BackWoods Drifter

The entire first two days basically followed the same trail as mapped in this post. The difference being my friend and I camped before the climb to the top of the mountain.
My last trip into Spring Hollow, I was riding the ATV my friend was on this time. At that time I had reservations about [...]

What is Hell’s Gate? It is a simple metal gate on Kayford Mountain that separates Larry Gibson’s property from an active mountaintop removal site.

Once you pass Hell’s Gate it is like you are transported to an entirely different planet. Or, as the name would suggest, Hell on Earth.

The next photo shows the dragline which is [...]

Sometimes when I am bored I like to just draw. I’ve never been real good at it and like to practice whenever I can. I decided to play with my new best friends photo a little bit. Boy I sure hope Donny boy can take a joke. Like I said, I never claimed to be [...]

Yesterday I wrote a post describing my plans to back off in my battle against mountaintop removal coal mining. Today I am recanting that statement.
There will be no threat you can make that will cause me to back off. I feel like a weakling for even considering it. You can email me all you want, [...]

Since starting my personal crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining I have asked myself almost daily – what is it going to take to stop the ignorance? I’m here to tell you today what it will take. It is going to take people just like me banding together with other people just like me and [...]