The Preface...

Welcome to my first attempt at keeping all of my family and friends connected to what is going on in my life.














The tip of the Grand breaking through(above) BAM!!! Looking at Ed as he cruises down into Teton Canyon(right)

Essentially, I take pride in my flexibility, passion for adventure, and love for my friends and family. As a result, my life has come to revolve around my hobbies, telemark skiing and kayaking. These sports have become more than hobbies, and as a result have allowed me to see things from perspectives that very few people, save my partners in crime, will ever see.

Many people have trouble understanding why, how, and for what reasons I do what I do. "Why would you have a degree and not use it?" "How did you survive and travel without money?" "What do you get out of being a lifestyle athlete?"

There are many questions I hope to answer with the pictures and stories I plan to put up on this blog.

How I spent my 23rd Birthday

Royal Gorge, N.F. American River

As Ed Abbey says, "Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women
with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes
hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this;
You will outlive the bastards."

Devil's Punchbowl, Day Two Middle Kings August 2005

"Nothing has changed, but everything is different."




kayaking photos courtesy of Toby MacDermott



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