Archive for February, 2007
Terry Tempest Williams Interview
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Here is the interview I did with Terry Tempest Williams for the OR Show Daily. She spoke at the Conservation Alliance breakfast and brought the crowd to tears. She’s truly something more than a writer—a philosopher, an activist, an icon, but most of all a gracious and chivalrous person. Terry Tempest Williams has become the […]
Two Poems for the Surge
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007one for honesty… The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner By Randall Jarrell From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When I died […]
Why We Backcountry Ski
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007This is how it works. Dudes go backcountry skiing in Rocky Mountain National Park. Dudes reach bottom of tour, flex thier muscles, turn off their transcievers… and need to move out of the way of gang of teenage girls in shorts and tank tops traipsing through the woods. This really is the kind of stuff […]
Abandon All Hope Ye Print Publishers
Monday, February 26th, 2007“Guarda quel grande che vene.” -Dante on Jason in Inferno, Canto 18 (in which Dante encounters the fradulent sinners) People (especially those lost souls who contributed to the final issue) keep asking what happened to Hooked. The Reaper has the answer. And a question/command: “Who will be next?” That’s the magazine biz, right boys? On […]
Light in the Heart of Darkness
Saturday, February 24th, 2007The latest Kayak Session is on newsstands with a profile I wrote on kayaking doctor Jessie Stone. Jessie called me back in the fall and asked if I would write the piece on her for the magazine which is published by Philippe Doux in Lyons, France. It was an honor. Jessie is fighting malaria with […]
Colorado Trail in Style
Saturday, February 24th, 2007In September, I spent three days riding about 100 miles of high-alpine singletrack on the Colorado Trail for a feature that will run in Adventure Cyclist this fall. The idea was the carry the few things we needed in a small pack, ride hard (we topped over three passes higher than 11,500-feet), and spend nights […]