How To Get Your New Boyfriend/ Girlfriend To Hate Your Sport
byYou love snowboarding. Or climbing. Or mountain biking. You’ve been doing it for so long, you can’t remember what your life was like without…
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Are You Drinking The Right Liquids?
byJesus H Christ, is that plain water in your water bottle? You’re a high-performance athlete. Your body is a high-performance machine. As soon as…
There Are Uphill People, And There Are Downhill People
byI realized a couple years ago that I have more fun skiing uphill than skiing downhill. I enjoy the Zen rhythm of methodically skinning…
Are You A Beautiful And Unique Snowflake?
byI told my friend Dan I was getting tired of having long hair, that I often fantasized about trimming all of it off and…
Your Best Vacation Is Someone’s Worst Nightmare
byMy friend Aaron is a pretty normal guy, by most standards: High school math teacher, homeowner, happily married, good hygiene, pays his bills, et…
The Greatest Mountaineering Survival Story Never Told
byA few years ago, I climbed Drift Peak near Leadville, Colorado, on Presidents Day with my friend Aaron and my friend Lee. Lee had…
Hopefully this beer is thanks enough: A gratitude scale for outdoorsfolk
byLast Wednesday, I was standing in my neighborhood liquor store trying to decide whether I should buy a bottle of scotch or a six-pack…