by wilderness | Feb 29, 2012 | backpacking, camping, hiking, leader training, safety, survival, ten essentials, Tips
Common sense and good planning go a long way toward preventing emergencies in the backcountry. But sometimes, despite our best preparation, things go wrong.According to Wikipedia (what did we do before Wikipedia?), the “Ten Essentials” were first described... by wilderness | Feb 15, 2012 | acadia, maine
The largest, most familiar part of Maine’s Acadia National Park, the part donated to the nation by George Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and other wealthy Easterners, is located on Mount Desert Island, just off the coast from the town of Ellsworth. Much less familiar... by wilderness | Feb 7, 2012 | dolly sods, Gandhi, quotes, volunteer vacation, west virginia
Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela Nat’l Forest (WV), 2011I recently came across these words in a book I’ve been reading:”To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma GandhiWell put. Each time I... by wilderness | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
During last Spring’s WV service project in the Dark Canyon Wilderness of southeastern Utah, I heard the strangest and most interesting of sounds. Each night, in the evenings and early mornings I heard a repetitive “boop, boop, boop”, akin to the... by wilderness | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
This year, Wilderness Volunteers is offering its second project in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness in cooperation with the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. This is a beautiful remote wilderness with coastal forests of Sitka spruce and western hemlock situated...
