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The Yell to Hell: World Premiere of Idaho’s Newest Long Distance Trail

Alex Mar 11, 2018 Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Environmental, Hiking, Idaho, Long Distance Trail, Outdoor Recreation, Peak Bagging, Ridgeline, Thru-hike, Yell-to-Hell

While we’ve had soft openings here and here and here, here is a post dedicated to introducing what Eric and I mean when we say Yell to Hell. Yell to

Still more Yell than Hell: Idaho’s Lemhis and Lost Rivers

Eric Mar 09, 2018 Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Diamond Peak, Hiking, Idaho, Lemhi Range, Long Distance Trail, Lost River Range, Outdoor Recreation, Peak Bagging, Ridgeline, Rocky Mountains, Thru-hike, Yell-to-Hell

During the summer of 2017, Alex and I (Eric) humped too-heavy packs from Yellowstone National Park to the Birch Creek Valley, about 300 back-country miles away. This was the third

a man on Jefferson peak in the centennials in Idaho looking wester over most of its range on a blue sky day

Parmenides in the Centennials: A Calculus

Eric Feb 04, 2018 Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Barry Lopez, Beaverhead Mountains, Centennial Mountains, Continental Divide, Hiking, Kilgore Project, Leslie Marmon Silko, Mining, Mountain Drainages, Parmenides, Peak Bagging, Philosophy, Ridgeline, Scott Peak, Stanley, Targhee National Forest, Wilderness, Yell-to-Hell

Prologue and Apology It seems to me that a deductive logic system is among the colder ways to approach reality. It is the extraction of principle from physical. It is,

Kilgore Project will devastate these grizzlies

#Kill the Kilgore Project Before It Kills Our Grizzlies

Alex Feb 01, 2018 #goodbearhavior, Americans, Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Bear, Centennial Mountains, Environmental, Forest Service, Grizzly Bears, Hiking, Idaho, Kilgore Project, Leave No Trace, Mining, Outdoor Recreation, Politics, Rhetoric, Roads, Wilderness, Yellowstone NP

Archived Campaign that Ended on Feb. 9, 2018. We have a more thorough and updated article for the 2021 Kilgore Project Proposal accepting comments through Feb 11, 2021. The Kilgore Project

A Master Course in the Macabre in Idaho’s Beaverheads

Eric Jan 22, 2018 Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Bear, Bear Bait, Beaverhead Mountains, Birch Creek Valley, Camille Saint Saens, Centennial Mountains, Continental Divide, David Lynch, Fossils, Geomorphology, Grizzly Bears, Hiking, Idaho, limestone, Macabre, Montana, Mountain Drainages, Peak Bagging, Ridgeline, Rocky Mountains, Scott Peak, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Spencer, Stone, Targhee National Forest, Wilderness, Yellowstone NP

From Late June through July of 2017, Alex and I were engaged in a near-300-mile through-hike of eastern Idaho’s mountain ranges. We began at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park

Grizzly bear paw prints next to Oboz hiking boot

Bear Tracks Dilemma

Alex Jan 12, 2018 #goodbearhavior, Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Bear, Centennial Mountains, Effable backpacking, Environmental, Grizzly Bears, Hiking, Idaho, Leave No Trace, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Recreation Ethics, Roads, Rocky Mountains, Wilderness, Yellowstone NP

A Bear Dilemma, Clearly On the day of the above photograph, Eric and I had been backpacking 20 miles across the Continental Divide, up and down the ridgeline and

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