Camp Counselors Died in Nature They Loved
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COLOMA, Calif. - They were young adults from America's heartland with a passion for the wild outdoors, backpacking, sailing and camping when they could, working together as counselors at a Christian retreat and dreaming that they would someday open one of their own...
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By S.J  I REFER to the report "The life drains out of Pedu Lake" (NST, Jan 31).   The failure of the resorts at Pedu Lake has little or nothing to do with the discovery of old graves, lack of promotion or remoteness as claimed.
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Two Forest Service workers who were believed killed in a fiery plane crash huddled together to stay warm in the freezing temperatures of the Montana wilderness, and one was in such excruciating pain that he had trouble bending over to get water from a stream, a doctor said Thursday.
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Robert Crotteau and his son Joseph, who worked together and spent much of their free time enjoying the outdoors together, were mourned together, days after both were killed in a confrontation with a hunter trespassing on their land.
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When city workers tore down her hillside encampment, Charlene Clay lost her asthma medicine, sleeping bags and her only photos of her dead granddaughter.
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A 13-year-old cadet at a private military academy who died while camping at a state park refused food throughout the excursion, the father of two fellow cadets said Sunday.
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The small air force combing the Nevada wilderness for Steve Fossett has spotted a half-dozen uncharted crash sites that may bring some solace to the families of fliers who took off into the desert sky decades ago, never to be heard from again.
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Two women killed on a hiking trail near Mount Pilchuck died of gunshot wounds, and investigators have ruled out murder-suicide, the Snohomish County sheriff&#039;s office said Friday.
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TO THE EDITOR:           After visiting some of the western public forests, grasslands and parks, I understand much better about the scars left from drilling and mineral exploration. Vehicle tracks will be there for centuries just like the wagons of early settlers have left their mark.
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HELEN, Ga. - A camping trip to Low Gap Camp Grounds turned into a harrowing experience for Chris Everhart and his three sons when they tangled with a 300-pound black bear. But the encounter last weekend proved fatal for the bear.
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SAN FRANCISCO   Two soon-to-be-married camp counselors who were reported missing earlier this week were murdered in their sleep on a Sonoma County beach, authorities said.
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Susan Sontag, a leading intellectual and activist of the past half century who introduced the concept of &quot;camp&quot; to mainstream culture and also influenced the way many thought about art, illness and photography, died Tuesday.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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By ED WHITE  SALT LAKE CITY - A wilderness-survival school where a hiker died of thirst is now allowing campers to carry a 32-ounce water bottle instead of a smaller cup during a grueling course in the Utah desert.
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BOISE, Idaho  - Tom Titus experienced the shock of  watching his best friend die in his arms during the Vietnam War  in 1971.
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By Bonnie Rochman, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 10--KINSTON -- KINSTON -- When Frank Gaskill was a boy in Philadelphia, his parents had to entrust his care to their church for a number of years. The Depression raged, and they couldn't afford to rear him.
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By Beth Gallaspy, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Jun. 13--BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE -- Dots of color on rotting wood make Katie Winsett happy.