The Last Frontier Mailbag2026/05/18 20:58:50
A Montana Forest Service fire lookout writes home from a 14-foot cab perched above the Bitterroot. What's it like to spend five months alone on a mountain, watching for smoke, rationing propane, and calling your wife on a radio-telephone that the whole ranger district can hear? This letter tells you.
Lookout: A Letter from Elevation 7,200
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