The Ridgerunner

Elusive Loner of the Wilderness

By: Richard Ripley

Narrated by: Gene Engene

During the early 1940’s in Idaho’s expansive Selway-Bitterroot wilderness, a few items disappeared from a tent camp, then from a lookout tower, and a ranger station. Eventually, the continuing loss of food and supplies at such isolated sites confirmed the presence of a mysterious stranger. For years no one saw him, even though he entered forest service quarters while employees slept. In the winter, when he did leave tracks, they were found on the most inhospitable ridges and earned him the regard of locals who could appreciate the severe conditions and hardships of survival under such circumstances. The forest service, determined to catch him, sent out their best...

©1996 Richard Ripley (P)2011 Books in Motion

Great story of a woodsman!

Knowing the area which this story took place was super interesting. Would recommend to anyone that loves the great outdoors and adventure

Good story , narration was fair

The story was interesting informative with a nice background of facts to give it a setting. Not just real impressed with the narration. It seems to me that some of the narrators read in an expression that pleases themselves rather than trying to use expression that will give the listener a real feeling and picture of what is happening in the story . The narrator kind of builds to the middle of the sentence and then trails off . Also maybe trying to drum up too many different voices to cover the different characters. I appreciate the effort, but when some of the are basically snarls and it hardly goes with the character of the person, it takes away from the realism of the story .

Great piece of Idaho history

If you enjoy Idaho backcountry and what it takes to survive in it you will be amazed by this book. It’s also neat to hear how the upper Clearwater was before it was tamed by modern day men.

The Historical Ridgerunner

I heard about the Ridgerunner as a young man living in Southern Idaho. I'm 70 now and was delighted to find this Audible book.
I am somewhat familiar with the Ridgerunner's haunts which made the book come alive for me.
I found Moreland's (Ridgerunner) genius/insane personality as well as his twisted sense of humor fascinating, He was an amazing person in some ways and pitiable in others.
I enjoyed this book and consider it a part of the history of Idaho.

waste of time

could of been a 1 page article. pretty boring story line. not very eventful. The ridgerunner was just living a pretty simple life in the wilderness surviving.