Essays
"It's too cold!" "Trekking is a summer activity!" "Sleep in a snow WHAT?" [hr] When I bring up the prospect of a ski trek, I expect these sorts of reactions from some mothers, a…
Andrew Skurka and I met "online" (who didn't, these days?) what now seems like a long time ago, while he was preparing for a trek across the CONUS from the Atlantic to the Pacific…
Brian and I have been friends, and fly fishing partners, for a long time. We've spent a fair bit of time logging trail miles and floating together, always searching for streams off the beaten…
I love whiteouts. When I ski in a whiteout, especially in a wild place, I often think, "now what"? In a whiteout, everything else has been stripped away. There's nothing to look at, no…
This could be your home someday! No, I don't mean that you can buy it, spruce it up, and live in it. (That door has been closed, because this neighborhood is slated for re-engineering…