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Sun Valley was a hell of a lot of fun, with five solid flying days out of seven, amazing conditions. Paragliding comps are always good fun w...

Still cold here, so another late start with relatively stable conditions. The last two tasks have involved flying across the main valley and...

It's really cold here--yesterday morning the sprinklers were encasing the green lawns in ice as we drove into Sun Valley. Launch was mov...

A big cold front is rolling through Sun Valley along with the usual high winds, which put a stop to the meet for the last two days. That...

Sun Valley, site of one this year's US paragliding Nationals, is one of those ultra-rich resort towns in an incredible place. Kim and I ...

I'm a news junkie, and today the habit is getting fed with some very interesting news. First up, a US Federal Judge has ruled that Pres...

I've done several stellarly pointless things lately. The first involved a bouldering session up an obscure drainage. It wasn't Bisho...

This page has all the scores , plus some notes and links to various commentary and some photos. Thanks to everyone who flew in the Willi, bo...

I've been in Golden running the Race Willi Paragliding competition, a five-day event held in conjunction with the Willi XC event. It...

OK, this is a disgression from the normal mountain sports action--I really enjoyed watching the Tour de France this year. I don't even o...

It's been a great summer in the Canadian Rockies for sport climbing. I've been having these "give 'er" weeks followed ...

The following list is from an Australian Aviation mag, my mom sent them to me, good advice: RULES OF THE AIR 1. Every takeoff is optional....

Kim and I have been flying in Golden the last two days, it's been good value. Kim has about doubled her cumulative thermal time from the...

The paragliding scene is growing quickly in Canmore--when I first moved to Canmore there were only two or three active pilots, now there...

Gin "Glider Family" Notes I’ve flown Gin gliders exclusively for the last four years. The following are some comments on my experi...

In the last two months I've climbed in somewhere around six different gyms due to the travel schedule. I actually really like climbing o...

It's over! It's been an entertaining week here in Quebec, with lots of good people and adventures. The flying wasn't very good, ...

It's been an insane week of flying here in the Rockies, I've flown about ten hours in the last three days. I put up some photos of ...

I survived the Conan show and so did Conan despite his best efforts--he chose to "summit" the mock iceberg, which had the producer...

Somehow I'm in New York City to do a show on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." I feel a bit like saying, "Um, you know...