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…
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Lose Weight Now With The 10,000-Foot Diet
byHey Are you sick and tired of diets that JUST DON’T WORK? Do you feel like a sucker after losing a few pounds with…
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…
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…
The Masochist’s Guide To Bushwhacking
by“Bushwhacking is like my third favorite thing to do in the outdoors, behind crotch-deep postholing and getting hit in the head by falling rocks,”…
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…
Everything Is Epic
byAt a grocery store last week, the cover of Cosmopolitan‘s January issue caught my eye with the headline “EPIC SEX.” Immediately, in my head,…
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…
Don’t Sandbag Me, Bro
byI always get sandbagged by guys in gear shops. I will stop in somewhere to pick up a cordelette, or a stuff sack, or…
Do You Have The Stoke?
by2:39 a.m., August 11, 2012: Packs packed, Chris and I are about to shut the tailgate on my van and start walking the Garnet…
The Rise And Fall Of Macaroni And Cheese
bySometimes I like to fantasize that I have some sort of backcountry suaveness and culinary instinct, and that I will someday take a special…
New: Pre-Stickered Water Bottles, $29.99
byStaying hydrated is important. Perhaps equally important is subtly communicating your identity by decorating your favorite water bottle with the proper stickers to project…
Rappelling: Have More Fun
byClimbing is fun. But at the top of a route, everybody gets all serious. Which is good, because lots of accidents happen while rappelling….