ABOUT NORTHEAST MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
Northeast Mountain People, launched November 2020, is a hiking forum authored/edited by journalist Paul-William Gagnon (with occasional guest authors). It features planned and impromptu interviews with hikers ("Mountain People"), articles on the practice and philosophy of hiking, hiking trip reports and destination writing, gear and literature reviews, and occasional parody humor ("The White Mountain Parsnip"). NEMP primarily covers hiking in the northeast United States with occasional forays into eastern Canada and places further abroad. NEMP takes a "humanistic" approach to the topic of hiking and its interview subjects.
Northeast Mountain People, launched November 2020, is a hiking forum authored/edited by journalist Paul-William Gagnon (with occasional guest authors). It features planned and impromptu interviews with hikers ("Mountain People"), articles on the practice and philosophy of hiking, hiking trip reports and destination writing, gear and literature reviews, and occasional parody humor ("The White Mountain Parsnip"). NEMP primarily covers hiking in the northeast United States with occasional forays into eastern Canada and places further abroad. NEMP takes a "humanistic" approach to the topic of hiking and its interview subjects.
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ABOUT PAUL-WILLIAM
I grew up exploring the mountains and natural areas of New England and eastern Canada (where my grandparents emigrated from). As I child, I spent my summers on a lake cabin in Maine and then a cottage on the ocean in New Hampshire, and I explored the woods behind my home in Massachusetts. My family took me on trips to parks and natural areas where we mostly viewed nature from the road. I remember feeling intensely curious about the trail signs but was forbidden to venture far. |
As soon as I was old enough to drive and buy a car (late '80s), I travelled to the mountains of New England to hike. There were no hikers in my family; what I learned about hiking, backpacking, and nature, I learned from books, from others, or I learned the hard way (mostly the hard way). I readily absorbed all I could about the natural history and geography of the northeast, and my journeys eventually took me as far north as Labrador. There are few corners of the Northeast I haven't stuck my nose in (at one point I tried to catalog all of the hiking locations using Caltopo's mapping app, but there were so many pins to place that I overloaded the server). In 1994, dissatisfied with my career, I quit my job and through-hiked the Appalachian Trail. Eventually I began working for non-profit land trusts as a way to spend time in the woods and give back to what I love. I started writing poetry on the trail as a way of processing my experience. These days I write about hiking (and occasionally still write poetry and fiction). In 2000, I took up shoeless (true barefoot) hiking, and in 2013 I began to cultivate a yoga practice. My academic background includes a B.A., M.F.A (creative writing), and an M.R.P. (Master's in Regional Planning, focus on conservation planning including public access design and policy, and land conservation law).
I can be reached by the following methods:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NortheastMountainPeople
I can be reached by the following methods:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NortheastMountainPeople
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Everything you read here is subject to change and revision, based on the author's whims. Works published here may make their way to other forms of media someday in the same or slightly altered states. All of my work posted on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license. What this means is you're free to download, duplicate, and/or display my work wherever you like as long as you: (a) do not alter it; (b) you make certain you credit me for it directly and provide a link to this website (or link to the appropriate Creative Commons license in the event that this website ceases to exist); and (c) you do not use my work for commercial purposes without my explicit permission. Note: if you post my material on your own website, and your website is supported by banner ads which provide you income beyond nominally paying for the cost of hosting your website, or you're routinely selling stuff through your website (beyond selling an occasional piece of gear), those are absolutely commercial purposes and you need to have my permission to publish my material there. Details on the Creative Commons License can be found here.
Unless otherwise noted, photos images found on this website are either my own, are published here with permission from the authors (and credited as such), or are in the public domain and are chosen to complement the works herein. Information on visual artists featured here can be found on the Links page. Photographs taken by me are copyrighted under the same license as my written works. All photographs are my own unless otherwise credited.
I am just starting to get my feet under me with regard to how I manage advertising. Right now, I'm running Google AdSense ads. As I expand my readership I'm hoping to offer standard advertising options directly to the outdoor gear manufacturing and outdoor adventure service industries. At this low-tech stage, I'm open to reasonable duration-based and placement-based offers. I can craft simple, custom ads or adopt existing suitable ads. Please reach out to me to discuss.
If you have gear that you would like me to review, please reach out.
Licensing and Publication Information (the small print)
Everything you read here is subject to change and revision, based on the author's whims. Works published here may make their way to other forms of media someday in the same or slightly altered states. All of my work posted on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license. What this means is you're free to download, duplicate, and/or display my work wherever you like as long as you: (a) do not alter it; (b) you make certain you credit me for it directly and provide a link to this website (or link to the appropriate Creative Commons license in the event that this website ceases to exist); and (c) you do not use my work for commercial purposes without my explicit permission. Note: if you post my material on your own website, and your website is supported by banner ads which provide you income beyond nominally paying for the cost of hosting your website, or you're routinely selling stuff through your website (beyond selling an occasional piece of gear), those are absolutely commercial purposes and you need to have my permission to publish my material there. Details on the Creative Commons License can be found here.
Unless otherwise noted, photos images found on this website are either my own, are published here with permission from the authors (and credited as such), or are in the public domain and are chosen to complement the works herein. Information on visual artists featured here can be found on the Links page. Photographs taken by me are copyrighted under the same license as my written works. All photographs are my own unless otherwise credited.
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