Writer, Photographer, Adventurer
Unlike their homogenous neighbors to the north, the countries of South America have vastly different cultures, languages, and histories from both their indigenous and colonial pasts. To visit a few countries and come back making generalizations about South American culture would be both disrespectful and inaccurate. But I wouldn’t be an American (ha, ha) if... Continue Reading →
If you missed it at the beginning of 2018, The Car Free Challenge is a campaign and accompanying web app I created to encourage outdoor recreationalists to think about the impact of their pursuits and to focus on local adventures over those they have to drive to.
I was at my girlfriend’s office Christmas party in Vancouver the other day talking about innovative solutions for real-time monitoring of scour in river beds and found myself saying, “Oh, Chris? Yeah, I met him in Mexico in 2007, we accidentally spent a cold and rainy night in the jungle together.” My conversation partner took... Continue Reading →
“You must be mistaken, they can’t be doing that,” the Vatnajökull National Park ranger said to Carl. Carl had just arrived at the Sigurðarskáli mountain hut on the north end of the park with our packrafts and was waiting for us to finish our five day crossing of Europe’s largest ice mass, the Vatnajökull glacier... Continue Reading →
The Ledyard Canoe Club (at Dartmouth College) invited me to speak at the second Ledyard Explorers Symposium on April 21, 2018. It was an honor to be invited to talk alongside legends like Wick Walker and to hear about some of the deep history Dartmouth has in the whitewater slalom and downriver racing worlds. I... Continue Reading →
Author's note: this article was written after the 2014 season. Since then, the Tahltan people lost a major court case; Imperial Metals completed construction of the Red Chris mine. It began operating in 2015. That battle has been lost, but there will certainly be more in the Sacred Headwaters. Learn more about the ongoing fights the local First Nations face to... Continue Reading →
After a quick rally from Utah to Vermont in time to catch a few laps on my favorite river, the New Haven, and to catch up with friends on the Deerfield Dryway, Daphnee and I dropped Dog off at my parents' house and caught a direct flight from NY to Lima, Peru. The only advice... Continue Reading →
I haven't spent much time on the beach and I haven't been to California since I was 10, but after this short visit, I think I'll be back again soon. Next time someone asks me how to train for the Stikine, my answer might be, "Paddle into the break in the winter in San Francisco and... Continue Reading →
Off in the haze of the ever-shrinking Lake Bonneville (i.e. the Great Salt Lake), just west of Ogden, lies Antelope Island, a Utah state park home to a handful of bison, well-preserved shorelines, and some very old rock. It's also home to some gut-busting sandy climbs, miles of fun and scenic singletrack, and epic desert landscapes... Continue Reading →
Back when we moved to Utah (just over a year ago), we thought we could continue to fashion ourselves "whitewater kayakers" while living in the desert. So, we drove. A lot. Around Utah, throughout Idaho and Wyoming, and even all the way to Montana. In the process, we discovered one of the best kept whitewater... Continue Reading →
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