Ah, so that's why I love this sport. I remember the movie "First Descent" – I think there was a line…I forget who said it…where a rider says how it's cool to put something down for awhile and then pick… Continue reading

The word derives from the Scottish Gaelic (and Irish) càrn which has a much broader meaning, and can refer to various types of hills and natural stone piles. The term tends to be used most frequently in reference to Scotland,… Continue reading

"Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's… Continue reading

A good day. Used my REI divident check to pick up a sweet pair of La Sportiva Crosslite Mountain Running shoes, and then went for a run/hike up the Saddle Rock trail to the top of Green Mountain, down the… Continue reading

"So do all who see such times. But that is not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that we are given." Leave it to the wizard to speak the truth. Continue reading

Not to criticize from afar, but this seems like a flawed plan. Continue reading

I was getting into a pretty good pattern of hiking every day and then – WHAM – the mother of storms hits. Well, maybe not the mother of all storms (we'll reserve that for that 2003 seven-foot storm) but a… Continue reading

I recently checked out this book, upon the advice of a friend, entitled "life colors." The general gist of it is something like this – basically, you answer a series of questions, and, based on those questions, your "aura" color… Continue reading

It's strange, but that cross country ski had a weird affect on me. Or maybe it's cause it's warm and it's spring and it's time. But for the first time since…well…I left the Wind Rivers on September 19th…doing something. Let… Continue reading