This post explores how to make safe decisions and avoid avalanches in the backcountry, specifically for backcountry skiers. The snow rushes past in a swift river of movement. The slough was kicked off by my turns above, and the loose powder is now flowing through a...
An FKT, or Fastest Known Time, is a speed record on any given route. First popularized by “extreme” athletes, FKTs became mainstream with the launch of Strava and their King/Queen of the Hill designation. Soon, all sorts of “athletes” were setting “records” for any...
With a snort, the single coagulated snot ball exits your nostril in a perfect arc over your right shoulder. It’s cold and your nose is like a sieve that just won’t stop. You’ve been sniffing at this thing for hours with no relief, and you’re without a handy hanky....
Before and after, all in one photo. When Jordan and I met three years ago, we each had our own individual dreams of buying a house. Last May I was able to buy a townhouse to celebrate my 32nd birthday (in a truly serendipitous fashion), and this year Jordan closed on...
It’s 4am. It’s dark, it’s freezing, and the last thing you want to do is eat. Your cozy tent and warm sleeping bag are calling your name, but you must get up and force food down your pie hole because you’ll be spending the next 10ish hours...
I’m not very good at being a beginner. Most of my hard lessons in life came at a young age. When I was 2, I walked into my father’s spade as he was shoveling dirt and ended up with a hole next to my eye. At 5, I tripped running down the street wearing...
