I like think of myself as an indoorsy outdoorsy person. I love to get outside — hiking, skiing, running, feeling an ocean breeze brush my face or cold ice crystals on my tongue during a snowstorm. But I also hate going outside, as in leaving my home when I could be settled in under a blanket …
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Whether you’re on an epic road trip through the American southwest or cooking an elaborate dinner at home, podcasts help us pass the time, entertain ourselves, and often learn something new. Voices of strangers keeping us company, giving us the news, sharing information. I usually listen to podcasts on my daily commute — one of …
The holidays are a time of consumption. From Black Friday to Cyber Monday to Cyber Week to “we’ve extended our sale!” emails hitting our inboxes every day of December, the entire season has exploded into a roiling ball of buy the perfect gift, find a funny yet useless white elephant item, treat yourself to these self-care …
Of the nine grizzly bears I have seen in my life, I encountered all of them in the last year or so, and each one made my heart stop, if only for a moment, when I first saw it. The first time I saw a grizzly bear was off the side of the road in …
Father, husband, cancer patient – all of these identities describe two men with a dream to climb the Grand Teton despite their diagnoses. A 97-year-old puts my work ethic to shame as he runs the road race up Mount Washington. Two partners grapple with mountain biking, running a restaurant, and being a lesbian couple in …
When you’re dangling from a rope above the earth, pretty much halfway between where you started and where you want to be and surrounded only by open space, there’s not much you can do except sit.
Whew. WE. MADE. IT. What a year, right? Granted, I think that at the end of every year, but last year truly felt like a whirlwind of change.
I have a competitive soul. I’d been dating my boyfriend for just a few months when we took a weekend trip up to Burlington, VT. The owner of our bed and breakfast supplied us with Heady Topper and a record player, which I knelt next to, knees digging into the soft carpet, sorting through a box of …
The leaves are changing, everyone. It’s go time. As tomorrow is the first official day of fall, I’ve rounded up 7 awesome films that should get you excited for your own outdoor adventures this season. From climbing to ultrarunning to flyfishing, more and more filmmakers are broadening their definition of “outdoor adventure,” which (in my …
Hello, internet friends! Taking a moment here to thank you for reading my blog (even if you just stumbled upon it today.) I also wanted to give you the heads up that starting this week, I will be pretty much out of commission when it comes to communicating with the outside world, as I will …
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