Jul 29Member-onlyBook Reviews: White Noise, Wool, Black Wall Street, Tom Wolfe, Joni Mitchell, Pnin, Haruki MurakamiHey Medium. Just dropping by with a few thoughts on some books I’ve read recently. Three nonfiction books, which is rare for me (I get enough nonfiction while reading on Medium, tbh)! …Books7 min read
Jul 19Member-only4% Rewards are BACK on the Coinbase Card!!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…Cryptocurrency4 min read
Published in Core Shot·Jul 19Member-onlyRMNP: Englishman’s RouteA 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…Climbing7 min read
Jul 13Member-onlyDo You Really Want To Be a Famous Blogger? Think Twice.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…Writing5 min read
Jan 3Member-onlyWildfires in Winter Are a Climate Change EventI’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…Marshall Fire6 min read
Oct 31, 2021Member-onlyAlmost WinterI talked to an old friend from university the other night on the phone. “You haven’t really been blogging much,” he said.Outdoors2 min readAlmost Winter----
Oct 28, 2021Member-onlyStreet Tacos in Tijuana4 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…Travel1 min read
Oct 19, 2021Member-onlyHow the Coinbase Card Helps You Invest in Cryptocurrencies, Risk-FreeIn 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…Cryptocurrency7 min read
Oct 15, 2021Member-onlyMy Summer Through the (Very Tight) Lens of the Ilford XP2 Disposable CameraI 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…Photography6 min read
Published in Core Shot·Updated Aug 16, 2021Member-onlyThe Wind River Range“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?” …Outdoors4 min read