Badlands and Bison

In August I stopped in Badlands, South Dakota on the drive from Seattle to Ann Arbor. Here some photos of a day hike in the badlands. The su...

Alpine Climbing in the Pickets

Chris Simrell and I were going to try the Southern Picket's Summit Traverse before our weather window shrank to two days. We hiked in th...

Olympic Peninsula Traverse

2014 update: a year a later I crossed the peninsula again and exited out the Queets watershed , a variation that now prefer to the Hoh exit ...

Bike tour: San Francisco to Los Angeles

There are some things you absolutely must do in life. One of them, I’d been told by native Californians, is to ride a bike from San Francisc...

Evolution Traverse: best alpine rock traverse?

Earlier this month I did the Evolution Traverse, which is arguably one of the best alpine rock traverses in the US. A full trip report is an...

SlingFin Tour

--> SlingFin lies at 5th and Gilman in Berkeley. SlingFin is a badass outdoor industry startup. They’re located in Berkeley, Cali...

Bosavi Tour: Dan Freschl and his headlamp

Dan with Bosavi prototypes on display. Dan Freschl is a man everyone can look up to. He had an idea, to build a better headlamp, and is foll...