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Our About the South history columnist on exotic forest options, Atlantic salmon, and the snowballing of a field marshal.

– Join Camp Ocean Pines on October 31 from 1-4 p.m. for an afternoon of fall fun. This open house-style event is suited for the young and the young-at-heart. Free activities include face painting, a pumpkin patch, archery, caramel apple decorating, hay rides, meet-n-greets with camp’s animal ambassadors, and axe throwing.

I tried San Francisco’s new ropes course in McLaren Park. And I have a fear of heights. Tessa McLean The rope bridge suspended 25 feet in the air is shaking violently beneath my feet. Is it that unstable, I wonder, or is it my trembling that’s causing the bridge to sway back and forth so quickly? That’s when I remember I’m supposed to be breathing, the hint I’ve been given by Rosy Woodruff, the program manager of this terrifying experience I volunteered to try. Rather than take a pause and look down (I will never look down), I gaze to my right and indulge in a few mo...

Skip to main content Currently Reading I tried San Francisco's new ropes course in McLaren Park. And I have a fear of heights. FacebookTwitterEmail Tessa McLean tries out the new ropes challenge course in San Francisco's John McLaren Park.Mariah Tiffany/Special to SFGATE The rope bridge suspended 25 feet in the air is shaking violently beneath my feet. Is it that unstable, I wonder, or is it my trembling that’s causing the bridge to sway back and forth so quickly? That’s when I remember I’m supposed to be breathing, the hint I’ve been given by Rosy Woodruff, the program manager of thi...

In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care and palliative care physician draws a valuable lesson about the limits and beauty of last-ditch interventions