Get Your Autumn On!
byThat’s right, it’s fall, aka autumn, aka your favorite season, that fleeting changing of colors, temperatures, clothing layers, and footwear for northern hemisphere humanoids….
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The Sometimes Awkward Process Of Finding Your Flow
byThe Sunday night before my first day of fourth grade, I rolled my black-and-gold Huffy Thunder 50 BMX bike up to the retaining wall…
Make Plans, Not Resolutions
byIn a scene in the spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the One-Armed Bounty Hunter finds Tuco Ramirez in a vulnerable…
A Handful Of Moments
byMy dad and I walked into Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 4, the first time he had been in the Cardinals’ new…
The Importance Of Being A Lifelong Beginner
byWhen you dismount a mountain bike going uphill, you end up doing a sort of bow. As you step off and swing a leg…
The Three Bumper Stickers
by“You know, I was just thinking that three bumper stickers changed my life,” Dan said as we tromped down the trail a couple weeks…
A Guest Appearance On The Enormocast
byI’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…
Make It Count. Or Just Do It.
byWhen did you visit Japan? Someone at the table asked Mike during our late dinner after bouldering in Central Park last Friday. It’s funny,…
First Ascent Of The Nose, Suicide Rock
by“A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him and leaving something of himself upon it.” —Martin Conway…
I Don’t Like It, But I Love It: The Long Day
byI’m hanging sideways from the rope going through my belay device, body completely parallel to the ground, one Chacoed foot pushing on a knob…
Losing A Limb Does Not Equal Hitting The Brakes
byThe trail up and out of the South Park area of the Ouray Ice Park is maybe a five-minute walk, if you have full…
Staying Young Is The New Growing ‘Old’
byChristmas Eve, 2011, I am going to throw up on a spin class bicycle. Sweat is raining off my temples and pooling on…
Make 2012 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
byOne Saturday morning last October, my friend Greg and I were running down the North Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon, close to halfway…