Essays

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

Day 7: Bonney Pass & Staging for Gannett

"I only experience real adventure when I don't know what the outcome will be." - Reinhold Messner After a freezing cold morning that left a skin of ice on the snowmelt pools near our…

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Day 6: The Titcomb Storm

Until now, we've experienced "typical" Wind River summer weather: her moods fluctuating rapidly and indecisively between clouds and sun, rain and hail, wind and calm. For the most part, in her summer mood, she…

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Day 5: Fremont Peak

Today we lay over at Indian Basin to take a "rest and relaxation" day. So three of us decided to bag Fremont Peak. Visible from Pinedale, 13,745' Fremont Peak is not only the second…

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Day 4: Indian Basin

We awoke at Wall Lake this morning with the summits engulfed by low clouds. Nevertheless, it was mostly a blue sky day but with winds and colder temperatures. Our route took us to the…

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Photo: Harrower Peak Massif

Photo: The southernmost peak of the Harrower massif looms 2,000 feet above our camp at Wall Lake tonight. // Enjoy live dispatches and photos via satellite from this trip online at http://www.ryanjordan.com/windrivers2015/ and receive…

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