CO Avalanche Center Loses Major Funding, written 4 days ago, This Friday night the annual Avalanche Jam, a benefit for theColorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), was supposed to take place in the parking lot of Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder. Hosted by Backcountry Access, the fund-raiser p...

MntnLife.com, written 2 days ago, The GoBlog tipped me off to this new website earlier today, and it looks like it's set to be a great resource. It's called MntnLife.com and it's working toward becoming the online resource for trail information for a variety of sports.Launched by the good folks over...

New design, written 1 day ago, I've used my blog theme for over a year now and thought it would be nice to have a fresh look. Hope you find it more reader friendly but comments are welcome as always (please keep in mind that I'm limited to the themes that WordPress is offering as they host my blog)â...

Rock/Creek StumpJump Trail Race in the News, written 3 days ago, This month's In the City magazine featured the Rock/Creek StumpJump, our most popular trail running race. Now in it's 8th year, the race includes a 50k and 11 mile option. So far we have over 400 people signed up, with roughly fifty sp...

Thementag "Alpenglühen" auf 3sat, written 1 day ago, Noch ein 11 TV-Tipps für Sonntag. Es ist morgen Thementag "Alpenglühen" auf 3sat. Laut der Website von 3sat geht es um 6 Uhr los! Allerdings kommt um 5:10 Uhr auch schon eine (im weitesten Sinne) passende Sendung (50 Sekunde...

Summer 2008, written 3 days ago, Well i'll call it a summer - despite the weather! :) I've been working non stop to scrape funds together basicially... nuff said. No holidays, not much climbing - non really. Bits of training .... just managed to keep my head above 40 miles pre week throughout the su...

Talking about YouTube - Sar pass - Door to Heaven, written 2 weeks ago,  Quote YouTube - Sar pass - Door to Heaven 

New Picture Gallery, written 3 weeks ago, A completly new photo gallery of my best pictures on the site including landscapes, climbing, mountains and more.

10 days in..., written 2 weeks ago, and I'm sick already.It never fails to amaze me how powerful kids' germs are. Someone told me when I first started working at the elementary school that after 3 years you build up a burly immune system. They lied. Well, at least it rained this weekend. Plus I got ...

My Mount Kinabalu climbing Journal.

More Flights on the Horizon, written 1 week ago, There are not many choices when it comes to flying into Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).  Most people fly with KLM, a Dutch airline that offers daily service from the USA (through partner airlines) via Amsterdam.  Regional flights to Kilim...

Travel & adventure.

Environmental stuff (2), written 1 week ago, Many moons ago the nice climbers of Nelson never gave Paynes Ford a second look. The cracks of Cable Bay and the Takaka Quarry were all the rage. Paynes was too steep, had no cracks for pro, less holds and was covered in moss and ferns anyway. Try to imag...

Safari In Kenya and Trips Kenya Safari Tour, written 1 week ago, The "journey to Africa" or "Expedition" are two of the meanings of the word Safari which comes from the Swahili origin. Ernest Hemingway who wrote the book "The snows of Kilimanjaro" was inspired by the sa...