Portfolio

Over three hot summer days, I spent time both in the field and at base camp with the twenty-person wildland fire crew Phoenix 1. As the only post-release fire crew in the nation, it was a pleasure to tell their story.

Over several weeks I scoured the internet, talked to experts, and delved into my own travels to create a list of vacations that could be bucket list trips for most readers. Some are once in a lifetime while others are quite affordable.

Mountain Guide Eli Helmuth is in the process of helping create a unique climbing culture on the island of Puerto Rico. For this story I talked with Helmuth and locals to find the beta on this new hot spot for climbing.

I caught up with one of the legends in the cannabis industry on the deck of a small hotel in Mexico to talk about the industry and where he sees it heading.

Being able to take a deep dive into the Northern Cascades, a place I have hiked, fished, camped, and climbed in was a dream assignment. I searched for, and found, glimpses of what makes this wild land so revered.

I co-authored this award-winning book telling the story of Polar Explorer Eric Larsen’s 2014 trip to the North Pole, the last one ever from land.  

My wife and I spent five days digging deep into the skin of the Portuguese island of Madeira sitting off the North African coast to discover all it has to offer, we needed a month.  

Over two weeks I spent several hours each day hiking the trails in Boulder, CO to field test a bevy of binoculars for hikers.

Over several years I hiked and explored the region around Fairbanks to create the first-ever comprehensive hiking book for the region.

While exploring the city of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun high in the Atlas Mountains I decided to visit a traditional Moroccan bathhouse. This story tells of my experience and why travel is so important these days.

The RiNo neighborhood of Denver, not long ago an industrial area, is now one of the cities hottest spots. For this story I crisscrossed it and created several self-guided brewey tours for visitors and locals alike.

As part of my long-running column Booze News, for Elevation Outdoors, I was able to spend some time with Al Laws the founder of Laws Whiskey House in Denver. This story was a review of their just-released 6-year Bottled in Bond Four Grain Bourbon.

After living in Europe for two years I had an epiphany about electric bicycles, they might just be the thing we need in America. In this story I detail my conversion and why E-bikes make so much sense.

I interviewed Espy Award-winning climber Kirstie Ennis and cyclist Billy Lister III for this story about the healing properties of nature. Each of them has had to overcome life-threatening injuries and credit the outdoors with their recovery.