Friday Inspiration, Vol. 270
by“I’d argue—hot take here—that music is only as good as the memories that are attached to it.” —Nathan Zed (video) The original Nextdoor…
“I’d argue—hot take here—that music is only as good as the memories that are attached to it.” —Nathan Zed (video) The original Nextdoor…
“The beauty of it is that as soon as you’re drawing a monster or a creature that you invented out of your brain, no…
Reviewing cakes based on the climbing depicted on them (thanks, Regge!) (video) A look back at some of Bruce Davidson’s fascinating photography of the…
A very joyful, short film about the birth of snowboarding, from Sherman Poppen’s invention of the Snurfer to Jake Burton Carpenter’s creation of the…
If you have been sitting around wondering, “Is there a 1980s/90s action movie besides Die Hard that could just barely qualify as a ‘holiday…
Ryan Van Duzer and Scott Jurek tackle the Longs Peak Duathlon (biking from Boulder to the Longs Peak Trailhead + climbing Longs Peak), which…
This is not only an incredible story, but an incredible film about an incredible story. If you don’t have 11.5 minutes to watch this…
Wow, this is a fun and thoughtful film about the nonprofit climbing gym Memphis Rox and photojournalist Malik Martin (video) I am in awe…
A super-fun, short film bringing together drumming and running/scrambling in Boulder’s Flatirons, two things that Kyle Richardson excels at (OK, I guess that’s actually…
Simply three minutes of colorful outdoor fun here: (video) Christoph Niemann, using drawings on beverage napkins, details his love affair with coffee, starting at…
A quick note from me: One evening sometime in the past week, and it was either while listening to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast…
Just a guy, wearing a blindfold, dancing on a street corner, with a cardboard sign asking people to dance with him, and, you know,…
Great short film about a very small and obscure niche of kayaking called “squirt boating,” which is weird, but not as weird as the…
Graham Zimmerman digs into what it’s like to be “An Imperfect Advocate” as a climber and climate activist (video) A non-partisan initiative to deliver…
I finally sat down to watch the film Transamericana with Rickey Gates and, well, add me to the list of people saying it’s poetry—here’s…
I can’t imagine how long this took to edit, but it’s a fun 59 seconds of bike tricks with the bikes removed (video) The…
“A friend of mine gave me really great advice last year—she said, ‘Start slow, and then fade.’” —Kevin Schmidt, Courtney Dauwalter’s husband, at the…
A couple of my friends made this short piece about Pacific Climate Warriors for Global Day of Climate Action, which is *checks calendar* today,…
NYC bike messenger John Shackleford is biking the Underground Railroad from Mobile, Alabama, to Washington, DC and is making a film about it (video)…
This looks like a very fun and touching film about the life of The Endless Summer director Bruce Brown (video)(thanks, Will) “Mount Shasta is…
Great 10-minute film of ultrarunner Coree Woltering’s attempt to break the Fastest Known Time on Wisconsin’s 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail (video) The only thing…
I cannot encourage you enough to watch this 31-minute climbing film that I would describe as both “heartwarming” and “an unlikely bromance.” (video) (H/T…
Fantastic piece of filmmaking by The Ginger Runner in this film about the last mile of the Western States 100 (video) I don’t know…
A great short film about the Desolation Peak fire lookout and Jim Henterly, the artist and naturalist who staffs the lookout. (video) A very…
Courtney Dauwalter’s speedy attempt at the Colorado Trail + 7 other links
Never camped before, never ridden a bike off pavement. Perfect time to try bikepacking? (video) Chang Wan-ji, 83, and Hsu Sho-er, 84, run a…
Great short film about the Golden Hour, the final hour before the cutoff at the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, and the people who…