I got an email from Statigram the other day offering to collect my “best Instagram…
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Big Shout Out To Rocks
It is a fact that if you are reading this, there is a 75 percent…
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What’s The Best Rain Jacket?
When you’re buying a rain jacket, you probably have lots of questions, none of which…
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A Moab State Of Mind
I sat under Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, 60 minutes from Moab and 20…
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You Don’t Have To Go Inside Just Because It’s Dark
I rolled down the packed trail, standing in the pedals, watching the 30 or so…
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A Friendly Reminder That Your Summer Is Half Over
My dad mentioned to me the other day that this was the first year he’d…
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Pride Cometh Before The Fall
As a joke, I got my photo taken next to the Icebox Canyon trailhead sign:…
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You Wonder Why We Don’t Have Nice Things
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in…
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Dads And Dreams
My dad told me the other day he’d won a three-day Harley rental at a…
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Are You Ready For Your Summit Photo?
Are you going hiking this weekend? Planning a climb of Mount Hood, Shasta, Rainier? There…
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Pooping In The Outdoors: A Flow Chart
Everyone poops. What to do with it in the out-of-doors can sometimes be confusing. Thanks…
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Facts About Climbing Mount Everest
Have you heard of Mount Everest? Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, so…
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The Masochist’s Guide To Bushwhacking
“Bushwhacking is like my third favorite thing to do in the outdoors, behind crotch-deep postholing…
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How To Get Your New Boyfriend/ Girlfriend To Hate Your Sport
You love snowboarding. Or climbing. Or mountain biking. You’ve been doing it for so long,…
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A Bunch Of Dreams, One Film: The Making Of ’35’
This past Tuesday, a film called “35” went up on Vimeo — it’s 5 minutes…
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The Dirtbag Diaries: Castleton Fall
In October 2012, I became part of a rescue on Castleton Tower near Moab when…
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The Sometimes Awkward Process Of Finding Your Flow
The Sunday night before my first day of fourth grade, I rolled my black-and-gold Huffy…
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What’s The Cost-Per-Use Of Your Skis/Bike/Rack?
“I’ve been thinking about things on a cost-per-use basis lately,” my friend Nick said to…
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Everything Is Epic
At a grocery store last week, the cover of Cosmopolitan‘s January issue caught my eye…
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Make Plans, Not Resolutions
In a scene in the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the…
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A Handful Of Moments
My dad and I walked into Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 4, the…
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The Importance Of Being A Lifelong Beginner
When you dismount a mountain bike going uphill, you end up doing a sort of…
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The Greatest Mountaineering Survival Story Never Told
A few years ago, I climbed Drift Peak near Leadville, Colorado, on Presidents Day with…
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My Pal Mick, 1958-2012
My friend Mick’s heart stopped working last Sunday. He died at the age of 54,…
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The New (Not-Quite-So-Masculine) Mountain Man
I was trying to start a campfire a couple weekends back and grabbed a fat…
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A Climbing Accident
When he hit the ledge, I was sure he was dead. He was a young…
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The Customer Is Always Right
Maybe you’ve heard this one: Ski resort patron approaches lift ticket kiosk on Powder Day…
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