Mossback Mountaineering: The Happy Looker
Seattle is a climber's town, but some of us prefer the comforts of base camp to the rigors of the summit.
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Spectacular questions: The paintings of Philip Govedare
Vast, damaged landscapes of Eastern Washington and Utah pulse with light and color in the paintings of UW School of Art professor Philip Govedare. At Francine Seders Gallery in Greenwood through Sunday (June 5).
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Why does Seattle have so many bleak public spaces?
This city has enough gray in its sky. We don't need more on the ground.
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Damage to crabbers, nature's warning signs of a coming tidal wave, fleeing vampires, and a boon for beachcombers.
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A new spider species discovered in Seattle?
It's amazing what we still don't know about where we live, as new finds by scientists and amateurs are helping to rewrite textbooks. A recent discovery in the Arboretum is a case in point, but hardly unique.
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The expanding mystery of what lives under our feet in the Pacific Northwest gets "curiouser and curiouser."
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A project to upgrade the trail system comes with new signposts that will reflect the landscape and its Native American past.
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Lake Union Park, trail: Seattle could have done so much more
Another botched opportunity: Seattle again fails to develop a spectacular park in its urban core. And a lake loop trail comes up short in terms of, well, fun. Bremerton does better on a waterfront park; Tacoma on a waterfront trail.
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A hiker captured pictures of a aggressive Hurricane Ridge goat a few days before a fatal attack on the same trail.
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Reports of an "aggressive" goat at Hurricane Ridge prove fatally true.
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Lake Union Park: a first look at its design
The $30 million park opened last weekend, and our critic finds it "simply stunning." It's a vast improvement on the sullen landscape of asphalt and dirt it replaces.
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