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Voice in the Wilderness

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One last camping trip to an unnamed destination

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

“Something’s swimming up ahead,” said biologist Drew Crain, in the bow of my canoe. We quickened our paddle strokes, then stopped when we saw what it was: a timber rattler …

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On the prowl for bluegill, bobcats, and wild hogs at Abrams Creek

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

“I’ve heard that socks and sandals are out,” I said to Terry Bunde as he dragged his kayak down a steep bank, slippery with loose shale, toward Abrams Creek. “I …

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Scaling the Walls of Jericho in the Cumberland Plateau

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

Drew Crain snored away in his hammock a few feet away from me, but that wasn’t what was keeping me awake 3 miles and 1,000 feet below the trailhead where …

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Surviving the Ocoee River’s heart-pounding whitewater

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanJune 7, 2017leave a COMMENT

I’d put off rafting the famous Middle Ocoee for years. Just the look of it spitting rafts and kayaks down what looked like a continuous hellstorm of whitewater rage had …

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Norm: A final trek with a faithful outdoors companion

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanMay 24, 2017leave a COMMENT

Not until we lose a pet do we fully realize how intimately they connect us to nature and the wild animal part that we share with them. Norm, my dog, …

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