Category Archives: Causes
Skiers Pitch in for Haiti Renewal
Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Tagged as caribbean, disasters, earthquakes, Music+ Categorized as Causes, Cloudveil, Inspiration
Jackson Hole, Wyo., shares at least one thing in common with Haiti — both sit on an active fault capable of producing a 7.0 earthquake.
Residents of this ski town thousands of miles from the Caribbean [...]
Text Donations Yield Flood of Aid Money for Haiti
Jim Stanford wrote this on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Tagged as caribbean, disasters, earthquakes+ Categorized as Causes, News
(The U.S. Army unloads supplies sent by helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.)
Mobile fund-raising could be the charity wave of the future. Through Sunday, the American Red Cross had raised more than $100 [...]
Summit Up USA: Sassafras Mountain, SC
Mark Zimmer wrote this on Monday, January 11th, 2010
Tagged as hiking, Summit Up USA+ Categorized as Causes
Greetings from high point No. 10, the highest point in South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain. Sassafras Mountain has an elevation of 3,560 feet, so it is not exactly the kind of high point you stand on [...]
continue readingSummit Up USA: Mount Mitchell, N.C.
Mark Zimmer wrote this on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Tagged as hiking, mark zimmer, north carolina, Summit Up USA+ Categorized as Adventures, Causes
If you had to guess where the highest point east of the Mississippi River is, where would you put it? I always thought it would be somewhere in the Northeast. Maine or New Hampshire came [...]
continue readingThe Encounter on Mount Rogers
Mark Zimmer wrote this on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Categorized as Causes, East Coast, Humor, Summit Up USA
(Nearing the highest point in Virginia.)
I doubt that I am the only one who does it, but I never really asked to be sure. So, I am going out on a limb here, and risking [...]
Studying the Ghost of the Mountain
Kim M. Murray wrote this on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Categorized as Ambassadors, Cats, Causes, Conservation, WildernessSnow leopards are a creature that many people know little about. They’re not uncommon in zoos, but until the Planet Earth series aired a few years ago, you almost never saw them on mainstream [...]
continue readingScarier Than Halloween
Jim Stanford wrote this on Friday, October 30th, 2009
Categorized as Causes, Politics, Warming of the GlobeMuch more frightening than any of the tricks or freaks you’ll encounter this Halloween is the prospect of climate change.
Our friends at the Outdoor Alliance have put together this short video as the energy legislation [...]
North Cascades Not So Snow-Capped
Emily Nuchols wrote this on Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Categorized as Causes, Kayaking, Politics, Warming of the Globe, salmonLast month, my awesome friend and kayaker-with-a-cause Andy Maser and I headed up for a weekend of paddling around Timothy Lake in the Mount Hood Wilderness. We were shocked and, frankly, disgusted by the prominent [...]
continue readingSummit Up USA: Right on the Edge
Mark Zimmer wrote this on Monday, September 28th, 2009
Categorized as Causes, Climbing, Summit Up USAIf you ever decide to start visiting a few of the state high points, something you quickly will begin to notice is that many of them are real close to a state line. It makes [...]
continue readingBasalt, CO Bags Reusable Tote Title
Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Categorized as Causes, Colorado, JS, Warming of the GlobeIn Basalt, Colo., canvas is the clear choice over paper or plastic.
The small town of 2,681 residents at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers is the winner of the Colorado Association [...]
