Bring Back the Blades, An Additive Adventure Entry

In Conjunction With OutsideTV.com and Osprey Packs It’s January 28th. My new skis are tuned and fat. In Colorado today, like most days of the winter, the sun is out. The mountains are choked in snow. It looks like a fine day for rollerblading. It was my Physical Therapist who started it. My back rehab has been going so well I thought I … Read More

The Big Switch, An Additive Adventure Entry

In Conjunction With OutsideTV.com and Osprey Packs It’s November 26th. It’s 5 degrees in the mountains. It’s time to go ice climbing. To be fair, it’s been like this for a few weeks now. But it’s finally time for me to notice. I’m t-minus twenty-four hours from swinging into blue ice. It sounds glorious and exciting… and a bit terrifying. The question is: … Read More

Getting it Anyway

A Blog in Conjunction with Osprey Packs. Check out their site and great stuff atospreypacks.com. Climbers can, as a rule, break rules. We expand our youth, our shoulder stamina, and, most commonly, our seasons. How many people do you know who go crack climbing in shorts in January? Ice climbing in puff jackets in June? Sport climbing in bikinis February? … Read More