Outdoor Travel Geek

Month: January 2011

  • snowy success

    I have a pretty terrible track record on snow camping trips. Before this weekend’s trip my record was 0 for 2. My first attempt was with a few friends at an area called Meiss Meadow. We dug out snow trenches to sleep in, which we covered with tarps and laid down a blanket of snow…

  • cyclotic commute

    This is crazy. That thought ran through my mind several times this morning. It’s 6:15 am. It’s cold. My high powered bike light barely cuts 15 feet through the thick fog. My glasses fog up almost instantaneously, reducing visibility to only a few feet. Even though I’m wearing all the cold weather gear I have–…

  • gold run

    Most people don’t know this about me, but I’m actually pretty cocky. I think the worst kind of cockiness is when you think you are better than you really are. That’s inviting all sorts of trouble. People that have ski’d or snowboarded with me know that I’m a decent skier. At smaller resorts like Sugar…