The Last Frontier Mailbag05/18/2026, 19:07:31
A letter from Roy Decker, a Montana Forest Service fire lookout stationed alone in a tower above the Flathead National Forest for the third summer in a row. He describes the particular texture of solitude: the sound the wind makes at 9,000 feet, what you eat when the resupply helicopter is two weeks late, and why he keeps coming back.
The Last Frontier Mailbag — Ep. 1: Somebody Up There
A letter from Roy Decker, a Montana Forest Service fire lookout stationed alone in a tower above the Flathead National Forest for the third summer in a row. He describes the particular texture of solitude: the sound the wind makes at 9,000 feet, what you eat when the resupply helicopter is two weeks late, and why he keeps coming back.
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