All Posts Written by "ken"
La Playa Plastica
Plastic and beaches don’t mix. Which isn’t news, exactly… plastic doesn’t mix with much at all, if you think about it. I find myself drawn back to the issue, though I can’t tell you why. I think it’s that the ubiquitous petrochemical detritus that soils our coastline represents something so permanent, despite its often transitory […]
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Proper prior planning prevents poor performance
I’ve been looking ahead to the summer, already trying to figure out how to put three months of trips, projects and obligations into the four-and-a-half weeks that will be allotted. The key, I think, is going to be a combination of the “6 P’s” and a sense of what the Air Force used to call […]
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A Modern holiday
I have not taken part in any of the hype that inevitably leads up to the Big Game. I haven’t watched much news or ESPN, I have barely glanced at the online fare… I haven’t paid attention to the spectacle of the event, the incredible wierdness that inevitably accompanies this week of wretched excess. I […]
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Two weeks to go
On February 18, I’ll be doing a slide show at the Mountaineers Hall in Tacoma. I’ll be showing images and telling tall tales from the kayaking trip I took around the island of Newfoundland back in 2000. It was an amazing adventure, three full months of paddling pleasure and pain. It ended up being the […]
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Still cold in the shadows
Every year about this time, when that late January/early February cold snap hits, I wonder if this will be the last of the freezes for the year. I know there have been plenty of icy days in March and even April, but it feels somehow that this time here should be about the end of […]
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Synchronize
A few items for the calendar… La Push Pummel, Feb 25-27.De Fuca Downwinder, June 11I really like the poster for the Pummel. Each year, the posters just get better. The Downwinder I just put on my calendar today. I’m not much into “adventure racing” most of the time, but this event is hosted by Olympic […]
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Tango Uniform
Back when I was flying for a living, I used to spend a fair bit of time with Brian. Like me, he was a loadmaster in the 97th AS out of McChord and, although I like to think I did a pretty good job, there’s no question he did it better. At least when it […]
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An arctic interlude
“It is, I suppose, a sort of disease – an arctic fever – and yet no microscope can discover its virus and it remains completely unknown to the savants of science. The arctic fever has no effect on the body but lives only in the mind, filling its victim with the consuming urge to wander […]
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It happened last Thursday
See if you can find any problems with this scenario: Three adults in their early 20’s get into a 12-foot rowboat on Star Lake, Federal Way. They row from their house to the tavern on the other side of the lake, sink a few beers, then clamber aboard the boat for their return voyage. On […]
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Three weeks out
On February 18, I’ll be doing a slide show at the Mountaineers Hall in Tacoma. I’ll be showing images and telling tall tales from the kayaking trip I took around the island of Newfoundland back in 2000. It was an amazing adventure, three full months of paddling pleasure and pain. It ended up being the […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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