The first day of setup for the 184 mile trek across the western desert of Utah. Yeehaww!
The first day of setup for the 184 mile trek across the western desert of Utah. Yeehaww!
Eight years ago I packed up my Corgi, threw her in the car, and we went for a little drive in a chaotic and unspecific westerly direction. I'd seen a lot of Utah having grown up here, but the west desert was kind of an unknown to me, and I found its quiet and dry …
We're just being a little silly this week I guess.
Audio Version of this Article Day 1, What's Going on in 2025 | RSS.com Salutations! It's been a spicy minute. For a variety of reasons stemming from the pandemic, I was far away from my life and the things I love doing for what felt like an eternity. That's a post I've tried typing out …
Here's a brief timeline of what's been going on. In 2019 I was about to set off on something big. I'd made a route of my own and I was gonna hike it, knowing too well deep down I probably wasn't totally ready for it; though I never have felt quite ready for anything I've …
Day-long trips to the mountains have their place in my heart, but overnighting in the middle of the backcountry is where the love is. Another short day of work lead to enough time for two nights in the wilderness, and I knew precisely where I’d spend them. The High Uintas is littered with remote backcountry …
There’s a mountain range that’s as a particularly strong draw on me. It’s an ancient range with crumbling peaks standing guard over an immense expanse of forest. The final stretch of snow has been lifted off the road into a very small corner of these incredible mountains, and after a very brief shift at work: …
In lands west of the city, west of the alpine and north of all that people associate Utah with lies an unassuming desertscape. Littered with mountains and large expanses of land, dotted with the history of Western expansion. This is where you go to get away from everything, it’s where you go for quiet, it’s …
I've really chilled out on how I edit videos recently in favor of a more quiet kinda dealeo. The excitement of all this long hiking stuff changed a bit for me, and I found myself enjoying hearing the wind or birds or just crunchy footsteps a bit more compared to a musical montage. But I …
While I work on the route I'll be prodding at this summer sometimes I kinda feel the urge to talk about it, so I did that and filmed it a bit. This is going to be a lot of work and will take a while to flesh out, so I thought having a record of …