ajtestbed We’re off this week, our usual winter break spent with a combination of adventuring, relaxing, working when we should be relaxing, all of it over much too fast. Please enjoy this little dip into the archives as we recharge for 2023. – Ed. Hi. Yes, you. Did you run out of vacation days last year? … Read more
We’re off this week, our usual winter break spent with a combination of adventuring, relaxing, working when we should be relaxing, all of it over much too fast. Please enjoy this little dip into the archives as we recharge for 2023. – Ed. I woke up this morning, in this the first month of summer, … Read more
I usually don’t write non-humorous lists, but I traveled a lot last year and early in this year, too, so it’s on my mind. Last year, I was on 40-plus flights and on 50-plus trains, and driven 10 rental cars a few thousand miles. I am still sane, however, so I thought I’d share a … Read more
Black Diamond Athlete Antte Lauhamma’s father talked often about a moon phase in Lapland that was so bright and clear, you could ski in the smallest hours of night. So, naturally, Lauhamma must ski during such a moon.
All too often I’m accused of painting a slightly-too-rosy picture of the trips I’ve done. People tell me that I underestimate the amount of hike-a-bike or other foot slogging when bikes were supposed to be ridden. They tell me I under exaggerate times and distances. They accuse me of doing these things deliberately, in an … Read more
Kit DesLauriers has spent a life skiing the Seven Summits. As you can imagine, fulfilling that kind of adventurous goal leads one to ponder: what’s next? For DesLauriers, traversing the Arctic to see what is happening there as the climate warms and everything changes.
Kris Machnick is not going to let a little thing like a birthday stand in the way of her goals. She celebrated her most recent lap around the sun by training hard at Pacific Edge Climbing Gym in Santa Cruz, California, an integral part of her preparation—which also includes CrossFit, weightlifting, aerobic activity, and endurance … Read more
Even if you don’t use Strava (your author rarely does), the year-end data the company compiles is interesting. Enough people do use Strava every time they venture out so general trends revealed there are pretty accurate for the population as a whole. And what did we learn about 2022? Well, alpine skiing is booming. So … Read more
This nutso video is of the click and drag to look around variety. Wingsuiters in the Dolomites doing what they do best, which is freaking fly.
https://www.strava.com/yis-community-2022#exploration