A Landlubber Looks at 42
Forty two years ago today, I entered this world. My dad was probably the happiest man on Earth considering he was forty-eight and had...
An Open Letter to the Outdoor Industry
Most of my friends in the Outdoor Industry have been in Salt Lake City, Utah this week for what is to be the last installment of the OR...
Home (?)
"You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow." Henning Mankell I recently took a trip...
Po' But Proud
The Interview I have played the clip above probably a hundred times over the past ten years. While it's Southern to an extreme, if you...
The Flipside of Adventure Guilt
Recently my friend and fellow Backpacker Local Scout Anastasia Allison posted the video above about how she dealt with some issues in her...
Preventing an Avalanche: Sunset Crater National Monument
For something pretty unique in Arizona, this past Sunday I checked out Sunset Crater National Monument about 10 miles north of the city...
Yes, you can
Yesterday, I announced that I had joined Backpacker Magazine as a contributor. Almost three years ago, when I moved here, I would have...
A Monumental Fight
When my friend Scott Jones at Just Get Out More asked me to contribute for A Monumental Day of Blogging, I was initially honored but also...
Becoming Desert Adapted
I live in a desert. No really. I do. Phoenix has often been called (sadly) the least sustainable city in America, and possibly on Earth....
The (temporary) Death of Mountain Magic
The last time I blogged, I wrote about my near-death experience, the physical struggles that I had to recover, going from being very...
