by wilderness | Aug 25, 2009 | media, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, trail work
Check out this article and learn how you can take a “working vacation” and “give something back” with Wilderness Volunteers.Thanks to all the participants on the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie service trip! by wilderness | Aug 7, 2009 | national parks
Check out the Huffington Post for a quick look at “The Top Ten Best National Parks You Don’t Know About.” Learn about a new place and vote for your favorite. WV runs trips in four of the parks listed: Acadia, Olympic, Glacier, and... by wilderness | Jul 30, 2009 | iPhone, Tips
I love my iPhone. I take it on every trip, even if there is no cell service. I load a few movies and a couple of books and I’m good to go. It’s lighter then a paperback book, will hold enough music for a long trip and, if I plan on being out more than a... by wilderness | Jul 27, 2009 | trail work, White Mountains
Wilderness Volunteers just completed its second trip to the Pemigewasset Wilderness in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Volunteer leaders Robin and Carter Bland report:”One thing we enjoy about WV trips is the opportunity to get to know the rangers, trail... by wilderness | Jul 23, 2009 | hiking, music
In the classic tale of survival, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson recounts being stuck in a crevasse, hurt and thinking he was dying, and he had a song by the British band, Boney M, stuck in his head. “Bloody hell,” he remembers thinking, “I’m...