‘Lifestyle’ Archives
The Secret life of Mountain Guides
By Austin Peters. Sometimes its easy to look back and see where it all went wrong. The one wrong move, the wrong words said, and where you were able to observe, almost visually, your life pivoting on its strange axis to lead you off in the entirely wrong direction. When you wake up in your tent half way up a mountain, wind howling, [...]
Mountain Madness: A short story
Authors note: While being tent bound for days waiting out epic spring snow storms in the Chilkat Range of Southeast Alaska, any escape from the monotony is welcome. This short fictional story is a piece of that madness. The wind is howling outside and for a few seconds I wonder if our feeble nylon shell can take it. The thin aluminum [...]