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ORadventurist: Best end-of-summer read: Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynne. History of the Comanches has totally sucked me in. Link
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Starstruck in August
Two seasonal phenomena happen every August. One happens at a cosmic level, and the other happens in my head, and fortunately they are complementary events. In my head, I start running through the list of must-do-before-summer-ends. The days are hot but noticeably shorter, and the trails I have not hiked, the lakes I have not [...]
Star Wheel: Essential for Night Expeditions
Don’t head out for an evening under the stars without one! The Star Wheel is both easy to use and easy to transport in a pack. Dial it in for the month and time, and it helps identify exactly what you’re looking at. Great stocking stuffer for budding astronomers! Get the Star Wheel through Powell’s [...]
A must-read: The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
This book could be described as John Krakauer meets Sigurd Olson; true crime meets nature essay; bio-abundance meets human consumption. It’s a factual look at the illegal felling of a giant Golden Spruce in the Queen Charlotte Islands – but the facts are often stranger and more compelling than fiction. In the end, it’s a [...]