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Mount Baldy looms left of center in the background The Baldy Blitz, has a 30ish-year history. The Blitz is a race up and back down Mount Baldy in the Bridger Range in mid-May each year. It was started by a group of climbers. Timing was basic the way timing was not too many years ago. The “Race Director” would put his watch around the antennae of his car, and a clipboard on the hood. He’d yell go to the 10 or so people that had gathered; he’d join the race to the top of B

Mid-March 2025: There are places on the planet that have a mythical feel to each of us; which places have that feel are different for you...

Kiener's Route on Longs Peak in red; Green dot is our perch: picture courtesy of Summit Post September 2nd, 2010: It was getting late. ...

February, in Bozeman, is my favorite time of winter. It is cold; the chill is inescapable. The world is white; the land is buried;...

Outside Bozeman Spring 2025. The title at the top is my name for the article. The article, as it appears in Outside Bozeman, has a...

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...

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

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...