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Voice in the Wilderness

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Getting a Good View of the Supermoon at Obed Wild and Scenic River

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanNovember 22, 2016leave a COMMENT

Soft-spoken ranger Rick Ryan stood near the edge of a precipice 100 feet above Clear Creek and said this: “Parks are great places where we can go to find ourselves …

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Green Clean: Seeking ‘Shinrin-Yoku’ on the Boogerman Trail

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanOctober 6, 2016leave a COMMENT

Reeking of the usual quiet desperation, I needed a cleansing session of forest-bathing, or shinrin-yoku—a kind of wellness therapy researched by the Japanese for over 30 years, reputed to prevent …

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Hiking the Smoke Ring Trail Around the GSMNP

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanSeptember 21, 2016leave a COMMENT

“It won’t rain on me,” said Travis “Shepherd” Hall, the long-distance hiker who was descending the Smokies’ Chestnut Top Trail with me last Friday afternoon. Hall, who hiked the Appalachian …

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Seeking Just Enough Adversity at Abrams Creek Campground

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanAugust 24, 2016leave a COMMENT

When I asked biologist Drew Crain and his son Jared, 19, what constitutes the ideal camping experience, Drew said good food—and Jared, who first said there was no ideal, added …

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Conservation Fisheries Reintroduces Endangered Species to Local Rivers

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanJuly 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Steve Scarborough showed me the exact spot on his property where I could take a step from the Tennessee Valley onto the Cumberland Plateau. On one side of us was …

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