Frozen Tears, Crystal Snot: A Korean New Year Climb
There is a moment on Seorak Mountain, over two hours in and 1,000 meters above sea level, that is dauntingly unfair to novice hikers. You have to squint real hard and crane your…
Big Lines and Big Powder in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains
Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, by the time I started kindergarten my parents had me on skis – teaching me not only how to ride down snow, but also instilling in me…
Wildlife Encounters: Kayaking the Inside Passage
I was two days out of Shearwater, BC and paddling my kayak north through the maze of channels along the west coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska that form the famous Inside…
Canoeing Canada’s Barren Lands
West of Hudson Bay in Canada’s Arctic, an enormous triangle of roadless tundra, twice the size of Alberta or Texas, stretches north to the polar sea and forms the largest single wilderness remaining…
Exploring an Untamed Land: Across Patagonia by 4×4
Patagonia is a vast territory, stretching more that 2,000 km from North to South with a total surface of more than 1 million square kilometers. Argentine Patagonia comprises about 80% of the total…
Hunting the Aurora Borealis: An Expedition to Arctic Sweden and Finland
In February of 2012, I travelled up to Abisko in Sweden’s far north in search of the Northern Lights. It’s a beautiful little town located in the Arctic circle, surrounded by breathtaking scenery,…
