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 …
Welcome to the end of the year. Time to reflect on the last 12 months and panic-set some unachievable goals for the next 12, am I right? Since a new decade only comes around every ten years, I wanted to use the end of 2019 to write a reflection on the entirety of the 2010’s. …
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.
I find it both endearing and a little sad that we can’t promote our own work or tout our own successes, especially online, without being overly bashful about it. We must be self-denigrating and witty-but-also-I’m-serious-please-buy-this-slash-look-at-this-thing-I-made-or-did.
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 …
Every month this year, I’m trying something new and documenting how it went. Check out what I’ve done in past months here. I spent most of June, July, and August out west, which meant lots of new things – a new job, new activities, a new state, new food habits. How do you encapsulate a summer …
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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