Often the case with boulders in Vermont. the “Eighth Grade Boulder” was found through a mix of hard work and chance. With a bit of that work, lines began to appear climbable.

In 1859, an expedition floated through a canyon with German cartographer Friedrich von Egloffstein on board. He drew gothic landscapes of unknown “soaring rock faces, the frothing river, the play of light on the narrow spaced walls,” labeling them the “Big Cañon” of the Grand River. Later historians misfiled these images as depictions of the [...]

Injury is unfortunately a fact of life for every athlete, recreational or professional. How do we deal when it happens? Here are my tips on how to get back on the road to recovery.

Whitewater is a mythical place for an American skier. Not too distant, but yet so far out of reach. How does an American stay in Canada, land of epic powder for the winter? Or even a lifetime?

In November, 2010 a friend asked me to join his month-long NPS patrol on Denali. I don’t like sitting in a tent if I’m not sleeping and I hate being cold. I said yes, of course… Mountaineering is a weird sport, both thrilling and ridiculous. We spent 25 days walking and waiting to get to a summit that we stood on for three minutes. Then we walked back down. That sort of elected suffering incorporates patience, determination, ego, grit, money, time, gear, self-reliance, self-absorption, an anti-stir-crazy syrum (in our case, Hearts and Bananagrams). Along the way I tried to meet the people who do this sport. From 14 Camp, meet some mountaineering people…