I picked up these sweet-ass rigs after I finally wore out my last pair of trail running shoes after two and a half years (the tread was gone and one of the laces finally snapped). As you can see, there’s all sorts of technology in them – there’s some plastic stuff on the side, and [...]
essay
There’s a dead fawn outside my front door. It’s been completely and carefully covered in grass, which means that it is a mountain lion kill, which means that the mountain lion responsible is going to come back to finish eating. I would never have noticed it, except that my dog was sniffing and whining and [...]
A few months ago, after 20 years, I moved from the West to the East, reluctantly, carting a truckload of artifacts and memories, literal stones and actual stories, each one a product of the forests, mountains or deserts of Bend, Oregon; Missoula, Montana; Argenta, British Columbia, and beyond. My little 4-cylinder truck labored under the [...]
Parental aspirations are all too often dashed on the shoals of reality, and mine were no different. We would be a camping family from the very beginning — two out of three of us swore on it. On that first trip to Sequoia National Park, however, the 13-month-old thought bears were giant doggies, the backpacking [...]
The woman behind the counter asked where I lived. It turns out she grew up in the very same small town, population 300. She said she had to leave it to find a job, moving to the nearest place with a population nearer 10,000. “So you must be the new trash that’s moving in,” she [...]
As 2011 came to a close, a wolf that biologists call “OR-7” made history by loping across the Oregon border into Northern California, becoming the first wild wolf in that state since 1924. But that’s only one of OR-7’s milestones. Two months earlier, he became the first wolf in over 50 years to roam the [...]
It’s Christmas Eve, 2011, and I am going to throw up on a spin class bicycle. Sweat is raining off my temples and pooling on the floor beneath my bike. This is my first spin class ever. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is playing and is now the soundtrack in my [...]
Wallpaper Wednesday: New Zealand Dew
Solar-Powered Catamaran Makes 1st Circumnavigation
The Daily Bike, May 16, 2012
Street Artist Pastes Healing in Navajo Nation
Dirtbag Gourmet: Margaritas with Climber Kelly Cordes
Links We Like, May 16, 2012
Shelter Co. Is A Sweet Way to Camp
Fracking, Congress Endanger America’s Rivers
The Daily Bike, May 15, 2012
Declination: Dancing With Unexploded Bombs in Laos
The List: 10 Famous Bears
Links We Like, May 15, 2012
Why You Should Row Across the Atlantic
Gear Review: Chris King Coffee Tamper
Yellowstone’s Grizzlies are More Dangerous Than Glacier’s
