The Pure Joy Of Fixie Dave
byA couple weeks ago at a party, I saw Dave Nice for the first time in a long time. We started talking about the…
A couple weeks ago at a party, I saw Dave Nice for the first time in a long time. We started talking about the…
At a grocery store last week, the cover of Cosmopolitan‘s January issue caught my eye with the headline “EPIC SEX.” Immediately, in my head,…
My friend Mick’s heart stopped working last Sunday. He died at the age of 54, not knowing that the night before, I had sat…
I haven’t had a “proper” Thanksgiving dinner since 2002, somehow managing to be anywhere but watching football and eating an oven-cooked turkey. When people…
Maybe you’ve heard this one: Ski resort patron approaches lift ticket kiosk on Powder Day of the Century and demands a refund for his/her…
You, outdoor recreator, are quite probably quite educated: Bachelor’s degree, possibly a master’s degree or Ph.D. You wore a cap and gown and were…
Five summers ago, I met this guy named Lee Smith while climbing with a big group of people at Castlewood Canyon. At the end…
“You know, I was just thinking that three bumper stickers changed my life,” Dan said as we tromped down the trail a couple weeks…
I always get sandbagged by guys in gear shops. I will stop in somewhere to pick up a cordelette, or a stuff sack, or…
As the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was working its way around Colorado and into the Front Range in August, I saw this Facebook status…
Sometimes I like to fantasize that I have some sort of backcountry suaveness and culinary instinct, and that I will someday take a special…
Ever fantasized about being a fire lookout, or living in a cabin high in the mountains, or deep in the wilderness somewhere? It’s romantic,…
I’ve been a fan of Chris Kalous’ still fairly-new and incredibly rad podcast, The Enormocast, ever since my friend Josh gushed about the interview…
I think there’s nothing that feels more rad than picking your way up a ridgeline, trailing a rope, pulling your hood over your helmet…
My friend Jesse was about five miles east of Dighton, Kansas, a little over 200 miles from the start of his 500-mile bike ride…
Staying hydrated is important. Perhaps equally important is subtly communicating your identity by decorating your favorite water bottle with the proper stickers to project…
In the weeks leading up to my wedding in 2007, my hair was a little long for my parents’ taste. I stood fast against…
In a conversation a few weeks ago, a climber friend of mine described herself as “not super-girly.” Her expanded definition of that was: I…
Climbing is fun. But at the top of a route, everybody gets all serious. Which is good, because lots of accidents happen while rappelling….
I have a copy of this children’s book that I take everywhere I go. It’s called An Awesome Book, and everyone I know who’s…
You have to crawl through 50 feet of mud. You have to jump over a flaming car. You have to slither under electric wires…
Get over here. Come on in and let the big bear get his paws on you. Sometimes men are afraid to hug each other,…
A handful of Saturday mornings, I have driven out of Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood juggling a bowl of granola on my lap, trying to…
I picked up these sweet-ass rigs after I finally wore out my last pair of trail running shoes after 2 ½ years (the tread…
It’s a singular feeling when you’re 33 and talking to your mother and she says, “You know what I think you should try? Match.com.”…
I asked my friend Nick to drive from Denver to Seattle with me a couple weekends ago, since we hadn’t spent several hours alone…
Remember when you first started climbing, or skiing, or mountain biking, and you went out and bought all the gear, and then you immediately…