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Embrace This
This summer I decided to not only try road biking, I decided to embrace it in all its spandex glory. My climbing could suffer. The mountain bike coul…
15 years, 11 months ago
The Shorts -- Zones of Subduction
Growing up, inheritance and parenthood – these themes have quietly woven their way into the Diaries’ Fabric. Today, Bob Nydam presents a story about …
15 years, 11 months ago
Go West
Maybe the cowboy is gone, but the tradition of going West to reinvent oneself has remained a part of our culture. Today, Brendan Leonard presents a s…
16 years ago
The Shorts -- Dirtbag Resume
When it came time to settle down after returning from a Peace Corps stint, the economy tanked and Ryan Nickum pieced together whatever work he could …
16 years, 1 month ago
The Accidental Journalist
In August 2008, 11 climbers lost their lives on K2. The ensuing media frenzy was just that -- a frenzy. What really happened up there? Freddie Wilkin…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Shorts -- Yosemite's Next Top Idol
James Lucas had dreams of rock stardom. He wanted to cast a shadow longer than El Cap. He wanted to live forever in camp fire conversation. He wante…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Pugilist
At a quick consideration boxing and alpinism have little in common. Ponder if for a second and you might see the similarities. After years in the rin…
16 years, 3 months ago
The Shorts-Scars
We've all got them. War wounds. Battle scars. We get them from crashing bikes in the woods, surgeon's scalpels and cheese grating falls on granite. …
16 years, 3 months ago
A Successful Life
Last year, Aimee Brown got the opportunity of a lifetime a job writing for National Geographic. Excited, she packed her Subaru and moved east. After…
16 years, 4 months ago
The Shorts--Upward Mobility
Harini Ayer came to the States from Southern India almost a decade ago and fell in love with this country, her research and climbing. If Harini switc…
16 years, 5 months ago