***This is a copy of James’ article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Please do not distribute this article without permission. LETTER FROM HACHITA Up a continent, back into history The Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada runs into old land claims that have prompted violence, the Tribune’s James Janega finds. By James Janega. […]
Saturday, July 22, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, to Tacoma, Washington We were bound for a backpacking trip in the Olympic National Forest on the rainy coast of Washington state, though the view out the airplane window was a hazy Georgia midday, long-needle pines speeding past and away, and patches of raw Georgia earth hurtling hundreds of […]
Diaries: Northern Cross – Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada 7/17/1999, 3:22 P.M. On I-94 Heading Northwest. We are now entering the lovely town of Long Grove. Three vehicles and five people comprise our transportation for this group (or at least the one’s we’re bringing with us). The vehicles? Well, first we have the Groenewold minivan. […]
Diaries: Mission MacKenzie – Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada I had met Matt Cassidy while going to school at Iowa State. He had told me about the camping trips to Canada that Horizons Unlimited had been going on and had invited me on a couple of the trips to Quetico. Unfortunately I couldn’t go on […]
Diaries: La Ventra – Weminuche Wilderness, Rio Grande NF, CO Participants Matt Cassidy (Advisor) Dan Hooker (Advisor) Jessica Janega Kyle Nelson Judd Vincent Monday, August 7 At 5:00 p.m. Jess, Dan, and Judd left Wilmette in Dan’s 1993 Subaru Legacy Wagon. After getting some trail mix and other supplies we got on the Tri-State 294 […]
Diaries: The First Expedition – Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada The first attempts at anything always seem to be a tottering balance of strengths and weaknesses. Our first foray into the North Woods together certainly bore that out. The weaknesses column seems, in writing, to overshadow the strengths. To begin with, we were young, all […]
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