August 24, 2010
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city of rocks
Traded in the city of salt for the city of rocks this weekend. Yes, there is an entire city of rocks. I had heard of it, but never before been If I were a rock climber and were to build…
July 19, 2010
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training day-mountain vert
The past year or so I’ve been getting focused on ‘fitness’. For the summer this includes strength training at the gym, HIIT, trail running, mtn biking and yoga. With the hot temps I’ve mostly been in the gym and doing…
June 23, 2010
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floating the san rafael river
Exploring Utah on snow, water or dirt never gets old.
June 16, 2010
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Photo Highlights 2010
Getting warm and toasty in SLC and thoughts of winter are melting away fast. There is still one ski project on tap for later this month if the weather behaves. Pretty much time for this wonderful and strange season to…
June 2, 2010
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The Revelations Revealed
I first heard about the Revelation Mountains while reading a book on climbing in Alaska. For some reason they just stuck in my head as a place I wanted to visit. Maybe it was my Religious upbringing and the mystery…
May 19, 2010
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6 weeks in AK!
Just returned from my longest visit to the endless mountains of Alaska. I drove up on the first of April and returned last weekend. I’m still sorting gear, pics and catching up, but I’ll post some trip reports soon. For…
April 19, 2010
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Mountain Hardwear Photo Shoot- Ruby Mountains, NV
In late March I went to the Ruby Mountains of Nevada to do some skiing for the camera (my girlfreind calls it modeling) for Mountain Hardwear. Photo shoots can be a real pain in the ass, but I knew it…
April 14, 2010
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Northwest Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn
Too much time spent staring at the Pfiefferhorn and the mind does wander. Before ticking of PLINKO a few weeks ago, I was interested in this little ramp variation that would skirt around the standard rappel route. So Jim Harris…
March 29, 2010
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Backcountry.com Team Video
My first encounter with the goat was waaaaaay back in the late 90’s when they had a store front outside of Heber. I went into what appeared to be a cool gear shop, but they told me I couldn’t buy…