Rafting and Climbing in the Salmon River Canyon By Ray Brooks Long ago, I heard there were two types of whitewater rafters: those who have flipped their raft, and those who are going to flip their raft. Despite
Two Girls on the Lam for a Day By Loris Addington We crouched in the brush beside the road near Council, uneasily looking at an empty freight train. At the arranged signal, we bolted, crossed the road, scrambled
“The Frank” Almost Conquers the Experts By Kristen G. Nelson The water bottles are empty. Quintin’s mouth has never been so dry. He and Dan can see the river from this vantage point, but between them and the
A Courageous Dreamer Battles Acrophobia to Scale Idaho’s Tallest Peaks By Alice Schenk I’m a fan of the old saying, “Dreams always come a size too big, so we can grow into them.” And it did take me
A Hole in the Boat and Ice in the Water By Kitty Widner In 1962, four years before I married Edward L. Widner, we were both living in McCall when he was involved in an amazing event that
Stress and Pleasure along the Corridor Story and Photos by Dennis Pence Anxiety gnawed—which seems to be happening more often in my later years than in the past. My thirty- year-old son Nick and I had agreed to
Across the Deepest Canyon By Pete Wilson In early spring of 1953, my Uncle Allen and Aunt Hazel needed to have a small herd of horses moved across the Snake River in Hells Canyon. They had sold their
Eddie Redeems Evel By Dakota Keiser Before I could even think, I was reading the five count,” Scott Truax told me. “I said, ‘See you on the other side. Five . . . four . . . three
Mountain-Climbing with the Master By Elijah Weber As we ascended the mountain, we swung our ice axes into the snow and listened for sharp reports, hoping to get solid purchase in the ice hidden beneath. Reassuring thumps radiated
In the mountains of central Idaho due east of McCall, the mild September day made shirtsleeves comfortable even at an elevation of six thousand feet. Quaking aspens fluttered in the breeze and crimson huckleberry bushes splashed tawny ridges. Continue reading
