At home in nature -- From Cold Mountain poems (2013) / by Han Shan, translated by Gary Snyder -- The plateau (from The living mountain (1977)) / by Nan Shepherd -- Where I lived, and what I lived for (from Walden, or, Life in the woods (1854)) / by Henry David Thoreau -- Through the foothills with a flock of sheep (from My first summer in the Sierra (1911)) / by John Muir -- Adventure & exploration -- Earth, I thank you (from Time's unfading garden: Anne Spencer's life and poetry (1977)) / by Anne Spencer -- Wild animals & mythical beasts -- The encircled river (from Coming into the country (1976)) / by John McPhee -- The woman who adopted a bear cub (from Eskimo folk-tales (1921)) / collected by Knud Rasmussen, edited and rendered into English by W. Worster -- Annihilation of the Yeti (from Foltales of the Sherpa & Yeti (2017)) / collected by Shiya Dhakal, adapted from the Nepali by Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma -- Windigo (from Jacklight (1984)) / by Louis Erdrich -- Adventure & exploration -- Camp II (from Annapurna: a woman's place (1980)) / by Arlene Blum -- Obstacles and blessings (from Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest (2001)) / by Jamling Tenzing Norgay -- Moonlight (from Alone on the wall (2016)) / by Alex Honnold -- The accumulation of trees (from Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012)) / by Cheryl Strayed -- Dutch courage (from Dutch courage and other stories (1912)) / by Jack London -- Life & death -- The cremation of Sam McGee (from Songs of a sourdough (1907)) / by Robert Service -- 'Snowbound' (from The best land under heaven: the Donner Party in the age of manifest destiny (2017)) / by Michael Wallis -- Sailing for South Georgia (from Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage (1959)) / by Alfred Lansing -- Granite (from Found: a life in mountain rescue (2017)) / by Bree Loewen -- The first teller (from Fire in the village: new and selected stories (2016)) / collected and edited by Anne M. Dunn.