Category: Videos
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2010: in review
Running through all these Christmases is the sense of an emotional cadenza at the end of the year, a braiding of feelings like hope, renewal, nostalgia, love, joy and exhaustion. Yet in the stories about this holiday, it’s surprising how often we’re reminded of a darker life, full of isolation, penury, greed, despair and the…
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Early Winter
Harrison Lake. In the previous two years autumn has lasted almost until the solstice, with snow and single digit (F) temps waiting until mid-December. This year, everything seems to be a month ahead. I approve. It is a few weeks process getting acclimated to winter. The psychological and physiological aspects of cold adaptation cannot be…
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Adventure film-making after Youtube (Banff World Tour review)
I’ve been lucky enough to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour three times now; in LA in 2008, Missoula in 2009, and here in Kalispell last night. Even in that short time the dynamic of the films showcased seems to have changed. The world tour makes a wide selection of films shown at…
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Memory
This is an article I wrote about my May trip across Yellowstone. Initials inquiries have not panned out, so I’m turning it loose. It is not short. I might send it off somewhere else, so anyone who makes it to the end, please leave any feedback you might have. Acting on desire A faint textured…
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Packrafting defined
St. Mary Lake from 500′ up. 50 mph winds and oceanic swells. I was introduced to boating and skiing early in life, in the normal ways: canoeing, whitewater rafting, downhill skiing in area, XC skiing on track skis. All were fun for short periods, but none resonated especially well. Until the last few years, that…
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Twothousandeleven
I finished the first part of the year in review video last night, so it is now time to start thinking about next year (like we haven’t all been assembling race calenders for a month already; I’m waiting on the Classic to set a date). On Sunday night I slept restlessly, and as the alarm…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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