This week we’re introducing the first in our series highlighting the 2020 Friends of Scotchman Peaks scholarship competition winners. In this episode, we’ll hear from Troy, Mont., High School senior Moxley Roesler Begalke as he reads his winning essay “A Hike to Geiger Lakes: An Eye Opening Experience for a Young Boy”.

Look for Moxley's winning essay and more in the Voices in the Wilderness column published periodically in The Western News, the Sanders County Ledger, the Sandpoint Reader, and the Bonner County Daily Bee. For a history of Voices in the Wilderness, visit scotchmanpeaks.org/category/voices-in-the-wilderness/