Whether these hikers are savvy or foolish, out in summer or winter, on a day trip or a marathon, climbing mountaintops or bushwhacking the slopes, their "peak experiences" make for fascinating and educational reading. Ms. White does a service to both outdoors-people and their observers in collecting these tales in one volume.
Carol Stone White
Carol Stone White is a tour guide for Oneida Community Mansion House, a museum interpreting the nineteen-century utopian Oneida Community, and is a great granddaughter of founder John Humphrey Noyes. She received the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Award with long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox and polar explorer Ann Bancroft. They discussed “Strong Women Take on the World,” how they draw attention to causes larger than their own ambitions. She edits guidebooks and anthologies about …