We had spent a good half hour on the summit of Mt. Rainier, the sentinel of the Pacific Northwest. At 14,411 feet high it soars majestically over Seattle and the Cascade mountains, a permanently glaciated chunk of volcanic rock that...
Have you seen the show called Beat Monday on Outside TV? I haven’t, but Outside recently published the trailer for the second season. As I watched it I couldn’t help but be a bit smug. The narration to the video...
I found a mostly empty and quiet gate at the airport with room to stretch. The traffic plagued ride and chaotic security line put me in a funk. There were 5 huge TV screens blaring out the bile of the...
As regular readers know I’m an outdoor sports junkie. One of the biggest drivers for me to work less is to free up time to enjoy the natural wonders of this amazing starship we call Earth. Whether it be rock...
“Final check on gear” the guide yelled. “One minute!” Our little aluminum jon boat was bobbing violently in the beautiful Caribbean waters. We were a few miles off the coast of Roatan Honduras, an island paradise famous for its scuba...
We crested the ridge and all I saw was another steep slope climbing endlessly up. “This is climbing…” I said to myself, “…stop complaining. This is why you came halfway across the world, get on with it…” We were ascending...
As many of you know I am an outdoor sports fanatic and spend as much time as possible playing in nature. Whether it’s mountain biking, running, kayaking, paddle boarding, mountaineering, or just good ole hiking and camping, I love it...
Okay, if you bothered to open this post after seeing the title you probably fall in one of two camps. The first camp are people who follow the world of outdoor sports and who are possibly climbers or know something...
Back in 2007, while looking for another adventure, I decided I needed to visit the Galapagos Islands. It’s a Unesco World Heritage site and the place where Charles Darwin solidified much of his theory of evolution. Needless to say the...
Being single and an outdoor sports junkie means I’m often going out on adventures by myself. And now that I’m financially independent and semi-retired I have more time than ever for adventures. These are clearly not problem statements…. But there...
BOOM! The crack of thunder shook the ground behind us and we started hiking faster back to our tents. At 11,700 feet in elevation, we were still above treeline, and during a lightening storm it’s a dangerous place to be. ...
“Wake up, it is time!” a voice shouted in broken English, breaking the metronomic sound of the tent flapping in the wind. It was 12:30am, and I didn’t have anything to wake up from. I was up. I put my...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 4662 Miles
Running: 271 Miles
Hiking: 33 Miles
Paddling: 79 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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