Summiting Everest in the Footsteps of George Mallory, Building Climbing Boulders in Bozeman and Livingston BY LISA BARIL 05/01/14 A 10-year old girl puzzles out a route on the climbing boulder at Langohr Park in Bozeman, gripping the rock with determination while her father encourages her to strive for the next hold. A teenager clings to the Phoenix Boulder in Gallatin … [Read more...]
Deaths in Yellowstone Many and Gruesome
Lee Whittlesey’s Chronicle of the Shocking Fatalities BY DOUG NELSEN 05/01/14 This spring the nation's first national park opens its gates to the public for the 152nd consecutive year. Millions will flood its three main entrances from the four corners of the globe. Three times the size of Rhode Island, Yellowstone, like all national parks, was set aside so people could … [Read more...]
Keep On
Loss of Life on Everest and the Scaling of Summits BY DAVID S. LEWIS 05/01/14 I had planned to meet Conrad Anker at Langhor Park in Bozeman. We were to shoot photos at the climbing boulder, which he helped install so people might gain the sense of accomplishment that comes with achieving higher ground (he helped raise funds for a boulder to be built in Livingston, too). It … [Read more...]
Kipling Rips Livingston, Critiques Yankee Jim
In His Own Words, the Great Author’s Youthful Condescension BY RUDYARD KIPLING Livingstone is a town of two thousand people, and the junction for the little side-line that takes you to the Yellowstone National Park. It lies in a fold of the prairie, and behind it is the Yellowstone River and the gate of the mountains through which the river flows. There is one street in the … [Read more...]
Mexican Horse Thieves, and a Reunion With Geronimo
BY TOM HORN Originally published in 1904 I had been working since early in the spring of 1880 [as a scout and interpeter for the U.S. Cavalry on the Mexico border] and had not received any pay and [Chief of Scouts] Sieber had had a good deal of correspondence about it. When we got back to Camp Apache I was informed by the Quarter-master that my pay was all straightened out … [Read more...]
Tapping Montana’s Beer Culture
uurrrrp... BY MICHAEL DAX 05/01/14 After sampling 50 different beers and spending a number of hours searching for garages converted to breweries, I was content. A friend and I had planned this getaway for weeks, and the night in Bend, Ore., was as central to the trip as was Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. In fact, the visit was more of a pilgrimage: We would … [Read more...]