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• Wreck to recreation: The West Coast Trail

  May 19, 2013 in Outdoors The West Coast Trail on B.C.’s Vancouver Island was built as a route to safety for shipwreck survivors. Now it’s a 45-mile hiking destination. Follow Spokesman-Review Outdoors Editor Rich Landers …

• Desert delight for paddlers

  March 17, 2013 in Outdoors Photography by Rich Landers

  The Winchester Wasteway is an indelicate name for a nifty overnight canoe trip through the Columbia Basin desert southwest of Moses Lake. March through May is … 2

• No Kid Can Resist a Mud Puddle

  February 27, 2012 in Outdoors A remote trail cam focused on a water hole captures an elk calf’s moment of pure bliss — not unlike any youngster at a water park.

• Backcountry base camp for skiers

  January 17, 2012 in Outdoors Rich Landers digs into the lure of backcountry skiing in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia and a the cozy welcome offered by a family with a base camp cabin …

• When a grizzly steps on your face

  October 3, 2011 in Outdoors Jaime Johnson, a professional photographer from Montana, recently put a video camera on the bank of an Alaska river where brown bears were frequently walking in search of salmon. Let’s …

• Sea kayaking with orcas

  August 21, 2011 in Outdoors, Sports Outdoors editor Rich Landers sea-kayaks with killer whales in British Columbia.

• Mount Whitney: A dad-daughter highlight

  June 29, 2011 in Outdoors A few years ago, as he sensed the inevitable changes ahead, Edwyn Hill of Spokane planned a challenging outdoor adventure with his oldest daughter, Whitney. He wanted to end the … 1

• Wildlife Rehabilitators

  April 20, 2011 in News, Outdoors Outdoors Editor Rich Landers talks about the work done by licensed wildlife rehabilitators, volunteers who nurse sick and injured wildlife back to health. Marilyn Omlor is one of a handful …

• Kayaking Sullivan Wave

  April 1, 2011 in Outdoors The Sullivan Hole is a popular kayaking feature on the Spokane River near Greenacres.

• Baja Kayaking: Making best of Plan B

  March 4, 2011 in Outdoors Outdoor adventurers should always go into a trip with alternatives for the unexpected. “You need a Plan A, and a Plan B - and the right attitude for both options,” … 1

• Ice jigging for the big one

  February 24, 2011 in Outdoors

• Trout TV sampler

  January 27, 2011 in Outdoors Trout TV — a new fly fishing show filmed on top waters from Alaska to the North Platte, including local waters such as the Coeur d’Alene, Grande Ronde and Yakima …

• Is it a boat or a fish?

  January 14, 2011 in Outdoors, Sports Still a novelty the boater who has everything else or rented out as for promotions, the SeaBreacher submersible watercraft is at the least intriguing to watch as it performs …

• Brave target

  December 3, 2010 in Outdoors Shooter fires .50 caliber rifle at watermelon on companion’s head.

• Fishing orcas

  November 24, 2010 in Outdoors Orca whales move in as a salmon fisherman tries to land his catch.

• Senior mountaineers climb Mount Everest

  December 31, 2009 in Outdoors, Travel Spokane’s Kay LeClaire, age 60, and Dawes Eddy, 66, recently became the second oldest U.S. woman and man to reach the summit of the Mount Everest. Watch a audio slideshow … 1

• Measuring the Palouse Falls

  September 4, 2009 in Outdoors A Whitman College professor and his students measured the Palouse Falls, site of a record-breaking kayak plunge in April, during a field trip Aug. 18. The falls weren’t quite as …

• Tracking Dawes Eddy

  March 29, 2009 in City, Outdoors Aerospace/exercise physiologist Don Winant is organizing a series of tests on Dawes Eddy, 66, before he attempts to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the oldest American to …

• Skiing Mount St. Helens

  July 18, 2008 in Features, Outdoors, Sports Video journalist Jim Bolser with Spokane based Peak Video Productions, documents his adventure of skiing down Mount St. Helens.

• Hiking into Spring

  July 9, 2008 in Features, Outdoors, Sports Rich Landers, Spokesman-Review outdoors editor, narrates a slideshow of his July 3rd hike into Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, a gem in the Selkirk Mountains just North of Nelson British Columbia. …

• 2007 Canoe Classic

  June 18, 2007 in Features, Outdoors Families celebrate Father’s Day with a canoe and kayak race.

• Climbing Mount St. Helens

  August 30, 2006 in Outdoors On July 21, 2006, the U.S. Forest Service re-opened the climbing trail on Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington state. In 2004, the volcano had re-awakened from the slumber it …