Author: Elissa Ely
AMC Outdoors inspires people to engage in outdoor conservation and recreation through meaningful stories.

Holding Back
This story was originally published in the Summer/Fall 2020 issue of Appalachia Journal. The dog and I were climbing up the Manning Trail on the way to Firescrew Mountain. We were somewhere between the trailhead and the first view when we came upon about a dozen and a half young teenagers resting on rocks. It […]