4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph constant. Mitsu and I hurriedly…
The Hanging won the Charlie Fowler Award for best climbing film at Mountainfilm last year, and it’s finally online (video):…
Ten years ago last weekend, my old friend Jarrett didn’t have cancer anymore, so I thought it would be a…
Blue Ridge Outdoors profiles Forest and Canyon Woodward as they run their first 50-mile race (video): Do yourself a favor…
Location, location, location! This one-bedroom is close to nothing. Step inside the 29-square-foot ripstop nylon palace and say hello to…
If you’re not familiar with Chip Thomas’s work, here’s your chance (video): (Thanks, Chris) Does Having A Day Job Mean…
Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not including flights)? If the answer…
Shit yeah, solar system: (video) “Last year, a Miami newspaperman asked what he planned on doing after baseball. ‘I think…
A couple years ago, I was talking to my dad on the phone and asked about his plans for the…
Well, here’s a nifty-as-hell three minutes of Grand Canyon timelapses (video) “The Big Lebowski came out in the days before…
I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost ran over a kid on…
“If you’re lucky, the mountains are a forgiving teacher and you learn from your experiences. Art’s the same way—I only…
Nothing’s better than a brand-new sleeping bag, that miraculous cocoon of warmth that enables you to sleep under the stars.…
A super-fun cycling film from Brian Vernor about a 192-mile ride through the California desert (video): Chris Read created a…
*epic meaning a very long day, not like a we’re-gonna-die epic “You’ll be fine.” “I’m pretty sure it’s this way.”…
Maybe you wouldn’t call Ben Page’s bike trip “fun,” but you might agree with some of the people who thought…
A lot of things felt like they were on the verge of breaking down in the six months of training…
Go to this powder happy place for three minutes: (video) “When you have more information, requests and emails than you…
Just over a year ago today, I signed up for my first 100-mile ultramarathon with a guy I’ve been friends…
Nas + the National Symphony Orchestra performing Illmatic (video): “We see creation as magic when, in fact, it’s about work.”…
One Sunday last August, maybe halfway through a 22-mile trail run in 85 degrees and full sun, the day after…
“Symbols don’t make it clear what you do—it just makes it clear who they are. The less they say, the…
Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece…
Don’t let people think you’re bored with them. Use these five ways to hide a yawn: (video) “Life is about…
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I had gotten a late start,…
Clean your computer screen and watch these amazing overhead visuals of earth (including some mine tailings ponds and neighborhoods) shot…
Winter: Sure, it’s great for skiing, sledding, building snow people, and the holidays—but what about all the other things we…
This might be a little bit of my nostalgia for this old Avalanches track, but I dig this skate short…
If I don’t have coffee immediately upon waking up, I cannot function in any capacity that a human being is…
Steve Ramras’s New Year’s tradition is more fun than yours (video): “Whereas some cyclists are in a constant state of…
A few weeks ago, someone put a sticker saying “Does this Sprinter van make my trust fund look big?” on…
I was recently on the jury for the Nanshan International Mountain Film Festival, and we awarded the grand prize to…
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make 2012 The Year Of Maximum…
Oh, the joy of being right. Kind of. (video) A very different, well-told, story about Mt. Everest: bringing two bodies…
It’s coming: The holiday gatherings with your extended family members who don’t exactly share the same views as you when…
I think you might find this film entertaining and/or funny and/or strangely aesthetic, but don’t hate me if you think…
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, being interviewed…
“I started painting with Microsoft Excel in 2000. I set a goal. In 10 years, I wanted to paint something…
Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you…
If only morning commute traffic could flow as well as starling murmurations (video): If you need an artistic license for…
I sit on a rock along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, assembling a camp stove and filling…
Here’s a wonderfully original music video/visual documentary of Coney Island: (video) I am neither going through menopause nor a Gen-Xer…
Because sometimes during the holidays you’d rather be skiing (even if you don’t want to say it out loud): …
This is a brilliant piece of filmmaking using Google Chat transcripts from 2007. (video) Brody Leven and I will be…
ARE YOU READY for another ski season? These skis and poles sure are! And they could be yours for just…
“If you’re not taking risks, then you’re not living life. Risk doesn’t have to be this totally dangerous thing, though,…
I went to a memorial for the son of some friends this past weekend. He was a climber and a…
Just FYI, you don’t have to work at a bike wheel company to go for a night ride—but these guys…
Everybody has a few one-liners that always crop up in their head when they’re out hiking, skiing, climbing, and/or having…
I saw The Hard Way at a couple film festivals last year and it’s definitely worth renting/buying: “I don’t ever…