City of Rocks

Published 2009-09-03
Occasionally I have some time to leave the gentle embrace of Bozeman. This Summer has had an unusual amount of precipitation making such departures even more mandatory. The City Rocks in southern Idaho is a classic American rock climbing mecca that has eluded my many rock climbing tours. With 30% chance of precipitation in the […]

2009 Season LIVE HUNT with Mark Seacat

Published 2009-08-21
It all started at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City this past winter. Mark and his brother-in-law Andrew Crow were arguing… arguing over just how many units Andrew would/could afford to enter into the Elk Tag raffle that was being held. Andrew didn’t think he could afford any, but Mark explained […]

Five Mountain Ranges… One Bull.

Published 2009-08-21
This essay appears with permission from the RMEF in its entirety and as originally published in the July/August 2009 issue of Bugle Magazine. Please become a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Help protect the wild places where free ranging wild elk call home. Learn more at http://www.rmef.org/. Download the PDF.

The Golf Mahal

Published 2009-08-04
The first thing that one sees when the bag is closed is what I call the Darth Vader Mask. This is a source of much rejoicing, specifically for coastal and mountain golfers that aren’t afraid to play in the elements, but really for all tournament golfers that have had to play in the rain at […]

Prescribed Fire

Published 2009-07-13
It’s early may in region 3 (Arizona and New Mexico for all you non-forest service folks) – this is the time of year you usually see big wildfires around here. It’s hot and dry. The season has been unusually slow though, which is strange since region 3 had an extremely dry winter. I was expecting […]

Perfect Granite

Published 2009-07-13
About 40 miles North of Vancouver, where the ocean touches the land, the second largest granite monolith in North America jets virtually straight up from sea to sky. The perfect granite of Squamish, British Columbia is littered with so many beautiful features and climbing history, and neither of Loni or I had been there before. […]

Turning Japanese

Published 2009-06-23
January 8, 2009; After cramming 180lbs of ski gear, cameras, and junk into my packs, I jumped a flight out of LAX to spend the next three months documenting face shots, hot-springs, sushi parties and karaoke, with Sweetgrass Productions in Japan. For their sophomore release, Sweetgrass spent nearly half a year in Japan, shooting full […]

Looking Back at Bridger Bowl

Published 2009-06-03
With spring well on its way and the warm weather turning the landscape from white to green, it seems like a good time to look back on the season. We are fortunate enough to live in a place where our playground is just minutes from home and much of our time this winter was spent […]

Thailand Day 26: Chang Mai/Lampang Elephant Conservation Center

Published 2009-05-28
This morning we woke up pseudo-early because we had to do some errands and get to our tour for the Elephant Conservation Center. I had to drop off the scooter and Loni had to get some snacks and water as well as book another night here at TK House. All of this had to happen […]

Thailand Day 11: Tonsai Beach

Published 2009-05-28
We decided to move last night to Tonsai for a change of scenery. Monica said that she was moving over here as well. We wanted to get over here before the International Climbing Comp. which starts on the 14th so we packed our bags and got a refund for the night. We made the short […]