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Interstate into the Wilderness

Interstate into the Wilderness ORGANIZATION & ENVIRONMENT Morris / INTERST / September ATE1999 INTO THE WILDERNESS Trailhead Near the End of Western History DAVID COPLAND MORRIS University of Washington, Tacoma am off to Talapus Lake for a day hike in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness I Area, a trip I’ve taken many times. There’s nothing extraordinary about this excursion—put on the Gortex boots, buckle the nylon fanny pack, fill the plas- tic water bottles, and grab a couple of Power Bars. Then down the elevator to the underground garage, into the car, out through the heart of downtown Seattle, and on to Interstate 90. Twenty-five minutes east to the edge of megalopolis, 25 more up to the exit for Forest Service road 9030, then 3 miles fishtailing up the gravel to the trailhead. Forty-five minutes of hiking to the small weathered plaque marking the wilderness boundary. A hundred yards farther into the wilderness lies the rocky bowl of the pristine lake, mostly unaltered by the human will. The big bang, the formation of atoms, the coalescing of galaxies, the birth of the solar system. The cooling of the earth, the emergence of life, the development of multicelled creatures, the advent of oxygen, the evolution http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Interstate into the Wilderness

Morris, David Copland
Organization & Environment , Volume 12 (3): 5 – Sep 1, 1999
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ORGANIZATION & ENVIRONMENT Morris / INTERST / September ATE1999 INTO THE WILDERNESS Trailhead Near the End of Western History DAVID COPLAND MORRIS University of Washington, Tacoma am off to Talapus Lake for a day hike in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness I Area, a trip I’ve taken many times. There’s nothing extraordinary about this excursion—put on the Gortex boots, buckle the nylon fanny pack, fill the plas- tic water bottles, and grab a couple of Power Bars. Then down the elevator to the underground garage, into the car, out through the heart of downtown Seattle, and on to Interstate 90. Twenty-five minutes east to the edge of megalopolis, 25 more up to the exit for Forest Service road 9030, then 3 miles fishtailing up the gravel to the trailhead. Forty-five minutes of hiking to the small weathered plaque marking the wilderness boundary. A hundred yards farther into the wilderness lies the rocky bowl of the pristine lake, mostly unaltered by the human will. The big bang, the formation of atoms, the coalescing of galaxies, the birth of the solar system. The cooling of the earth, the emergence of life, the development of multicelled creatures, the advent of oxygen, the evolution

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Published: Sep 1, 1999

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