A few years ago I agreed to give an informational interview to a recent college grad as a favor to a family friend. It was not a success. As soon as we started the video call it was clear they hadn’t done their homework. They knew very little about me, hadn’t prepared...
Editor’s Note: I published this post for the first time in 2016, two years after Loren’s accident. Every year around the February 19 anniversary I republish the blog to encourage you to set up your emergency contact information as a way to honor...
tl;dr: get to know the people at your local gear shop. It will pay you back in ways you could never imagine. “We can’t tune your skis. The core is warped,” the guy at evo tells me. “You’ll have to take them to the shop where you bought them.” My heart sinks. I came to...
Congratulations! Your toenail turned all of the colors and is going to fall off. Don’t despair. Follow these tips* to embrace the 6-12 month regrowing process to welcome your new nail with grace and dignity. First things first, mitigate the pain. Whether you...
The coin-colored Subaru Impreza sits low with the weight of metal and plastic and human flesh. We drive purposefully south, into the good weather window we hope will carry us all the way to the summit of Tahoma (Mount Rainier). Going into the weekend, so full of...
It takes a special breed of human to want to hike and climb to ski every month of the year. They possess a passion for unpredictable adventures and a love of manky snow, and mostly they are owners of many layers of Gore-Tex. These weirdos are my people: we are Turns...
