Are You Addicted To Bike Porn?
byIt’s getting late on a weeknight as you sit in the dark in front of a glowing computer screen, watching. Glazed over, you mindlessly…
HUMOR
7 Tips On How To Be A Good Tentmate
byHey, do you like camping and backpacking with your friends? Of course you do. So obviously you’d like to be invited on lots of…
What’s The Best Rain Jacket?
byWhen you’re buying a rain jacket, you probably have lots of questions, none of which really matter besides “Which rain jacket is best for…
The Whitey-Tighty Geocache
byHave you ever shit your pants at a national park? A few years ago, I was hiking down from the top of Angels Landing…
The Three Types Of Directions
byDo you ever ask people for directions anymore? Or do you prefer to ask them, “What’s the address?” and just plug it into your…
A Letter From Your Bike RE: Your Roof-Top Bike Rack
byHey, So you got a fancy new car-top bicycle carrier. Cool, it’s gonna be great to not have to take off my front wheel…
Reviews of High-Performance Foods
byGeez, with all the information from magazine covers, your friend who’s on a new fad diet, and television commercials, it’s hard to know what…
BUT I AM RELAXING
byNick mentioned a hot springs somewhere in southern Colorado, and I suspected it was one of those things he was doing because his girlfriend…
A Friendly Reminder That Your Summer Is Half Over
byMy dad mentioned to me the other day that this was the first year he’d ever used up his entire five weeks of paid…
Pride Cometh Before The Fall
byAs a joke, I got my photo taken next to the Icebox Canyon trailhead sign: “Each year people are killed due to falls when…
Are You Ready For Your Summit Photo?
byAre you going hiking this weekend? Planning a climb of Mount Hood, Shasta, Rainier? There are two things you should be doing: training, and…
Pooping In The Outdoors: A Flow Chart
byEveryone poops. What to do with it in the out-of-doors can sometimes be confusing. Thanks to this hastily-scrawled, handy flow chart, you can now…
Facts About Climbing Mount Everest
byHave you heard of Mount Everest? Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, so it is also the best mountain on Earth. For…
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…
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…