ER Virus

Everett Ruess gave me a virus today ... be careful what links you click on when Google sends you an "Everett Ruess" news feed.

By the way, I'm still seeing posts that the mystery is solved. Clearly the latest news is not getting out.

Everett Ruess mystery 'unsolved'

I'm grateful the mystery remains. However, I'm sorry media outlets are not covering this news the same way they covered the National Geographic story about Everett's mystery being solved. It seems Everett's myth will adopt a new dynami...c: Many of the new followers of the story, who think the Everett Ruess story is a classic cold case, will never see that it was a story of adventure and nature worship. Thus ends the golden age of Everett Ruess ...

Everett Ruess Chautauqua

I won't be able to attend the Everett Ruess discussion on Sept. 25 in Escalante. I really wanted to enjoy seeing all the "players" involved with the Everett Ruess story. But for this event, I was asked to be a participant and I honestly don't feel comfortable at this point (in my research) in transitioning into this participant-status. I, like dozens of other people who are emerging as stenographers of Ruess, need to remain an observer of the myth-making. Even my Disciples of Everett Ruess Group (with activities limited to Facebook and this blog) was hard for me to launch.

As I continue to watch this story unravel I know that the aspects of the story I have learned about continue to be found in an informational abyss ... and I like it that way. Let all of this other publicity about Everett's discovery continue for a couple of years and then I will be ready to push forward with a published version of what I see happening to the Everett Ruess story. I can’t even get Gibbs Smith to make good on his promises to publish my research. As a result, I am contemplating taking down all the electronic versions of my thesis to avoid future plagiarism. As the list of people saying they are doing projects about Everett grows, I know that it is only a little while until I see my research ripped off. So far, I've only seen my thesis used a couple of times by the media, but those times that it has been used I was never given credit for reporting the information that was used.

That said, I am mostly not attending the ER chautauqua for a long list of additional reasons that I would rather not get into. I will, like most everything else related to ER, wait for the press coverage. Afterall, that has also been my primary interest in Everett Ruess.

Everett Ruess dental analysis

Here is a link to a PowerPoint presentation I was sent, regarding the dental records of Everett. The research was done by Paul Leatherbury ... more on him later.

The Spirit of Everett Ruess

"He didn't commit suicide per se," he added. "He just walked down that road and didn't come back."

I thought you all might want to read this story about Winston Branko Churchill's death ... http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12975359. He seems to be a kindred spirit of Everett, who couldn't come to terms with his own view of life.


p.s. The ER festival in Escalante is working out to be an interesting event, includiing a visit with Pat Jenks. More event details at http://www.everettruessdays.org/schedule.html

Utah state archaeologist questions Ruess research

In an interesting twist of events, the Utah state archaelogist is questioning the research that put the Ruess mystery to rest.



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us/05ruess.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Glen Canyon Institute Everett Ruess Forum

Here is the full streaming video of the Glen Canyon Institute's forum on the discovery of Everett Ruess.

http://stream.utah.edu/m/dp/frame.php?f=63c54cc6111a4940267



JUST CLICK ON THE WINDOWS ICON ONCE YOU GET TO THE SITE.

SUWA and Everett Ruess: A triangulated study ...

My master's thesis is finally avaiable online. Just click on the link and click on the "download" button.

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxlhUXM51xlVMDI2MmUzYzctMjM1NS00NDczLTgzMWQtMWM0MDI3NjZjNDA3&hl=en

LIttle interest

It seems there is little interest in this blog .. however, my "Disciples of Everett Ruess" group on Facebook continues to grow each day. I haven't check the MySpace group for Everett ... it has been totally silent since its inception. I think that is a pretty revealing look into the people who use Facebook vs. MySpace for social networking.

I have started to get a little interest in my published graduate thesis about the media/environmental movement use of Everett Ruess. As a result I am sifting through old electronic files to create an updated PDF version of my thesis that I can post and archive electronically. I have resisted putting up electronic versions because I have already seen how my research is never credited and plagiarized -- without it being fully available online. It would be nice to make some money off of my hobby ... but at this point is still remains just that, a hobby.

Forensics Revealed

http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/356a0a9dbdbf0e34a25d98b1663b3ba3.html

Ruess has red hair

http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/0409/043009mystery.php

http://www.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&q=everett+ruess&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&ei=mh_5SdjMAZuxtgfn1pmsDw&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&resnum=13&ct=title

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/the_grave_of_everett_ruessfound/C564/L564/

Mystery Solved: Let the media frenzy begin

Now that the mystery of Everett Ruess has been solved. I will continue to research and document how the story evolves and travels around the world.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12228119