I met Jen five years ago this month. And this weekend, on top of a tower in the San Rafael Swell, I asked her to marry me. I cannot possibly imagine coming up with something
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I can’t count how many times I’ve walked past some horrendously thin crack on some wall in the desert and wondered if it could be climbed. Last spring, on a trip to a rarely visited
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For the past three-day weekend, Jen and I joined a bunch of friends at the Wydaho bike festival. Fresh from our Whistler trip, Jen and I were hard to impress, and the riding at Targhee
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Whistler never leaves us wanting. Every time we go up there, we learn more and we ride better, but this trip was a bit different. Toni and Misti were working remotely and riding in the
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This year’s Squamish / Whistler trip almost didn’t happen. Jen took a nasty digger on the Crest a couple weeks ago, and could barely walk for a few days after it happened. Then work got
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I love watching people have a breakthrough, at any level. Seeing someone lead their first 5.8 is in many ways just as impressive as watching someone lead their first 5.13. Over the last couple seasons,
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Words cannot possibly describe what it’s like to come around the corner on Hwy 120 and see El Cap for the first time. Massive does not even begin to describe it. And then, if you’re
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I’ve now spent around two months nursing a shoulder injury. Most things feel OK, but some things—like closing a car door, grabbing milk from the fridge, and rolling over in bed—result in a jolt of
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Since it’s now March, I don’t feel quite so bad giving up on winter and heading south for some good times in the desert. My shoulder has been jacked up for a couple weeks now,
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Near the end of a disappointing winter, it’s finally starting to feel like the old days. The storm rolled in over the weekend and continued off and on through last night, dropping as much as
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