Posts filed under "Talking Story"
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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Like ships in a harbor
I was sorting through the gear boxes the other day, putting things where they belong. I have a storage bin full of bags: dry bags, compression sacks, conventional stuff sacks and mesh ditties. Another bin holds the climbing equipment: helmet, biners, harness and crampons. Still others have group gear: plates and bowls, cutlery and cloth […]
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Winter surf
It’s been a while since I’ve been surfing. A few days down in California earlier in the month, but not much around these parts. I had the chance to catch up with Matt and Chris just this past weekend, coworkers and friends from back in the days of Backpackers Supply. It has been too long. […]
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The Sports page
Three years ago yesterday, I was in Nanaimo. I’d just started on my winter circumnavigation attempt of Vancouver Island (that particular trip still hasn’t been done, by the by. Just saying.) I ended up staying for an extra day, maybe two, because the Packers were playing that year in the NFC Championship against the Giants […]
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This would be a good weekend…
I would like to go to the Atlantic Paddling Symposium, put on by Paddle Canada. This year it’s happening in Glovertown, Newfoundland, which would make it even more special. I am a member of Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador, the collective voice of kayaking in Canada’s coolest province, and I know how much every Newfoundland paddler […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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