Loop Lope
I was awake well before the 5:30 am alarm. I'd dreamed that I missed the race start, and in the dream I was inconsolable, frustrated that...


WHY?
Why? It's a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. In fact, I ask myself "why?" each time I lace up my shoes to go for a run. I...


Pseudo Famous
On July 9 I walked into base camp after a 10 hour push to the summit of the Grand Teton and back. Six guys, strangers to me just 3 days...


Goals and Failure
Goals drive me. Goals push me forward, give me something to work towards. They make me feel committed to something and give me focus. I...


What Am I?
What am I? It's a question that sits in my mind, like a a ghost in the shadows, teasing me to look straight at it and acknowledge that...
The Winds, Part II
Day 3 in The Winds found us camped among the granite giants on the west side of the Cirque of the Towers. The plan for the day was to...


The Winds, Part I
The mud squishes underneath our boots. Snow capped granite mountains rise above the trees in the distance. Streams and creeks rush past,...


Reenter and Remember
Twenty minutes. That's how long I stood on top of The Grand Teton, a summit I'd been thinking and dreaming (ok, I admit - obsessing)...


Grand Teton Photo Gallery
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She Believed She Could
I woke up at 2am in a tent at 11,000 feet. There had been a storm during the night. Thunder boomed through the mountains and lightning...

