Buzz Caverly first joined the ranger staff at Baxter State Park in 1960, when the new park was just taking shape under the direction of Helon Taylor and the par

• The author is a distinguished member of the Explorers Club • The author is an unexpected adventurer, disarmingly positive and companionable • Lively sto

"In October 2005, some 1,200 people from fifty-nations gathered in Anchorage, Alaska, to attend the 8th World Wilderness Congress (WWC). The WWC first convened