Chamberlain's Northwest    Out & Back

Trail descriptions, obscure ruminations on the outdoors, and other matters. 

• Kalmiopsis Wilderness Hike: An account of the Onion Camp to Chetco River to Babyfoot Lake loop backpacking trip

• First Look at the Pasayten: From Billy Goat Corral to Whistler Basin and Corral Lake.

• Ruckel Ridge: the Neatest, Gnarliest Hike in the Columbia River Gorge.

• Three Days on the Gray Wolf River: Olympic National Park

•  NEW: Backpacking across Olympic National Park: Elwha Valley-Low Divide-Quinault River

• Profound Thoughts: On Hiking Alone: Shaking off the world in the Olympics

• A Missing Hiker Stays Missing: A Reality Check From the World of Search & Rescue

 
 
•  A Poetry Chapbook, for those who can stomach that sort of thing, some with

Northwest themes

*   Apologia	*   Men Should
*   Out of Memory	*   The Slashburn
*   Basketball in the Squall	*   How to Pan for Gold
*   Poem from Exile	*   A Few Lines for Don Wirkkula
*   Whiskey	*   Scandinavian Day Parade
*   Picture of an Escaped Convict   in the Newspaper	*   Does the Same Moon Hang Over Austria?
*   Some Photographs	* Out of Bear Country
*   A Misfit

 

 A little gnarled, somewhat silver-tipped, but still getting to the top of the hill.
 
Comments, questions, rejoinders, corrections, umbrage, invective, etc., always welcomed
by William Chamberlain at whc@teleport.com