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Death on Katahdin

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608934187
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Death on Katahdin written by Randi Minetor and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, is Maine's highest mountain. It is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Tucked away in the remote North Woods, it is an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, backpacking, snowshoeing, back-country skiing, and ice-climbing are among the activities pursued there; and there has a been a similar range in the ways people have met their demise on the mountain and in the park.Randi Minetor gathers the stories of these fatalities, from falls to exposure to cardiac arrest; and presents dozens of misadventures, including hunting accidents, lightning strikes, and even more than one suspicious death. It's a fascinating addition to the North Woods canon.

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Author : Donn Fendler
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062225162
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Lost on a Mountain in Maine written by Donn Fendler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout troop for only a minute, but in the foggy mountains of Maine, a minute is all it takes. After hours of trying to find his way back, a nervous and tired Donn falls down an embankment, making it impossible for him to be found. One sleepless night goes by, followed by a second . . . and before Donn knows it, almost two weeks have passed, leaving him starving, scared, and delirious. With rainstorms, black bears, and his fear of being lost forever, Donn's journey is a physically, mentally, and emotionally charged story told from the point of view of the boy who lived it. Don't miss this thrilling survival story, a proven high-interest winner that pulls in readers the way Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, and the I Survived books do.

Desperate Steps

Author : Peter Kick
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
ISBN 13 : 9781628420098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Desperate Steps written by Peter Kick and published by Appalachian Mountain Club. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publisher of Not Without Peril and No Limits But the Sky, this collection seeks the lessons learned from twenty stories of backcountry incidents, from close-calls to unsolved mysteries. First-hand accounts, route maps, photos, and expert analysis from Search and Rescue professionals illuminate the realities faced in the Northeastern wilds. Readers who immerse themselves in these near misses, methodical searches, and the gut-wrenching clarity of hindsight will be better prepared for whatever the wilderness brings.

Katahdin, an Historic Journey

Author : John W. Neff
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Katahdin, an Historic Journey written by John W. Neff and published by Appalachian Mountain Club. This book was released on 2006 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine historian John Neff's compelling and comprehensive narrative traces the history, legend, and legacy of Mount Katahdin--the spectacular peak that looms over Maine's Great North Woods--from the earliest Native American stories to colonial exploration through the logging industry's peak to today's conservation successes and opportunities.

Death on Mount Washington

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493033778
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Death on Mount Washington written by Randi Minetor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in t-shirts and flip flops and things can get ugly fast. Death on Mount Washington describes the circumstances behind the tragic tales of those who have lost their lives on the mountain. No one--not even the most experienced mountaineer or pilot--is safe from the mountain's mercurial weather conditions. Learn from the mistakes of others in the comfort and safety of your armchair and remember to respect Mount Washington on your next ski trip.

Death in Acadia

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608939103
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Death in Acadia written by Randi Minetor and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the United States. It is an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, snowshoeing, back-country skiing, and ice-climbing are among the activities pursued there; as well as the less extreme sight seeing along the Park Road and Atlantic coast. Death in Acadia gathers the stories of fatalities that have occurred in the park, from falls to exposure to cardiac arrest--even getting swept out to sea--and presents dozens of misadventures.

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

Author : Ben Montgomery
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613747217
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Grandma Gatewood's Walk written by Ben Montgomery and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.

When You Find My Body

Author : D. Dauphinee
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608936910
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book When You Find My Body written by D. Dauphinee and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern. When she was not found, the family, the wardens, and the Navy personnel who searched for her were devastated. The Maine Warden Service continued to follow leads for more than a year. They never completely gave up the search. Two years after her disappearance, her bones and scattered possessions were found by chance by two surveyors. She was on the U.S. Navy’s SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) School land, about 2,100 feet from the Appalachian Trail. This book tells the story of events preceding Geraldine Largay’s vanishing in July 2013, while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, what caused her to go astray, and the massive search and rescue operation that followed. Her disappearance sparked the largest lost-person search in Maine history, which culminated in her being presumed dead. She was never again seen alive. The author was one of the hundreds of volunteers who searched for her. Gerry’s story is one of heartbreak, most assuredly, but is also one of perseverance, determination, and faith. For her family and the searchers, especially the Maine Warden Service, it is also a story of grave sorrow. Marrying the joys and hardship of life in the outdoors, as well as exploring the search & rescue community, When You Find My Body examines dying with grace and dignity. There are lessons in the story, both large and small. Lessons that may well save lives in the future.

The Trail

Author : Meika Hashimoto
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338035886
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Trail written by Meika Hashimoto and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting and deeply moving story of survival, courage, and friendship on the Appalachian Trail. Toby has to finish the final thing on The List. It's a list of brave, daring, totally awesome things that he and his best friend, Lucas, planned to do together, and the only item left is to hike the Appalachian Trail. But now Lucas isn't there to do it with him. Toby's determined to hike the trail alone and fulfill their pact, which means dealing with little things -- the blisters, the heat, the hunger -- and the big things -- the bears, the loneliness, and the memories. When a storm comes, Toby finds himself tangled up in someone else's mess: Two boys desperately need his help. But does Toby have any help to give? The Trail is a remarkable story of physical survival and true friendship, about a boy who's determined to forge his own path -- and to survive.

Trouble

Author : Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547487738
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Trouble written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Henry Smith’s father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.” But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henry’s older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklin’s preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the school—and in the well-established town where Henry’s family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry sets out to do the only thing he can think of: climb Mt. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, which he and Franklin were going to climb together. Along with Black Dog, whom Henry has rescued from drowning, and a friend, Henry leaves without his parents’ knowledge. The journey, both exhilarating and dangerous, turns into an odyssey of discovery about himself, his older sister, Louisa, his ancestry, and why one can never escape from Trouble.

Balancing on the Knife Edge

Author : Diane Anglin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Balancing on the Knife Edge written by Diane Anglin and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in the throws of mourning the death of her elderly father, joining her brother's winter trek into the deep woods of Maine was the only thing that seemed to make sense. Together, brother and sister head up the tallest mountain in Maine, at the end of the Appalachian Trail, to "say hi to Dad" above the clouds. Drawing on memories of a father's teachings and on the power of a loving family, they set upon trails known for centuries to be sacred in search of both adventure and solace. In this outdoor adventure memoir, their memorial trek leads them across one of the most harrowing trails in the winter - Knife Edge Trail. "I love this story. It is the love of a father by his children. It made me weepy with joy. It is a love story told through accomplishments of each sibling. It tells of a father and a life well spent. There is so much more here. Maybe a movie script or documentary. It needs to be shared."Brian W Bickford, MBA & MS ITTravel Editor - Maine World ExpeditionAuthor - The Secret To Perfect Innovation

This Wild Land

Author : Andrew Vietze
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
ISBN 13 : 9781628421323
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book This Wild Land written by Andrew Vietze and published by Appalachian Mountain Club. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A memoir from a long-time ranger at Baxter State Park in Maine"--

Legacy of a Lifetime

Author : John W. Hakola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Legacy of a Lifetime written by John W. Hakola and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of Percy Baxter's patient piecemeal acquisition of his gift to Maine, Baxter State Park, is in a sense a biography of the man.

Halfway to the Sky

Author : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 038572960X
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Halfway to the Sky written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her brother dies and her parents get a divorce, twelve-year-old Dani sets out to hike the whole Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on her own, but her mother soon figures out where she is and the two of them make the "journey" together.

Chimney Pond Tales

Author : Mark Leroy Dudley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963171801
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Chimney Pond Tales written by Mark Leroy Dudley and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High in a basin of Maine's Mount Katahdin lies crystal-clear Chimney Pond. There, during the first half of this century, guide and trailblazer Leroy Dudley enchanted countless hikers with his tails about Pamola, the Penobscot Indian god of thunder who, as legend goes, protects the mountain. Roy Dudley died in 1942, but his wonderful tales live on in Chimney Pond Tales. In this collection of Dudley yarns, we hear Roy tell of his uneasy truce with Pamola, the mountain god, and how the two became true friends. Pamola's attempts at skiing, romance and smoking will entertain readers and listeners of ages.

Death in Glacier National Park

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493025473
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Death in Glacier National Park written by Randi Minetor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in the wilderness can be dramatic and deadly. Glacier National Park’s death records date back to January 1913, when a man froze to death while snowshoeing between Cut Bank and St. Mary. All told, 260 people have died or are presumed to have died in the park during the first hundred years of its existence. One man fell into a crevasse on East Gunsight Peak while skiing its steep north face, and another died while moonlight biking on the Sun Road. A man left his wife and five children at the Apgar picnic area and disappeared on Lake McDonald. His boat was found halfway up the west shore wedged between rocks with the propeller stuck in gravel. Collected here are some the most gripping accounts in park history of these unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.

Not Without Peril

Author : Nicholas S. Howe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Without Peril written by Nicholas S. Howe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These compelling profiles of 22 adventurous yet unlucky climbers chronicle more than a century of exploration recreation and tragedy in New Hampshire's Presidential Range