This book, “Mountain High” relates 28 exciting, outdoor adventures and details the lighter, comical side of climbing,... More > camping, and backpacking. Many of the stories take place in extreme winter conditions. Illustrated with more than 60 photographs. < Less

These thirty-three, amusing short stories describe outdoor adventures of the author Paul (Papa Bear) with family and... More > friends. They visit the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, Finger Lakes region, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California deserts, and Ontario, Canada, while hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, canoeing, and botanizing. Illustrated with selected photos and line drawings. < Less

This book is a compilation of trip reports written in the form of short stories detailing the adventures of Little Bear... More > (Paul Gerard) with his father Papa Bear (Paul J.), the author of these tales. They take place every month of the year, over a period of twenty-two years from the time that Little Bear was fourteen until he was thirty-six years old. Usually, when Little Bear accompanied Papa Bear on his wanderings among the High Peaks, they were blessed by delightful downpours or immersed in ghostly, dripping mists and fog. Always, several unusual incidents occurred under such conditions and recording the event under the guise of a trip report became a rambling account, mixing facts with fantasy-like characters. < Less

These thirty-three, amusing short stories describe outdoor adventures of the author Paul (Papa Bear) with family and... More > friends. They visit the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, Finger Lakes region, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California deserts, and Ontario, Canada, while hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, canoeing, and botanizing. Illustrated with selected photos and line drawings. < Less

These thirty-three, amusing short stories describe outdoor adventures of the author Paul (Papa Bear) with family and... More > friends. They visit the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, Finger Lakes region, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California deserts, and Ontario, Canada, while hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, canoeing, and botanizing. Illustrated with selected photos and line drawings. < Less

This book, “Mountain High” relates 28 exciting, outdoor adventures and details the lighter, comical side of climbing,... More > camping, and backpacking. Many of the stories take place in extreme winter conditions. Illustrated with more than 60 photographs. < Less

This book is a compilation of trip reports written in the form of short stories detailing the adventures of Little Bear... More > (Paul Gerard) with his father Papa Bear (Paul J.), the author of these tales. They take place every month of the year, over a period of twenty-two years from the time that Little Bear was fourteen until he was thirty-six years old. Usually, when Little Bear accompanied Papa Bear on his wanderings among the High Peaks, they were blessed by delightful downpours or immersed in ghostly, dripping mists and fog. Always, several unusual incidents occurred under such conditions and recording the event under the guise of a trip report became a rambling account, mixing facts with fantasy-like characters. < Less