And yes, that does deserve two exclamation marks. It’s been a tough few months, crypto-bros. The Terra LUNA disaster, the Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies, and of course, the omnipresent bear market erasing all your gains. Many of us are in forced HODL, the losses have been so deep. That all…

A less popular option on the iconic Hallet Peak. Grade: 5.8 R, III (M6, IV in winter — if you are deranged) Length: Half a day for a skilled team. Full day for most Trailhead: Bear Lake TH, approach as for Emerald Lake Approach Time: 1–2 hours Guidebook: RMNP by Richard Rossiter (affiliate link) Rack…

I had a very odd experience this winter, where a stranger told me one of my own stories. It sourced from this blog; although he did not know that. Briefly: I was out ice climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park with a new partner. It was our second time out…

I’ve lived on the Front Range of Colorado my entire life. I was born and raised here, something few people can say these days, as more and more people are moving to the area. According to the last census, more than 750,000 new people have joined the population of Colorado…

4 a.m., Tijuana, Mexico. Just across the border from San Diego. Outside of a strip club. Our all-male group lingers in the street. We are waiting for one of our 27 members who (rumor has it) disappeared upstairs with one of the women. Before leaving San Diego we were warned…

In the course of my job, I read a lot about cryptocurrency. Really. Like, too much. And for a long time, I barely understood any of it. DeFi? Blockchains? Staking? Hashing? As someone who is definitively ‘not a math guy’, I let it all wash over me. However, I recently…

I lost two 36-exposure rolls of film this summer because I can’t load a camera properly. Some truly great moments, gone, due to my own carelessness. After being told for the 2nd time that I had given the camera shop a roll of blank film to develop, I decided to…

“Remote” backcountry place popular with climbers, backpackers, and fisherfolk. I write “remote” in quotes because there were easily over 100 cars in the Big Sandy Trailhead parking lot when I arrived. A bit shocking after an hour spent driving in on “Am I in the right place?” …