This story, “My Goat Was High,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. RON MARTIN WAS NOT the silent type of guide. He lowered his 6X binoculars and gave me a dry grin. “There are your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author hikes behind expert mountain guide Lucas Mullen along a steep ridge system. THE FOG rolls up the mountain, hiding the ...

I WAS WORKING my way around the last perpendicular cliff below camp when the wind and rain hit me, covering my eyeglasses with a coating of water. I cased the glasses and groped on through the storm ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On a recent hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos, our group of four encountered mountain goats and their young several times along the trail. We were careful not to get too close or ...

A mountain goat in Alaska jumped into the ocean to get away from crowds snapping its picture, and the animal drowned when it couldn’t get back to land because of the crush of people on shore. Alaska ...

BAKER CITY — Melissa Hamman was watching mountain goats hundreds of yards away, not knowing that her goat was just around the next bend in the trail. Her husband, Robert, who was just ahead of Melissa ...