Honu, or the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle (chelonia mydas, for the Latin members of the studio audience), became my newest and truest obsession after a summer trip to the Hawaiian islands last July. I arrived in Hawaii having previously spent … Continue reading →
Trent and I headed into the Big Cottonwood Canyon backcountry yesterday to ski some powder and do a snowpack evaluation for the Utah Avalanche Center. Here is the official observation of the day, compiled by Trent. And here is the … Continue reading →
Remember that girl that contacted me on couchsurfing.org a few months ago? Probably not. The situation went like this: she was on a solo 4-month+ climbing road trip through the United States. She had only begun climbing a few months earlier. … Continue reading →
[ed note: originally written 12.22.2011] On nothing more than a slight whim, I made a few relatively unreasonable actions last week. On Monday, after a morning of skiing, I went for a short trail run outside my house in Park … Continue reading →
For the content-lovers in the audience, there is an abundance of crisply-edited HD ski footage prepared to be uploaded to my Vimeo page and immediately shared with the (bored, 9 to 5) world. Unfortunately, I’m only able to upload 1 edit … Continue reading →
Between attending the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market for a few days, skiing every day, and trying to figure out where, exactly, I dropped my car keys in the 24″ of snow that filled the driveway, the last week has been … Continue reading →
day 11: 12.38 miles WE’RE DONE BIKING TOTAL: ~270.37 miles We woke up with plenty of time until the park’s 7am opening. The plan was to either hide until the park opened or get out of there before anyone even … Continue reading →
I’m so proud of my friends for finishing their trip, let alone putting together such an awesome video–which was a total surprise.
day 10: 16.34 miles [ed note: If you can't tell by now, we were desperately trying to slow down and finish this bike ride without leaving ourselves a week of sitting, waiting for a flight to Maui.] Remember how I said that … Continue reading →
day 9: 49.05 A borrowed floor pump proved to be too much for the little kid I was biking with. Tackling mile after mile, this would end up as Lindsay’s longest day ever on a bicycle. It consisted of a lot … Continue reading →
day 8: 27.6 miles After a 30-mile bicycle climb to the park, and ~20 miles of hiking within its boundaries, a 27.6-mile descent felt like Gandhi’s first bite of food after his little “hiatus”. In fact, I’ve never experienced … Continue reading →
day 7: 0 miles (biking) 10.5 miles (hiking) July 4th!!! We hiked 10ish miles, atop black volcanic rock ocean cliffs, on the Puna Crest Trail, back to the Chain of Craters Road. From there, we hitchhiked with a veteran and … Continue reading →
day 6: 9 miles (biked) 8 miles (hiked) Forget biking; we needed a break. Time to aimlessly walk on lava. This day was ridiculous. We started by riding to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Visitor Center to choose a mellow … Continue reading →
On the 6th, I earned another photo of the day at canyonsresort.com. This one was taken by Trevor Woods of Lunar/Solar Creative.
This time of year is really busy for me. Since, you know, I’m a skier. In light of that lack of time, here are a couple sets of photos from the past year, all available for your viewing pleasure on … Continue reading →
day 5: 22 miles Waking up behind an already-open Pearl’s Bakery, we weren’t surprised to see that the rain hadn’t stopped all night. Luckily, the tent’s insides remained dry. We popped out of sleeping bags and stated packing up, wet before … Continue reading →
day 4: 31.06 After a good breakfast, we hit the road out of Kolekole early in the morning. Within 5 miles of downhill cruising, an irresistible swimming hole beckoned. For the next 5 or 10 miles, the scenery sucked. We … Continue reading →
[ed note: although there's been meager snowfall, I have been skiing everyday. but with zero opportunity to safely head into the backcountry around here, I'm heading to Colorado tomorrow. for a concert. have a fun NYE] day 3: 45 miles … Continue reading →
I hope that your Christmas was fun and memorable. Here in Ohio, while the snow forgot it was Christmas, luckily Santa didn’t. A festive Christmas weekend lent itself to a challenge, proposed by my dad, to finish editing and organizing … Continue reading →
