Up Moses Creek: A Siphon Does Not Sip

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Wednesday, 10/04/2024

Ready?” I shout over my shoulder up towards the pond. I am straddling the end of a long, white plastic pipe filled with water, its end taped shut with a wrap of 5-mil plastic.

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Plane crash debris removed from Browning Knob

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Tuesday, 04/07/2023

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 27, the National Park Service airlifted the wreckage of a 1983 plane crash near Waterrock Knob that has proven popular with both hikers and travel writers.

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