TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles I Still Miss Martin Murie…15 Years later—Thoughts on the “Wilderness Mentoring Conference of 1998.” SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles THE WILDER WEST…Dave Wilder “Anything is Possible” What Might Have Been…From the August 1990 Zephyr Jim Stiles…
It’s been well past a year—January 28, 2012—since my dear friend and mentor and kindred spirit, Martin Murie passed away. For almost a quarter century, I often turned to him for support and advice and understanding the way a son…
I am hopelessly nostalgic. By nature, it seems, I am drawn to historic town squares, brick streets, and dusty museums. I am a sucker for trains and soda fountains. Any pre-World War II architectural style fascinates me. And this fascination,…
May 22-24, 1998…Rex Ranch, Arizona http://www.jmccomb.com/mentor/ EDITOR’S NOTE: This page, in its entirety, is an excerpt from a 1998 “wilderness mentoring conference” that occurred 15 years ago, on May 22-24, 1998 at Rex Ranch, Arizona. This portion of their report…
From Second Mesa on the Hopi Reservation you can make out the ghostly outline of Nuvatukya’ovi, or the San Francisco Peaks, 75 miles to the southwest across the tan expanse of Great Basin desert. The center heights in these mountains…
What Might Have Been? In 1990, Moab was in the process of being “re-discovered” yet again. The University of Utah announced plans to build a massive Kokopelli National Theater on the Sand Flats adjacent to the Slick Rock Bike Trail. …
From the OUTER BANKS… GOOD MEN…Long Time Passing Judy Banks I grew up believing that once I was grown I’d find a good man and make him my own My search for this man has left me at a…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… Jefferson Parish, City of Westwego, just south of New Orleans. This place…
When you smile for the camera…. #moab #willys #overland The jukebox at Milt’s, back when Milt had the place. #milts #jukebox #moab #45s Freeway barrier w/capitol building Juniper@TacoBell,Price,Utah Truckin’ Down The Potash Road. #moab Kiln Old kiln, near Moab Standing…
Did a Land Transfer Blessed by Environmentalists Give a Boost to TAR SANDS NATION? I seem to stumble into stories these days. I wasn’t looking for this one. But a couple weeks ago, I was perusing one of the local…