Bedrock & Paradox

Photo voice is a tool for community organizing and empowerment.  Given the extent to which technology has saturated some of the world’s most oppressed populations faster than literacy, PV is a very timely thing.  The projects linked at the mothership site are quite moving. The following are my PV ruminations, sitting on the cusp of…

What do you (I) do after you get re-psyched on a vehicle for adventure? Research it on the internet of course! Canoeing looks different than it did back in the day. At least w/r/t whitewater boats. Kevin’s JMT pictures are up. Postgame on BPL.

I needed to do some training for the Grizzly Man Adventure Race next weekend, and I needed get out. Having an antidote to all the time spent on the computer and in my head has been invaluable this semester: I put together the key pieces of my portfolio presentation up in the Little St. Joe…

It was indeed a not to be missed presentation this evening. The dynamic duo have a dialed lecture/slide show/video show/reading, entertaining, inspiring and educational in equal measures. And in Katmai, a capable assistant (see below): I jumped at the chance to geek out with Hig about gear.  The paddle repair was quite a nice piece…

We skied up Thursday, skied down Friday, and had a lot of fun. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10674161&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Note the thumbnail, M sitting still and smiling for the camera (the love part). The hate part becomes obvious at the close of the vid. The penultimate skiing clip shows a tiny and representative sample of the unreal, ideal tree skiing…

It took me a while to notice, but the News Hour is online, in full! Perhaps the only thing I miss about having a television. This is one of the best analysese I’ve yet come across. Overall, I agree with Norton-Smith and Gerson: the bill(s) is a repudiation of a significant aspect of the Clintonian…

First, the multi-sport revolution continues: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10172454&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Hope them suits have integrated socks! Brrrrrr. Next, I’m trying to get a handle on this May backpack thing. Who wants to go hiking?! Last, avalanche conditions continue to be problematic in Western Montana. Missoula Avalanche sent out a report today, telling the story of a snowmobiler who died…

I’ve been thinking about the Yellowstone project (my visiting the park a least once a month all year, starting last June/July) a lot, in the wake of my failure to go on my ski/snowshoe across the Bob this past weekend. All day Friday, even after the food was bought and pack was packed, I was…

I got out and went camping last night. It was good. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10505054&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Erin and Hig will be here in Missoula on April 6th, 7pm at the Children’s Theatre. Be there.

First, Skurka is going for a ridiculous circumambulation of Alaska and part of the Yukon.  4700 miles, six months, almost all off-trail.  He’s tweeting sat updates here. Second, Greg Hill is going for 2,000,000 human powered vertical in calender 2010.  As of now, he’s a quarter of the way done. http://www.youtube.com/v/s-K6B7LAsZQ&hl=en_US&fs=1& Sweet.