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Up In The Clouds: How Climbing Changed My Life
Summit of Fisher Towers “Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion…I go to them as humans go to worship. From their lofty...
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New Year, New Travels: How To Maximize Your Adventures In 2012!
Moonrise over Moab, Utah See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you See the canyons broken by clouds See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the bedouin fires at night See...
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My A to Z Travels: Recollections of a Nomad
I decided to borrow this interesting tidbit from the excellent Morning Fresh blog, run by my good friend and fellow Lazy Lizarder, Katie Boue. It’s a chance to look back at my travels from the very...
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Spring Break Travel: Travel Farther, Spend Less!
Spring break is a hallowed time for all college students where the possibilities for travel are limitless. In those ten days, away from books, exams, research and deadlines, many offer themselves to...
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Get In Gear: The Five Basic Items Every Climber Should Have
In climbing, the key to a successful ascent is preparation. A climber must be able to rely on a strong body, a calm mind, and reliable equipment. Whether in the gym, or scaling monolithic desert...
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A Week In The Wild: A Guide to National Park Week
Arches National Park, Utah It’s that time of year again! For one week, all 397 National Parks across the United States are absolutely free from April 21-April 29. With free entrance it opens a host of...
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Save Our Land: Three Endangered National Parks
Arches National Park This Veterans Day weekend, November 10-12 marks the final free national park day weekend of the year. It’s an excellent opportunity to get outside, enjoy the last days of pleasant...
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Protecting Petroglyphs
Courthouse Wash Petroglyphs A few weeks ago, a group of hikers and adventurers through Twitter had a chat about some of the biggest problems that were facing public lands. Among the issues of not...
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Lost and Found In The Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park Adventure is best when it’s off the grid, completely improvised, imperfect, and when it comes with a big surprise at the end. My friend Anh, who up until now I’d only known...
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Reuniting Family In the National Parks
My parents and I at North Cascades National Park Admittedly, as a child, I had very little personal interest in the outdoors. It’s shocking to look back on but growing up, I was very much an...
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The Responsibility of Climbers
Canyonlands National Park and Castle Valley Today I was at my kitchen table thumbing through the latest Patagonia catalog, which discussed some of the issues regarding the explosion of popularity of...
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I’m Running My First Half Marathon!
Keeping cool on a 36-mile hike from Boulder to Estes Park. When the North Face delivered a package at my doorstep when I first moved to Boulder, it started to inspire ideas. Good ideas. Bad ideas....
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Castleton Tower: The North Chimney
The North Chimney Ascends the Left Side For my entire climbing career, I wanted to climb Castleton. That was my tower, it was my goal. Castleton Tower is a majestic 400-foot spire of magnificent...
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Protect Where We Play
Indian Creek, Utah – Long fought for by oil, gas, and energy developers Back in September, I was invited to the Outdoor Industry Association’s annual Rendezvous conference. The last session of the...
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In The Heart Of The Creek
I woke up from the back of my car, the rainbow colored prayer flags that hang from my trunk fluttered in the dusty rusted sand, and I watched ash skies envelope the Six Shooter’s towered architecture....
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