Essays

Technical notes on strategy, trust, systems, and durable growth.

24 Hours: Nine Months Til Summer

I posted the next episode of "24" yesterday. It will go online, with photos and narrative, at Backpacking Light next week.For this episode, I traversed (in rather wintry conditions in early October) the divide…

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Best Montana & Alaska Hiking Vacations (sic)

Chase and I are planning a car camping trip this weekend with our Boy Scout troop. We're going to camp at Mammoth Hot Springs, just inside Yellowstone National Park. Currently, Mammoth ranks as one…

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Leafy Floor in Cedar Run, SNP

Photo: Panasonic GF1, 20mm, f/4, 1/40 sec. Last weekend, I was hiking with Alan Dixon in Shenandoah National Park, and filming another episode of "24" - that is, 24 hours round trip from Washington,…

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Shenandoah Milk

  Photo: Milky Way Galaxy from the summit of Hawksbill Mountain, Virginia, Shenandoah National Park. Panasonic DMC-GF1, 20mm, f/1.7, 60 sec. November 6, 2009, by Ryan Jordan. This photo is being posted primarily for…

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Monkeyin’ Around at Window Rock Cabin

We spent last weekend with our Boy Scout Troop at the Window Rock Cabin, another one of the rentals on the Gallatin National Forest. It rained, it snowed, it blew, it was generally sort…

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