There are two things I love to talk about: (1) Our capacity to continually test and redefine the body’s physical limits (2) My balls I’ve been an athlete for most of my life (avid hiker, backpacker, runner, climber, mountaineer, weight...
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist In early July, I got the rad opportunity to climb Mount Rainier with Peter Whittaker. Peter is well known for his...
The first week of August, I set out with a group of tight-knight friends to discover the Wind River High Route. Variations of this route have been mapped extensively and most notably by Andrew Skurka and Alan Dixon and Don Wilson (we...
Have you ever found yourself laying in your sleeping bag at the end of a grueling day, overjoyed about the sights you were able to see, wishing your stomach would stop growling? Hiker hunger is no joke! Plenty of thru-hikers...
As an active practitioner of Type 2 Fun, I am often faced with various body parts wearing out or falling apart on me. One of the most frustrating experiences is the dreaded “hot spot.” You know the feeling: you...
I find that as I get older, traditions actually have become more important to me. They somehow mark – almost slowdown – the passage of time, which otherwise seems careen forward at cheetah speed. Carving pumpkins in the fall, carving turns...