Trip Reports
Trip Report: North Cascades Whitewater Kayaking
Bridge Creek to the Stehekin River is a remote, multi-day, self-supported whitewater run through the North Cascades to Lake Chelan, Wash.
Paddleboarding through the Canadian Wilderness
Our plan had been to fly into a chain of rugged and remote lakes in the Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park and traverse it by inflatable …
Citizen Science & the Crown of the Continent
Rapidly shrinking glaciers in Montana’s Glacier National Park alarm scientists and visitors to the mountainous 1.013 million-acre park along the Alberta border. In the past …
Return From Kilimanjaro
Here’s my favorite line: “Had to trade Mike’s pants for a goat at a nearby Masai village so we could have something to eat tonight.”
Last Dispatch from Iran
Harvesting mint on Damavand. // Photo Jon Snyder. Sunday was the day before we flew back home. We spent the day driving to Damavand Mountain, …
Planting Trees
Bijan and the Tehran cyclists at the tree planting. If you’ve ever seen Tehran traffic you know they put the hard in core. Photo Jon …
Gaining Elevation
Breakfast before hiking. Friday. A great day with Nasim and Jafar in the mountains north of Tehran. We saw some amazing rock climbers, including some …
Low Points and High Points
The ride back from the airport at 3AM. Thursday We arrive at our hotel a 3AM. I go to sleep with the help of Tylenol …
Persopolis Rocks
Tuesday May 13 In a book you can’t tell how big it is. It’s like 20 ancient archeological sites in one. Tombs, palaces, collumns, and …