I’ve been thinking a great deal about the Judge lately. He’s the one who keeps us from reaching – what? – fulfillment, potential, Nirvana, whatever…
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So there are these two guys sitting together in a bar in the remote Alaskan wilderness. One is an atheist, the other, shall we say,…
Leave a CommentIn his novel, The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy describes a scene where the two boys, having just crossed the border into Mexico, come into the company of…
1 CommentA few years ago, one of my best friends was caught in an avalanche somewhere north of here. The avalanche was triggered from above –…
Leave a CommentOriginally published in this winter’s hardcopy issue of Ascent, the Backcountry Snow Journal Not long ago, I heard a story from an old colleague of mine.…
Leave a CommentI AM Dangerous A couple of summers ago, Steve Markusen was found high on the Exum Ridge of the Grand Teton. Bloody, staggering, disoriented and…
2 CommentsTake any owl feather and whip it through the air. Know the sound it makes? It makes no sound. This is not the sound of…
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