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Best of 2011: Climbing out of homelessness, to Mount Rainier

Posted Sun, Dec 25, 2 a.m.

Participants in Seattle Union Gospel Mission's recovery program reached the peak of The Mountain.

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Book captures soaring views of North Cascades in winter

Posted Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.

A Bellingham paramedic's off-hours obsession has resulted in a new book about a region that holds a world record for snowfall.

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Bad goat: when should the feds have shot the killer?

Posted Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.

Long before Robert Boardman's death along a trail in the Olympic National Park, officials knew there was one bad actor. Sure, the park is a wild place, but what was gained by holding fire all those years?

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Waterfront designers need a reality check

Posted Tue, Nov 29, 2 a.m.

A good design requires consciousness of the city's realities, the real spatial, temporal, social, and ecological contexts. Speaking of temporal, has anyone noticed it's November, with everything that means for being outdoors along the water in Seattle?

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Waterfront planning: keys for making it Seattle's plan

Posted Wed, Nov 23, 2 a.m.

Seattle residents care about their waterfront, and we bring our own quirks. Taking those factors into account are critical to making James Corner's final plan into something that will soar.

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Kubota Garden: Seattle's most beautiful and least known park

Posted Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m.

The location is surprising, but that's only the beginning of the unlikely history that includes repeated episodes of legally enacted discrimination, an absence of training, and the triumph of both individual and family vision and commitment.

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Into thick sleet: Mount St. Helens turns sinister

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 2 a.m.

Three brothers savor a long-awaited volcano climb - until the weather turns, disaster looms, and a fellow hiker disappears.

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Will the Elwha's model for dam removal be validated?

Posted Tue, Sep 27, 2 a.m.

Scientists say the Elwha is the perfect test case for dam removal and restoration science. But that takes money, and experts worry that inadequate or curtailed funds for a full study of the effects on wildlife and fisheries could throw a wrench in their plans.

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Mountains to Sound Greenway tackles one of its toughest links: Seattle

Posted Mon, Sep 26, 11:45 a.m.

Crews have been hard at work on the edge of Beacon Hill.

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Industrial poetry at the Brightwater treatment plant

Posted Mon, Sep 26, 2 a.m.

There's beauty in those pipes and pumps, as well as in the public art. The real triumph comes from the matching of form and function in a sewage treatment facility.

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The locavore case for hunting and killing what you eat

Posted Tue, Sep 20, 2 a.m.

Hank Shaw's new book sets out to make the case for hunting and gathering what you eat. Anyone can sear a tenderloin. You become a serious cook when you can pull off elk shank osso buco or braised wild turkey legs.

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Hikers, lost and found in Iran

Posted Wed, Sep 14, 7:30 p.m.

After two years, Josh Fattal's and Shane Bauer's imprisonment for wandering off a hiking trail was about to end. Instead, their ongoing ordeal reveals the dark side of Iranian politics - and of adventure travel and media attention.

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Why is Seattle so hostile to its bicyclists?

Posted Tue, Sep 13, 2 a.m.

It's always easier to hate a minority. An occasional cyclist reflects on what else might be going on.

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Welcome, wolves! All hail the bear!

Posted Sat, Sep 10, 7 a.m.

For decades, scientists and wilderness lovers wondered if grizzlies and gray wolves would return to the Cascades. Now they've reappeared, almost simultaneously. Advice to hikers: Don't fear, but leave Fido at home.

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'Far From Perfect': Authenticity at the Wooden Boat Festival

Posted Thu, Sep 8, 2 a.m.

Step onto the docks at Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival this weekend, and you'll find yourself surrounded by authenticity. Or so it seems. Our architecture critic, a serious boatbuilder himself, looks at what that elusive concept really means. 

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Art and the Far West: 'chasms without and chasms within'

Posted Wed, Jul 27, 2 a.m.

Since Capt. Vancouver in 1792, artists and painters have tried to depict and understand "Yosemites in the soul." Here's a survey of major artists and shifting modes of perceiving the colossal and awesome landscapes of the West.

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'See Washington Last'

Posted Fri, Jul 22, 2 a.m.

The death of the state's tourism office creates opportunities for a don't-come-hither campaign. Time to reverse-market our Delicious apples as "forbidden fruit."

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Alden Mason's NW landscapes: a radiant and quirky beauty

Posted Fri, Jul 1, 2 a.m.

Pacific Northwest landscapes are transformed by the inward and outward vistas of this accomplished artist. A special Mason exhibition from SAM's permanent collection is up through October 16.

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A storied railroad tunnel in the Cascades reopens for hikers

Posted Fri, Jul 1, 2 a.m.

The old Milwaukee Road tunnel under Snoqualmie Pass, thought to be closed for good, reopens on July 5 to hikers. It's the longest railway tunnel in the country that is a recreational trail. Here's a preview, as well as a review of railroad and cross-Cascades lore.

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Pilgrimage to the Pasayten Wilderness

Posted Mon, Jun 27, 2 a.m.

Whether you're searching for abandoned mines, studying bears, or simply ogling the views, you'll find this "wilderness with an edge" is touched with a lot of history.

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Outdoors Blog posts

Review: Searching for radical pragmatism in 'This Crazy Time'

Posted Fri, Sep 30, 2 a.m. 2011

A new autobiography takes readers through the life of environmental power-activist Tzeporah Berman, from the inside of a jail cell to the Hollywood red carpet, and highlights lessons learned in the world of negotiating. 

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Local photographer upstages Ansel Adams at SLU gallery

Posted Tue, Sep 20, 10:50 p.m. 2011

A South Lake Union photography gallery is featuring a rare showing of Ansel Adams' work, but the breathtaking nature prints by Seattle photographer Johsel Namkung are the real showstealers.

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Getting around: Bicycles, canoes heighten our experiences

Posted Sun, Aug 28, 11:20 a.m. 2011

An urbanist who loves walking finds that pedaling and paddling have their own benefits.

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A private bower of wildness in Seattle

Posted Thu, Jul 21, 2 a.m. 2011

Listening to the wildlife in Wakkakium Prairie, tucked under the University's nose.

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When crows become eagles

Posted Thu, Jun 30, 2 a.m. 2011

Mob violence in Seattle, on the wing. It's a bird-eat-bird world out there.

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Pushing the McGinn agenda, in 1962

Posted Thu, Jun 2, 6 a.m. 2011

A better Seattle? A plea for more bike paths, nightlife, and outdoor eating.

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Sounding the alarm for Tacoma's City Hall and our own Alcatraz

Posted Tue, May 24, 2 a.m. 2011

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation releases its 2011 annual "Most Endangered" list.

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Re-naming Cascades peaks

Posted Mon, Apr 4, 2 a.m. 2011

William O. Douglas thought it was silly to have big mountains named for people who'd never set foot here. Something to ponder when looking at "Rainier."

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Bigfoot returns

Posted Fri, Apr 1, 2 a.m. 2011

After leaving Mars, he's now down south, caught on film, jaywalking.

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Tsunami leaves its mark on the West Coast

Posted Mon, Mar 14, 10:10 p.m. 2011

Damage to crabbers, nature's warning signs of a coming tidal wave, fleeing vampires, and a boon for beachcombers.

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Volunteer Park Conservatory may shut its doors The Seattle Times reports, "the Victorian-style greenhouse may not live to see 101 — at least not in its current form, Seattle parks officials said Friday."

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Search begins again for mountaineers stranded on Rainier Rescuers have resumed their search for the four people lost on Rainier early this week.

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Missing snowshoer found alive on Rainier He was found alert, conscious, and in stable condition, park officials said.

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Mt. Rainier tragedy encroaches on peace of national parks National parks are meant to be sacred places, safe from the violence and busyness of the outside world.

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North Lake Union land lease may reconnect nearby neighborhoods The lease of King County-owned land is part of the long-discussed North Lake Community Wharf, which aims to bring the waterfront into greater use by the Fremont and Wallingford neighborhoods.

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