Butter Cream, Gritz, Crystalline Micro-Pow… those are just a few of the names we gave the snow under our skis on Monday afternoon. We were sliding on one of our farming neighbor’s pastures, and the dust-on-crust conditions from last week had evolved into about one inch of icy, crystalline powder that is well bonded to a crusty 2-3″ base – perfect conditions for ripping pastures. Someone counted off ten runs during our sunset session. Two … Read the rest
Posted on November 3rd, 2011In 2008, the province of Buenos Aires banned the used of plastic bags. In 2004, the province of Mendoza prohibited the use of non-biodegradable bags. In 2005, the province of Chubut, in Patagonia, prohibited the use of polyethylene bags. The same happened in the Patagonian tourist towns of El Bolson in Chubut, (2006) and El Calafate in Santa Cruz (2007).
Yet, as of today, only the town of Calafate is… Read the rest
Posted on November 2nd, 2011Disclaimer - GRAPHIC and DISTURBING images (see the full entry here )
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”… Read the rest Henry David Thoreau
It seems that lately, I have been writing more about the tragedies I am witnessing than the beauties of exploring this incredible planet. Unless you find yourself secluded in the middle of nowhere – but again, our pollution and destruction
Posted on October 19th, 2011This land has been many things to many people. For Magellan and Drake, it was the land of giants. For FitzRoy, it was the beginning of the end. For Darwin, it was a trip that would change his life. For Jeremy Button, it was his home, then his curse. For St-Exupery, Patagonia was his muse. And for Chatwin and Theroux, it became their salvation. For me, this vast land, this… Read the rest
“I had become incapable of reflection; my mind had suddenly transformed itself from a thinking machine into a machine for some unknown purpose. To think was like setting in motion a noisy engine in my brain; and there was something there which bade me still, and I was forced to … Read the rest
Ram Kumar (or RK as he’s known) has been working in garment manufacturing for most his life and he commands a special presence around the sampling room and production floor.
RK is the Head Technician at Sherpa Adventure Gear; which means he’s the main authority on garment construction, pattern making,… Read the rest
Nepal is one of those places that excites people’s imagination of exotic and distant lands, and has a powerful draw especially to travelers and adventurers bent on self-discovery or the like. Although it’s been on the top of my list, in this typical fashion, of places to visit and discover… Read the rest
It takes a special kind of person to want to run 120 miles through the Rocky Mountains. In my case, it takes someone who originally thought it was a relay.
The Gore-Tex TransRockies Run is a fully supported, six-day stage race that takes participants (in teams of two) 120-miles through… Read the rest
Chelsey here from Team YogaSlackers.
The Adventure Racing Season for us this year has been quite a huge feat. This summer we teamed up with GearJunkie to create Team YogaSlackers/GearJunkie. Our mission is to test the crap out of all our gear, go fast, take chances and have as much… Read the rest
One unofficial job of a ridgerunner is playing messenger. It is a sometimes stressful (wait… who was I supposed to tell that to again?), sometimes rewarding task.
Recall a recent encounter of the adorable variety:
One morning I pass an elderly gentleman who thru-hiked way back when and is now… Read the rest
When the Lau family caught wind of my ciguateric state, they quickly reported the news to ‘Mami’, their Tahitian grandmother who was rich with knowledge of traditional Tahitian medicine or ‘raaou’.
Twice the first day, and once for the following three days, ‘Mami’ prepared the local remedy for me to… Read the rest
