hiking Henry W. Coe State Park's trail system)Sports and fitnessRichard Graybill
California's wild Siskiyou.Sports and fitnessThomas Hallstein
Close quarters. (on sharing a tent or campsite)Sports and fitnessCarla Neasel
Colorado's Causeway Lake.(Weekend Wilderness)(Column)Sports and fitnessAl Marlowe
Don and Ed's grand vision: two guys decide to get involved, and the 300-mile Chinook Trail is born.(Oregon - Washington state trail; Don Cannard and Ed Robertson)Sports and fitnessDick Bowen
Do women attract bears? No, but they are prey to plenty of similar backcountry medical myths.Sports and fitnessCathi Buni
Editors' choice '95.(new backpacking and camping gear)(Buyers Guide)(Cover Story)Sports and fitness 
Eureka Traverse Pack.(backpack)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessFred Keesy
Fabric dictionary: translating hangtag technobabble into human terms.(The Wilderness Wardrobe '95)(Cover Story)Sports and fitness 
Feet first. (hiking socks; includes related article on caring for socks)(The Wilderness Wardrobe '95)(Cover Story)(Buyers Guide)Sports and fitnessDrew Ross
Flash! News hounds hit the trail: when it comes to thru-hiking the AT, a group of reporters wants people to read all about it.(Appalachian Trail)Sports and fitnessMelissa DeVaughn
For sale: national parks.(selling of public lands)Sports and fitnessMichael Bowker
Garuda Trikaya tent.(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessPeter Cole
Georgia's Cloudland Canyon. (Cloudland Canyon State Park)(includes travel information)Sports and fitnessWilliam Ellis Oglesby
Green edge: the West Coast Trail winds through rain forest, along sandy beaches, and across 160 bridges for 46 rugged miles.Sports and fitnessDick Bowen
Hard rock hiking: crossing talus presents some of backpacking's greatest challenges, risks, and rewards.Sports and fitnessBrenda Wiard
Hiking the Grand Portage. (trail in Minnesota)Sports and fitnessDoris Soule
Hiking the North Fork. (includes related article on North Fork Mountains, Virginia)Sports and fitnessAd Crable
Hit the sack: sleeping bags. (includes related articles) (Buyers Guide) (Cover Story)Sports and fitnessDave Getchell, Steve Howe, Steve Gorman
Home away from home: tents. (includes related articles) (Buyers Guide) (Cover Story)Sports and fitnessMark Jenkins, Kristin Hotstetter
How do you like your cactus?(foraging for edible wild plants)(includes related article)Sports and fitnessMark Jenkins, Christopher Nyerges
How to repair your skin: what to do on those occasions when a bandage just isn't enough.(The Healthy Hiker)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessEric A. Weiss
Hut and bothered: the venerable Appalachian Mountain Club, protector of the White Mountains, may be chased from its own huts. (White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire)Sports and fitnessMichael Lanza
Ill wind in California: opponents say turbines along the Pacific Crest Trail will ruin 70 miles of classic trail.(Signpost)(Column)Sports and fitnessBill Gibson
Indiana's Hoosier Forest.Sports and fitnessJackson Mahaney
In praise of the quillpig. (porcupine)Sports and fitnessJonathan Dorn
In the line of fire: during hunting season, hikers need to be loud, colorful, and careful.Sports and fitnessCarla Neasel
Jack Wolfskin Rock 'n' Roll 2.(tent)(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessNancy Lee Prichard
Kentucky's gorgeous gorge.(Red River Gorge Geological Area in Daniel Boone National Forest)Sports and fitnessThomas V. Ress
Little devils.(scorpions)Sports and fitnessLaurence Wiland
Make a mini light holder.(readers' tips)Sports and fitness 
Mississippi's Black Creek.(hiking and floating in the De Soto National Forest)Sports and fitnessScott Reaver
No refuge from the range wars: despite a federal lawsuit, cattlemen still want to graze their herds on wildlife reserves. (Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon)Sports and fitnessJim Yuskavitch
Old river, new path.(Virginia's New River Trail State Park)Sports and fitnessKaren-Lee Ryan
Paving over the petroglyphs: suburban sprawl may swallow the nation's only monument to Native American rock art.(Good Fight; Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico)(Column) (Column)Sports and fitnessAnnette McGivney
PUR Hiker water filter.(Evaluation)Sports and fitnessPeter Cole
Rising to the occasion: for mouth-watering muffins, pizza, cake, or cornbread, you need a trail baker.(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessDorcas S. Miller
Roadside attraction: a proposed highway would pave over a section of the Appalachian Trail in Virginia.Sports and fitnessMelissa DeVaughn
Signs of the times (and places).(trail signs)Sports and fitnessM. John Fayhee
Soup's on! (homemade instant soups)(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessDorcas S. Miller
Star light, star bright: finding order in the chaotic night sky is easy, once you know the basics. (includes list of information resources and related article on constellations)Sports and fitnessKaren-Lee Ryan
Start your own trail club.(the story of the Coachella Valley Hiking Club)Sports and fitnessPhilip Ferranti
Steady as she goes: when crossing moving water it helps to have a cool head, proper technique, and a good hiking stick. (includes related article on hypothermia)Sports and fitnessMichele Morris, Brenda Wiard
Tedium relievers: sure-fire ways to keep from bouncing off the walls when you're stuck in your tent.Sports and fitnessRichard B. Jones
Tennessee's Wolf River.(Weekend Wilderness)(Column)Sports and fitnessRichard Banks
The art of making do. (backcountry first aid)(The Healthy Hiker)(Cover Story)Sports and fitnessMichelle R. Kodis
"The balaclava is yummy": to hang out with serious outdoors types, you must know the lingo.(Column)Sports and fitnessLee Maynard
The big blow. (wind)(includes related articles on wind speed and camping in windy areas)Sports and fitnessJeff Rennicke, Dave Getchell Jr.
The Big South Fork.(Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area, Kentucky and Tennessee; includes trip planner)Sports and fitnessAlice Daniel
The cycles of nature.(bicycle backpacking; includes related articles)Sports and fitnessPeter Oliver, Mark Jenkins
The fourth season. (winter camping)(includes related article on planning a camping expedition to the Adirondack High Peaks in New York)(Backpacker's Beginner's Guide to Winter)Sports and fitnessMichael Morris Killanin Lord
The lowdown on altitude.(avoiding altitude sickness)Sports and fitnessCharles S. Houston
The quest for a vision. (spiritual reawakening) (Column)Sports and fitnessCurses the Trees
The rapture of the wild. (romantic aspects of nature)(includes related article on romantic camp sites and excerpts from 'A River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon' and 'Waterfalls of the White Mountains')Sports and fitnessJeff Rennicke, Steve Howe, Barbara Gordon, Kristin Hostetter, Alan S. Kesselheim, Kim Crumbo, Bruce Bolnick, Doreen Bolnick, William Henry Palmer, John Hance, William Cullen Bryant, William Butler Yeats, George Gordon Byron Lord, William Wordsworth, Warren Nelson
The secret of the perch: reminders of what's important in life can be as subtle as the tug of a fish on the line. (father-son fishing trip)(Backcountry)(Column)Sports and fitnessWilliam Lonberger
The super-stomper field test. (mountain boots; includes related articles) (Evaluation)Sports and fitnessRobert Parker
The telescoping effect: time, distance, and a wild place can give meaning to life's seemingly random events.(Column)Sports and fitnessJ. Johnson Maughan
The trail of the fierce green fire. (Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park, Minnesota-Ontario border; includes related article)Sports and fitnessJim dale Vickery, Susan Zwinger
The world according to gorp. (backpacking snack)(includes recipes)Sports and fitnessHannah Holmes
"Things like this happen."(Ben Greene survives landslide but does not sue Yosemite National Park)(Column)Sports and fitnessJoyce G. Gellhorn
This trail crew's pros are cons. (prison labor)Sports and fitnessAd Crable
Tried and true.(the most indispensable pieces of outdoor equipment)(Buyers Guide)(Editorial)Sports and fitness 
Trouble at the trailhead. (preventing theft from automobiles)(includes related article on crime in national parks)Sports and fitnessTodd Wilkinson, Richard Bennett
Truth or consequences. (wilderness medicine; includes related article)Sports and fitnessEric A. Weiss
Vancouver's Carmanah Park. (Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park, British Columbia)(includes travel information)Sports and fitnessKatherine Johnston
Waikiki, minus the tourists. (Maunawili Trail, Oahu)Sports and fitnessJohn C. McClure
Waste not, want not.(how to pack less trash when hiking)Sports and fitnessAnnie Getchell
Weatherproof: the secret to staying comfortable in all conditions is layering.(The Wilderness Wardrobe '95)(Cover Story)Sports and fitness 
What are you doing on June 3? A sampler of National Trails Day happenings.(includes information on state coordinators)(Directory)Sports and fitness 
Where wild things gather.(wildlife watching)Sports and fitnessLarry Rice
Who was that masked critter? (includes related article on the Procyon lotor and on sheep grazing)Sports and fitnessJonathan Dorn
Wisconsin's river country.(Tiffany Wildlife Area, Wisconsin)Sports and fitnessVern Holm
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