Gravsports

For the first time in 18 months I don't have any serious injuries, and I'm loving it! Yeah, I still hobble a little on my left knee,...

On Sunday we drove from Chelan, WA to the Nelson area. The sky was perfect the whole way, just insane! I so wanted to get into the air, but ...

The last two days of flying have been off the charts fun, just epic! The last day of the Chelan comp was fantastic--a 120K triangle with abs...

Yesterday was blown out for flying so pilots started searching out other adventures. Mini-golf, mountain biking and "toasting" (Fr...

We've only had two days of flying at the Chelan XC open/Canadian Nationals. Both days have been relatively weak and low, with short task...

When I was about 27 or so I jumped off a fence wearing a 50-pound paragliding bag. Yeah, real smart. My left knee hurt like hell for a month...

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to enjoy some truly epic flying conditions off of Lookout Mountain, near Golden, Colorado. Those cond...

I've been writing about movement, flying and of course training some, but with another rider busted in the Tour de France today my thoug...

I clearly remember the first time I saw someone who could truly walk well in the mountains. I was in Mexico, basically lost deep in Copper ...

I keep having these Boulder flashbacks... Over 20 years ago I drove an ancient, even for then, van into the Eldorado parking lot for the fir...

Edit--thanks to Chris Webster for the photo, taken shortly after launch at Lookout. That's the Coors plant and the source of the beer th...

I'm in Boulder, Colorado. Just mention the name and most people have an idea of the place and the societal meaning. Hippies, athletes, ...

My bud Sonnie Trotter finally sent Rhapsody ( edit, brain junk ), which is a really hard trad (meaning no bolts) line over in Scotland. If y...

Title a blog entry, "One Truth," and readers will likely be expecting something monumental. After all, successful religions have b...

Who knew that home renos and climbing go together so well? I've been bouldering a ton lately, as the weather is junk and my project rout...

A friend of mine, John Harlin, sent me a link today that is just great --stellar aerial photos of Mt. Robson taken just a few days ago by J...

I've been outside climbing a bunch--perfect spring days, nice temps, loving it. And then it started to rain on Tuesday or so, still OK j...

How many times have I worried about whether to go climbing or not because of some seemingly important event that somehow meant I maybe shoul...

This spring two of my buds went over to Nepal to climb a new line on the south face of Annapurna, and decided to warm up with a quick trip u...

I am so psyched to climb that I can barely stand it. My knee is totally jacked (meniscus tear) which makes it a little more difficult, but t...