Stories
Training Blog
Publications

This is an old story, both because it took place more than 40 years ago and because I wrote it more than 20 years ago. It's also the...

Outside Bozeman Winter 2024-25. They did a good job editing my article. The AI generated art is spectacular. They got everything...

Gallatin Peak from Summit Lake October 12, 2024: We grunted our way up to the high ridge on Gallatin Peak.  It was me, my son-in-law,...

“Two beers please Jake,” Ella said to the bartender while holding up two fingers to make her order clear in case he couldn’t quite hear...

The current was strong; I held onto the clothesline that had been strung across the river to aid our crossings.  The river got deeper...

Ed and I stepped off the trail to let the mountain goat pass by.  We were high up on Mount Brown in Glacier National Park.  The goat was...

Josh standing at the edge of Death Canyon near Pass Lake “So wait, you’re telling me that the only things on this sandwich are breaded...

Is it for the long ride in pre-dawn darkness on a chill August morn?  Is it the anticipation as we wait for the start?  Is it the...

It's Wedenesday, August 7th. It’s been a big training year; it’s been a good training year.  Since January 1st, I’ve run/hiked 1,022...

There are three approaches to Granite Peak, none of them are short, none of them are easy.  At 12,799 feet, Granite is Montana’s highest...

Enchaining: def , to bind or hold as if with chains. Ever since I moved to Bozeman in June 2020, I have found the prospect of enchaining...

Outside Bozeman, Summer 2024 Here's the link to read it there: https://outsidebozeman.com/activities/running/its-not-about-the-run Or,...

Every distance running race is intense in its own way.  I used to race half-marathons on city streets.  In those races I ran hard on...

For me, the month of May finished a lot better than it started.  As I said in my previous training blog entry, I started the month off...

When I first ventured into the Yellowstone backcountry, I found it threatening.  It was in June in the early 1980s when Terry and I...

Training in May has not gone according to plan.  I drove back from southern Utah on May 1st.  It was my 19th day on the road.  While...

Mountain men of the early to mid-19th Century were beaver hunters. Period.  Any explorations they made were ancillary to the search for...

Altitude trumps latitude.  It’s something we all know to be true.  ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ which coat the mountain’s high altitudes in...

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Nietzche Saddle Peak in the distance;...

Views from the Ramp, a backcountry ski area just north of Bridger Bowl ski area Ski season, short as it was this year, likely came to an...