Thailand Day 6- Deep Water Soloing: Railay Beach

Published 2009-05-28
Today has by far been the best day here so far. We rose at 7 AM, showered and had breakfast. I tried the American breakfast today (2 boiled eggs, toast, juice, tea and something that was cut into the shape of a flower-although tasted like fried hot dog) the latter turned out to be breakfast […]

“Wow, I made this Pack!”

Published 2009-04-12
“Wow, I made this pack.” That was the thought in my head as I worked to carry sixty plus pounds at fifteen thousand feet on Aconcagua. South America’s highest peak is located in Argentina along the spine of the rugged Andes mountain range. At 22,849 feet, it is the highest point outside of the Himalaya […]

Everything Happens for a Reason

Published 2009-04-12
After having a rocky archery season which ended without harvest but with a high note, I regrouped and looked forward to the rifle season. I had film jobs going throughout the first few weeks of November, so my elk hunting was going to have to wait until the end of the month. With the last […]

Praire Bull

Published 2009-04-12
After waiting 9 years of building priority in Alberta, I was lucky enough to draw a tag in a new prairie unit that is known to hold some great bulls. I hiked daily for the week before the season, scouting and locating several herds of elk. On the day before the season, a long hike […]

Multiple Quarters….

Published 2009-03-12
The bugle had been lingering in the background since jolting me awake at 1:24 a.m. I was growing impatient watching Andrew finish his breakfast. It was time to go. We had glassed this bull and his 30 cows last night as they fed into a timber and sage covered meadow across the canyon. Exactly the […]

Testing My Luck

Published 2009-02-22
Waking up friday morning, I head to my home office to send a few quick emails and do a bit of work before my lazy 9am departure. I’ll be skiing near Marble, CO in a few hours, but need my clients to think I’m happily working first. A quick phone call to one of my […]

AK08 – Mystery Ranch on Denali Part I

Published 2008-12-08
5/21 Day three 7800 feet We slept as long as we could. At least until the intense sub-arctic sun drove us out of the Dutch Ovens we refer to as tents. The rest of the day was spent lounging around camp in our underwear eating cheesy meaty grits, drinking too much Dead Man’s Reach and […]

It’s the Little Things

Published 2008-11-16
I was in Boulder — sunny, safe, rock climbing central — when I talked to Mark. He mentioned ice climbing. In Hyalite Canyon. In Montana. I would have to get boots and crampons and all that shit. He had tools I could borrow. After a few days of swinging them, I forked over the cash and bought a […]

Second Chance

Published 2008-11-10
Being fairly green when it comes to big game hunting, I figured my work was cut out for me when I decided to hunt the intelligent whitetail. During archery season, I managed to harvest a beautiful doe but did not have enough experience to seal the deal on a buck. On November 3rd, luck was […]

The Design Story of the Saddle Peak Ski Pack

Published 2008-11-04
You could say that many of us here at “The Ranch” are obsessed with skiing. Bozeman has roughly 4-5 months of stoke season and 7 of pure bliss. Before the snow really began to build up this year, Kyle, Kenzie, and I wanted to add something special to the Mystery Ranch ski pack line. Coincidently, […]