Love with all five senses.
Searching for the Copper Salmon of O’Brian Creek
An Alaskan side road takes Dan Szczesny to a local, and secret, fishing hotspot where the fish swim right into nets.
Some Final Musings About the Last Frontier
As Dan Szczesny says good-bye to Alaska, he remembers the vast land with the small details that make it unlike anyplace else on earth.
Putting Alaska Behind Us: The End of the Line in Valdez
Dan Szczesny reaches Prince William Sound, and finds much more than oil at the end of the line in Valdez.
Searching for a Good, Stiff Breeze in Denali National Park
Deep inside the glorious Denali National Park, Dan Szczesny and his wife have to run from predators—but probably not the sort they expected.
Touching an Ice Age on the Road to Valdez
Dan Szczesny continues his Alaskan search for discovery by hiking into a glacier.
We Climb, It’s What We Do
An Excerpt from The Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie: A Hiking Journey through New Hampshire’s 52 With a View Mountain List