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Climbing with Anna
We summited Prusik Peak on the most perfect day in The Enchantments this season, with temperatures in the mid-60s, light breezes, cobalt skies and only ...
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If You’re Lucky Enough To Live At the Lake, You’re Lucky Enough
A friend of mine has a sign in his house which reads, “If You’re Lucky Enough To Live At the Lake, You’re Lucky Enough.” As ...
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Lost in the Kettle River Range
It’s difficult to imagine hiking without my hairy beast, a lab-boxer dog named Rosco (P. Coltrane). Rosco’s enthusiasm for trail running, hiking, swimming, and a ...
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How to Write about Bikes and Cars
As a cyclist and a motorist who is also a teacher of writing, I can’t help but notice two rather curious things about how newspapers ...
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The Making of an Outdoorsy Indoorswoman
It turns out I’m not the person I thought I was. Not exactly, anyway. For years, I’ve described myself with a term coined by a ...
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Phenology of People’s Park
Come Spring, when the landscape unfolds in joyless, tattered, soggy and down-trodden greys and browns, I search for the shine of soft, silvery pussy willows. ...
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The Best Worst Day of the Season
It was Saturday March 1, the day before the Spokane Nordic 20/30/50K Challenge Loppet, and I was at Mt. Spokane setting up in the Selkirk ...
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Growing Up With Wild Connections — An Excerpt from “Crown of the Continent: The Wildest Rockies”
My roots in the Crown of the Continent go as deep as my first wobbly steps on Earth. My folks came to the heart of ...
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Surviving (and Loving) the Gym This Winter
I used to think the only reason to go to a gym was if you were in prison – for fitness and so the guy ...
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