WATERSPORTS -- The Spokane River is in prime form for whitewater rafters geared up properly with dry suits and good life vests. As you can see from this sequence of photos, it also helps to have good partners. The first photo shows the first of...
HIKING -- A few years ago, I started recommending that hikers carry bear spray and keep it handy on their pack straps virtually everywhere they hike, not just in case of a bear encounter, but also for protection against cougars, wolves and the occasional crazed…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
