I just got back from this year's inaugural summer backpacking trip.  Myself and two buddies hoofed it to Wild Basin's Ouzel Lake, in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Our original plan was to camp at Thunder Lake but unfortunately it was still frozen and the surrounding areas were under nearly three ...

Will you tune in? I'm going to be skiing for 36 Hours straight and live-blogging the whole damn thing. When? Starting Friday morning (Nov 30th) at 9am and me and an equally crazy group of 7 others will be risking our necks until Saturday night (Dec 1st) at 9pm, ...

Check out the new page to the site--Colorado's 14ers. On the new page I've given relevant details about each Mountain summitted along with a brief trip report. In addition, I've set up Flickr photo sets for each summit. Simply click on the relevant thumbnail to jump over to the ...

We're leaving on vacation tonight; I hardly feel ready, things at work are speeding up just as I'm ready to head out--I'll be glad to get away, but the last few hours before our departure aren't feeling pleasant.  We're going to Colorado.  I blogged about our plans a while ago: ...

I haven’t blogged forever; maybe there’s something about the summer that puts a cap on blogging—I for one would rather spend my free time outside, perhaps you would as well. I’ve been spending even more time than normal out of doors lately—and I count that as a very good thing. I’ve ...

Tech savvy hikers rejoice! Google Earth has added GPS-based interactive hiking information. From the Google blog: Trimble Outdoors has partnered with Google to provide Google Earth viewers with GPS-based interactive hiking information. We’re very excited about being able to share all the great GPS content we’ve developed over the years and ...

Apparently dieting doesn’t work at all. Categorically, the practice has been slammed by overwhelming evidence from the most thorough and comprehensive study on the subject ever. Here are some snippets from an article on the findings: Last night, the US scientists behind the latest research – the most thorough and comprehensive analysis ...