The wild beauty and incorrigible wasteland that is the airport
You’ll find few places as maddeningly frustrating, wildly captivating, and composed of chaos and the “space between spaces” as the wilderness and wasteland that is “The Airport”
Thoughts and Musings
Land Ethic 101: Part 3. Leave No Trace
If you’re ready to start developing your own land ethic, it’s helpful to start with a pre-existing framework. For me, that framework is Leave No Trace.
Land Ethic 101: Part 2. Why We Need a Land Ethic
Now that we know what a land ethic is, it’s a good time to discuss why we need one.
Land Ethic 101: Part 1. What is a Land Ethic?
It’s easy to love the great outdoors — they’re great! But we need to be on guard against loving them to death. The best defense? A land ethic. Not sure exactly what I mean by land ethic? Read on.
Much ado about mediocrity: what if we’re all ordinary?
Seriously, what if we’re all just ordinary?
Out of the Wild: What We Can Learn from Alaska’s Removal of the “Into the Wild” Bus
Since it was first published, Into the Wild has drawn people to the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless died. Many of these kindred spirits required rescue themselves — so many so that the bus has finally been removed from the Stampede Trail. Why were so many people drawn to this artifact of one young man’s demise, and what can we learn from it?
Real Adventurers Have Day Jobs
Worried that your 9 to 5 (or any job for that matter) is getting in the way of your destiny as an adventurer? Don’t be.
Stay Sharp: Lessons from Processing Firewood and Cut Thumbs
An accident while processing firewood has given me a good reminder. It’s important to keep your tools sharp. It’s more important to keep your mind sharp.
In Praise of Shitty Coffee: Always There When We Need It
This is a fun post about why it’s okay to like bad coffee… Gas station coffee, truck stop diner coffee, even instant coffee. It’s okay to love all of it — and by extension, other so-called low-quality products. Don’t take this post too seriously. Just enjoy it. Like I enjoy shitty coffee.
Five Reasons I Decided to Buy an Old Truck
If you’re in the market for a new adventure vehicle, you may be surprised to learn that the best option might be an old truck. It seems counter-intuitive, but sometimes everything old is new again. Here’s how that worked out with my “new” 2001 Ranger.
America, We Don’t Deserve Our National Parks. Can We Fix That?
I’ve tried to come up with an educated, articulate, and eloquent way to convey what
Should I Move to Create a More Adventurous Life? Let’s Talk Location
As you may know, toward the end of 2018, Clarissa and I packed up our