I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in…
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Please Continue Instagramming Your Amazing Life
In April, a piece titled “Stop Instagramming Your Perfect Life” started making its way around…
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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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Learning How To Say Yes
My friend Forest put this photo on Facebook last December, with this caption: It was…
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You Can Walk Anywhere You Want
I flew to Iowa to visit my grandmother in the hospital a couple weeks ago.…
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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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Why You End Up Somewhere Sometimes
You call someplace home, and if you think about it, there are probably one or…
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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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A Lesson From Fred
Six summers ago, a guy named Fred sat down across from me at a picnic…
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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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Are You Drinking The Right Liquids?
Jesus H Christ, is that plain water in your water bottle? You’re a high-performance athlete.…
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The Pure Joy Of Fixie Dave
A couple weeks ago at a party, I saw Dave Nice for the first time…
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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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Are You A Beautiful And Unique Snowflake?
I told my friend Dan I was getting tired of having long hair, that I…
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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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Believe In The Magic Of The Burrito
Do you have a hard time eating at fancy restaurants where food is presented as…
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Are You Making The World Awesomer, Or Angrier?
In November, a video posted online showed an American climber visiting Sweden blowtorching holds on…
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Announcing A New Line Of Invisible Climbing Outerwear
Fact: Shirts are for suckers. They’re heavy, hot, and if you wear one when you’re…
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Your Best Vacation Is Someone’s Worst Nightmare
My friend Aaron is a pretty normal guy, by most standards: High school math teacher,…
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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 Best Gifts Are Not Things You Ask For
“Send me a list of gift ideas for you.” Why do we do this around…
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