BY: JESSICA BEUKER Pemberton, West Australia is home to the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, originally used as a fire lookout. Now, the giant tree serves as one of three lookouts that remain climbable in the Warren National Park – if…
Couple ditched the city for a 40-foot fire lookout with spectacular views of the Oregon Forest
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS They rise each day with the sun, rolling out of their bed to a jaw dropping 360-degree view of mountains and rolling meadows. Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley’s lives changed for the better a few years ago, after…
This is what it is like to get paid to live alone on a mountain (Video)
BY: LAURA ROJAS If you’ve ever read popular works of American literature, namely Jack Kerouac or Edward Abbey, you’ve likely encountered the romanticized existence of a fire lookout as a possible occupation. This is as direct as it sounds— a…