Losing Control To Lead A Simple Life
One of the things I really believed in is the idea of simplicity, that life should always be moving toward more simplicity rather than more complexity. — Yvon Chouinard I'm...
Field Notes
Field Notes are a mix of thoughtful essays and adventure journaling.
Get Your Hands Beautifully Dirty
The gnarliest mud I’ve ever encountered was about halfway across Zion National Park in the spring of 2014. Seriously, it was the slipperiest, stick-to-your-leg-iest, sweep-you-off-your-feet-iest mud ever. With at least...
Working Hard and Letting Go
Currently we are stationed in an amazing “small town with a big backyard” on the Eastern slopes of the Sierra. It’s beautiful. It’s breathtaking. It’s also frustrating. It’s also boring....
Resilience Is How You Face Your Weakness
Resilience isn't being strong, but how you face your weakness. Perhaps it's years of attempting to be strong that ends up making us weak, in body and mind. The resistance...
What Are You Most Living For?
"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am...
Wrestling With The Epidemic Of Depression
I read an article this morning about depression from an athlete’s perspective. Then I read another from the view of a spouse dealing with her athletic husband’s depressive episodes. Every...
Keeping Things Simple
I've long had the desire to keep things simple. It's not an easy task in today's society. There is so much information flowing toward us it's difficult to ward it...
Storytelling Changes Us For The Better
When you are open to the exploration of your thoughts, allowing them to formulate without getting hung up on directing them, good things happen. I've learned several things from my...
Feel Grounded Wherever You Are
Who sees all being in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear. — Isa Upanishad It’s been a heck of a few months. Sparing...