Word: ruggedness
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Nationally, scouting faces an equally rugged journey. Like the 17,500 hikers who passed through Philmont this past summer, the highly traditional movement has been forced in recent years to shed some flab and check its compass. Static enrollments five years ago persuaded the national office in Irving, Texas, to...
Why can't the 200,000 members of the Colombian armed forces and police defeat the cartels? The top-heavy law-enforcement agencies were not designed to be a narcotics strike force. According to a secret government report, the army, navy and air force -- all involved in the drug war...
Some experts foresee a small clearing in the thickets: as the baby boomers age, their pursuit of rugged outdoor activities like white-water rafting and hiking the high trails is likely to decline. But Park Service officials expect the more accessible locales to increase in popularity as boomers take to...
A quiet man with an off-center smile, he shares his thoughts only when pressed. He is rugged but not callous. His peers consider him an artist in the way he brings down mammoth firs to fall side by side, within inches of one another. With a 20-lb. saw...
Those who cut down the great firs may not see the forest that way, but many have no less reverence for it. The lumberjacks of Douglas County are not boisterous back-slapping rubes but pensive men who feel as much a part of this rugged landscape as the black-tailed...