Chasing Abbey (article, 1997)

Chasing Abbey, by Doug Peacock, Outside Magazine, August 1997

Doug Peacock, author of Grizzly Years and also the model for the fictional character Hayduke in The Monkey Wrench Gang, remembers Edward Abbey, their friendship and the last days of Ed's life as Doug suffers the same medical problem, while hiking in the Himalayas, that Ed died from.

Doug's forthcoming memoir about his friendship with Edward Abbey, Walking It Off, will be published by Henry Holt.

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