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Pacific Northwest Trail Association trail crew members on the bank of the Chilliwack River tend to Robert Schock (not visible). Photo via Pacific Northwest Trail Association

ShooBoo posts about the fellow who went missing for 30 days on the North Cascades Chilliwack River Trail, and the thread is full of interesting stories and info, including The 10 Essentials for hiking, loquacious' Complete Handbook On How Not to Be A Doofus, and PareidoliaticBoy's tale with tips for vehicular preparedness. Dear adventurers, please read before gadding about.

Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash

There's a growing band of people digging through library stacks and second-hand bookshops in search of lost classics. I'm one of them. Wobbuffet posted Lucy Scholes' Meet the archive moles about surfacing worthy forgotten or overlooked books for reprint, with links to houses publishing recovered works.

My new toy by VeRoNiK@ GR (cc by-nc-nd)

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Dessin illustrant la position du HMS Terror au lever du soleil le 14 juillet 1837 / Sketch illustrating the position of HMS Terror at sunrise, July 14, 1837 by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives (cc by)

If you haven't checked it out, don't miss orrnyereg's wonderful megapost on the HMS Terror and the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition. (also, ChuraChura's tale of discovering her ancestor who was a member of two Arctic rescue expeditions to save Franklin!)

ARE You Fine.....Mr. Reyes? by Cayusa (cc by-nc)

In case you, too, have ever felt a little bewildered regarding the roundup of events surrounding a certain group of passengers from Oceanic Flight 815: "what exactly happened in Lost? Please tell me in UNDER 400 WORDS. What happened in that show" now in Ask Me.