I distinctly remember one morning last year in China thinking, if we ever get out of here, I’m going to have to write a piece titled-“Down with Disease”. Beyond being a favorite song for many of us (start with 12/29/97 ...
Read More »Backcountry Magazine Issue #135
Have you seen the new Backcountry Magazine yet? If not, here’s a little taste of issue #135. The lead shot here is from an article written by seasoned author Megan Michelson about the crazy trip to China I had last ...
Read More »New York Times | It’s the Winter of Backcountry. Here’s How to Start Safely.
Stoked to see this shot of me by Ming Poon, in the New York Times of all places, taken from a great day last winter in our own Tahoe Backcountry. The article, linked here, is a good reminder of how ...
Read More »EXPLORING THE ROOTS OF SKIING HALF A WORLD AWAY
A TRIP TO THE SNOWY ALTAI RANGE IN NORTHERN CHINA IS HIGHLIGHTED BY ANCIENT SKIING CUSTOMS PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS Urumqi, China. Ever heard of it? The city boasts a population of more than 3.5 million, yet I had never heard ...
Read More »Snow Hunters Film Update | Return to the Roots
January seems like a lifetime ago. In returning home from China, I shared this Instagram post and simply tried to keep decompressing from one of the craziest experiences of my life. Escaping the country as Covid-19 started peaking across China ...
Read More »Happy Earth Day 2020| Carbon Calculator, #crushit4climate, The SNU Climate Alliance
While Indigenous people have been leading the way since time immemorial, the modern mainstream environmental movement didn’t gain traction until the inaugural Earth Day brought the message to the masses back in 1970. Since that historic first installment, April 22 ...
Read More »Continuing the Fight to Protect the Arctic Refuge
Good news can be hard to come by for People and Earth defenders these days, but there is always light in the darkness, and there are more defenders and a bigger community of resisters out there than you think! Last ...
Read More »Kyrgyzstan
The first issue of Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal for the 2019-2020 ski season has hit mountain shops across the American West. Happy to contribute photography and words for a piece about backcountry skiing in Kyrgyzstan while guiding for 40 Tribes ...
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