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    A  Curious Obsession

    A Curious Obsession

    In early March of 1979, Ranger Steve and I were traveling Highway 2 from  East Glacier, Montana to Kalispell.  Having just reviewed an epic production of Barefoot in the Park by the East Glacier Players, we were headed west to do a little alpine sliding. The entire area was besieged  with slides and major avalanches...
    Plugged in, in nature: How much isolation do we want?

    Plugged in, in nature: How much isolation do we want?

            Alaska Dispatch has a nice piece by Deanna Neil on the integration of technology and our experience of nature. Truth be told, that integration has been going on for centuries, since an ink-stained printer using movable type chunked out the first backpack-sized plant and wildlife identification books. And books are just...