BackWoods Drifter » Massey Energy http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com West Virginia Outdoors Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Beyond Hell’s Gate http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/06/beyond-hells-gate/ http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/06/beyond-hells-gate/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:01:40 +0000 Denny Tyler http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/?p=574 What is Hell’s Gate? It is a simple metal gate on Kayford Mountain that separates Larry Gibson’s property from an active mountaintop removal site.

Once you pass Hell’s Gate it is like you are transported to an entirely different planet. Or, as the name would suggest, Hell on Earth.

[...]]]> http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/06/beyond-hells-gate/feed/ 5 Rise Up Appalachia!! http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/04/rise-up-appalachia/ http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/04/rise-up-appalachia/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:01:41 +0000 Denny Tyler http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/?p=423 Since starting my personal crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining I have asked myself almost daily – what is it going to take to stop the ignorance? I’m here to tell you today what it will take. It is going to take people just like me banding together with other people just like me and [...]]]> http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/04/rise-up-appalachia/feed/ 12 I Can See For Miles http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/04/i-can-see-for-miles/ http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/04/i-can-see-for-miles/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:33:53 +0000 Denny Tyler http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/?p=416 One thing I love about being on the summit of the Appalachia’s is the view. This photo is looking into the heart of Raleigh County. The community in the foreground is right at the mouth of Drews Creek, West Virginia. The community in the upper left portion is Dry Creek.

http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/03/ignorance-of-the-people/ … brought to you by the coal industry.

The more I talked with people in Drews Creek the more it became obvious they didn’t have a clue about the new mountaintop removal site. It was just like one day there is peace and quiet and the next day your picking broken picture frames up off [...]]]> http://wvbackwoodsdrifter.com/2008/03/ignorance-of-the-people/feed/ 8