Words from the Wild with Willem Lange
Podcast
A New Year’s Day Climbing Party
April 20, 2022
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Five friends and New Hampshire PBS videographer Steve Giordani meet up on New Year’s Day to hike to the summit of Mount Moosilauke in Benton, NH. The icy ascent has Willem reaching for some borrowed ice creepers, but will they get him up the trail? -January 2012
April 13, 2022
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Join Willem and the Windows to the Wild crew as they traverse the Presidential Range. Staying first in the Lakes of the Clouds Hut, Willem then teeters gingerly from boulder to boulder as he picks his way for an overnight at Madison Hut. -September 2010 | Madison Spring Hut, White Mountains, NH
A Long Night and a Long Day on Top of Maine
April 6, 2022
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Planning on staying over at Roaring Brook Campground and then hiking up to Chimney Pond, Willem and crew tackle Maine’s highest peak – Mount Katahdin. The crew gets a rough start, but makes it to the top. Now how will Willem make it down? - September 2009 (Millinocket, ME)
Mother Charges up Cardigan Mountain and Disappears
March 30, 2022
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While filming on the trail to summit of Mount Cardigan, Willem’s better half decides to push on ahead as not to hold them up. But a wrong turn has Willem searching frantically for a woman hiking in a long blue denim skirt. - October 2008
March 23, 2022
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Go on a ride of a lifetime – hang-gliding! Join Willem as he tentatively experiences the wonders of gliding on thermals and ridgeline updrafts. - September 2008 | North Charlestown, NH
Chipmunks, Kids, and Mountain Tops
March 16, 2022
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Willem meets up with his oldest daughter who has decided to come back East and tackle the hills of her childhood. - August 2008 | Franconia Ridge, NH
A Nostalgic Trip to an Abandoned Island
March 9, 2022
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Join Willem and his wife Ida as they take a walk down memory lane at the Outward Bound facility on Hurricane Island off the coast of Maine. - October 2007
Decent into the Maelstrom on a Big Whoopie Cushion
March 2, 2022
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You can’t get there from here… well, without a little difficulty. Willem takes to the Rapid River and puts his life in the hands of a seasoned river guide. -September 2007
February 23, 2022
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Take a wild dogsled ride through the deep woods of Maine. Led by Roy, Stanzi, Jackson and Ripley, Willem and his canine companions make their way into the AMC sporting camp, Medawisla. -April 2007
February 16, 2022
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Gaps, Passes and Notches. Hiking the rough Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, Willem and his crew slog their way to The Carter Notch hut. Greeted by Sally the caretaker, a bunch of young kids and a spectacular view of the Ramparts, Willem shares the history of this hard to get to place. - October 2006
