The penniless path to paradise
Optimism gets expressed in many ways. For some, it’s always finding their pint more full than not. For others, it’s finding themselves literally miles from the nearest ATM in a foreign country without a bill to put towards bus fare anywhere, and being thrilled for the hike. But why not? Most often it’s what is … Read more
Nice rack: Greatest hits gear guide
Usually it’s only one more excuse to dream about the upcoming season and to drool over the tools of the trade when someone pumps out a spring-time gear review. Inevitably the critique covers all the latest gadgets. That’s helpful and all, but I’ve got to admit that I’m more curious about what works the best … Read more
Reflections on Lynn Hill
I went to listen to the legend speak. According to the ticket, her presentation at the Emerson in Bozeman was called, “The Evolution of Free Climbing.” Admittedly, I was prepared to endure a little of the typical self-congratulatory, re-living of the good ol’ days. After all, those days were the glory-filled ones the packed hose … Read more
The mystery is history
In a place with weather as fickle as this – one more place that claims, if you don’t like the conditions outside wait five minutes – getting out for a climb any time before mid-summer is a bit of a gamble. It’s especially hard here in Big Sky Country since whatever is hovering over the … Read more
The other side of the river
Bozeman’s Trevor Sheehan takes advantage of tourism shift to Zambia to kayak the Zambezi River
The City
“Going to the City for the weekend,” in most places, doesn’t involve this much altitude and fresh air. A typical trip to the city involves all those hectic clusters of humans that the word conjures: traffic jams, throngs of clueless pedestrians and towering buildings that obliterate the sun. But out here in the American West … Read more
So spoiled
I think I was more surprised than anyone else. But after a day of bouldering, followed by a day on the slopes with 11 fresh inches of snow, followed by a day of rainy, Seattle-like skies, I found myself sick of winter. Twenty some odd years of skiing and some particularly heavy spring snows and … Read more
