THE SPRING MONTHS of March and April are typically the two snowiest months of the year in Colorado’s Front Range. It’s the time of year when strong cold fronts are prone to slip south around the great barrier of the Rockies then push moist air up against the foothills. These powerful ‘upslope’ storms can deposit […]
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OVER THREE MONTHS ago I announced my third book: One Year One Mountain. I thought it was time for an update. One Year One Mountain is the book I wanted to write. At its core, it’s a love letter to nature and to Colorado’s mountains. I’ve spent the past quarter-century here in the Rockies, wandering
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How we stand atop Everest, whether we realize it or not BACK AT THE start of March I spent a weekend in an igloo. It was an extraordinary experience. In fact, ‘extraordinary’ isn’t hyperbole (for once) but a gross understatement. So much happened. Every single moment was rich and full. The ‘meaning’ of the
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I WALKED FROM home again. A mere eight miles and roughly three hours of moderate effort, and then I was in another world. ‘Turkey Central’ I call the location, named for the wild turkeys I’ve seen up there several times. But it’s a home to others, too: mule deer, elk, black bears, mountain lions, squirrels,
IT’S THE DETAILS that do it for me. It’s the details that I step into nature for. It’s not the Big Views, not the ‘numbers’ walked, not the time taken, not the hard-to-reach famous locations to namedrop later… but the plain old details, and what they do In The Moment, the experience of them, the
SINCE I ANNOUNCED my new book One Year One Mountain and explained that I wouldn’t be revealing the mountain’s location I’ve been asked a certain question several times: why not say where? This is, of course, a perfectly reasonable question. You’re writing about a specific place. Why not say where that place is? To be
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SOME PEOPLE LOVE cars, and everything to do with them. They love cars for emotional, psychological and practical reasons. Some people love their cars so much they get into them and drive around… not to get somewhere but purely for fun. Imagine! And then there are people who dislike cars, or who are, at best,
AS REGULAR VISITORS to my blog will have seen, I’ve been writing a third book. Finally, after three year’s of research and a full year of writing, I’ve completed the manuscript. And so, the time has come to ‘officially’ introduce my new book… Introduction This is a memoir about a journey on foot in the
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FALL COMES EARLY to Colorado’s high country, often in August, occasionally even at August’s start. While lower-altitude locations down in the foothills might still be experiencing mid-summer heat, remaining green and lush and vibrant with life, the alpine tundra can already see chlorophyll fading and russet hues spreading… This year I noticed the first hint
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IT’S TIME FOR an update… As I may have mentioned a few months ago, I’m working on another book. It’s one of the reasons why my posts on here have been few and far between in recent months. I’ve been focused. I’ve been trying to stay on task. It probably won’t be a surprise