Everyone who knows me is well aware of my love hate relationship for water, and although I'm not a swimmer by any means, if the sun is shining and I'm not in the backcountry blazing the trails, you can normally catch me out on the water... that is, in my foldable Oru Kayak, on a nice calm lake. When it comes to white water kayaking I have no business in the sport as a rider, but when your friends throw one of the rowdiest white water kayaking events in the world and ask if yo

Gear packed, camera charged, Subaru gassed up... go time! Nothing gets you amped to scale a mountain like driving to the parking lot the night before, rolling out your sleeping bag next the car, and sleeping in the cold fresh air. It's basically like acclimatizing for Everest just on a much smaller scale. Sadly though, when you get to the parking lot at 11:00pm and your alarm begins to go off at 2:30am, you don't quite get the best nights sleep. Nothing a double chocolate chi