Guy and Laura Waterman article on Winter travel above treeline

I found this old 1994 Backpacker article by Guy and Laura Waterman on a case study and 13 lessons learned on travel above treeline in winter - thought I'd share it with everyone here. A bit dated and not comprehensive but some good stuff none the less.

If anything else, it's fun to look at the old advertisements.

http://books.google.com/books?id=T-EDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=true

A very well written article that everyone interested in winter hiking should read.

I've read it elsewhere, but I can't remember where- perhaps it was republished in one of their books?

Cool. Thanks for posting. I almost asked what "WINTER ABO" referred to, then saw the opposing page "VE TREELINE" . Looks like a decent issue on other counts also.

DSettahr said:

I've read it elsewhere, but I can't remember where- perhaps it was republished in one of their books?

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Yes, it's from one of their books.

The materials here are taken from one of their latest books, Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness.

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I always liked #12.

A buddy of mine learned this lesson the hard way after being stuck at 17,000 feet on Denali for 5 days with only a Danielle Steele novel, which someone else had left, for diversion.

Stinkyfeet said:

I always liked #12.

A buddy of mine learned this lesson the hard way after being stuck at 17,000 feet on Denali for 5 days with only a Danielle Steele novel, which someone else had left, for diversion.

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Hopefully it was not "crime and punishment" or "moby dick".5 days!wow thats quite the story to tell people,glad they made it out....

Great article! Thanks for sharing.

DSettahr said:

A very well written article that everyone interested in winter hiking should read.

I've read it elsewhere, but I can't remember where- perhaps it was republished in one of their books?

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I've seen it too-somewhere on the net, here maybe-
www.wintercampers.com

Semi-related... This made me smile.

Sobering. Had to force myself to read it all the way through, it was so scarey. Thanks.

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Semi-related... This made me smile.

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A great book. Somehow not the same for me. I'm so glad I have the paperback version.

I'm a big fan of all of Guy and Laura's books. Was glad to have grabbed a used hardcover copy of Forest and Crag a couple of years ago when I found that it was out of print. Even moreso now that the cheapest used one on Amazon is $195 . I'll pick up the Kindle edition too since that's available now. Nice advertisement for Tom and Atticus too

Great, timeless read, C....thanks for posting

I used to run into guy waterman quite a bit as he maintained the ridge between lafeyette and Little haystack. I always had alot of respect for him, he was not your average guy and his experiences in the Whites quite frankly, inspired me.