“They don’t know where they’re going,” man guide says to 8-10 adoring clients as blood bubbles up into my throat. We were on a route finding adventure in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and having a blast. We had very loose directions on a sneak route into Lower Death Hollow, a spot that typically requires a…
Desert
Kayaking Lake Powell: A Motor-less Glen Canyon Reconnaissance
Just what I need, another hobby. My friend Wheels read about this 85-mile kayak trip across Lake Powell Brendan Leonard and crew took in winter a few years back. She’s been wanting to head out on a similar trip and I, having zero experience in a sea kayak, was her willing partner. Last year’s attempt was…
Visiting the Great Salt Lake’s Spiral Jetty in Winter
“The lake [Great Salt Lake] is too difficult to approach to be taken for granted; the tang of surprise and the shock of recognition are a part of its character.” ~Dale L. Morgan After nearly an hour of white-knuckled, totally unplowed, ice-covered and drifted dirt road travel, we arrived at Rozel Point, the home of…
Moab Red Hot 55K Race Report
“Life is a bitch, his dark companion said–and then you die. Not so cried Henry! Life is a glorious shining and splendid adventure, and then you die.” ~Edward Abbey This run gets classified as a total WOW, OMG, AMAZEBALLS, cannot wait to do this again, OVERSTOKE, I LOVE RUNNING, I think my head just exploded,…
Dugway Isolation 30K+ Trail Run Report
The only disappointing thing about the Dugway Isolation Trail Run was that more people didn’t participate! The views were amazing, the single-track super fun, the race volunteers friendly, and the schwag over the top. This was the 3rd year of the Dugway Isolation Run and I’ve wanted to do it each year but I am…
A Second Visit to the Sun Tunnels
Somewhere in the middle of absolute nowhere Western Utah, in the most remote and desolate landscape the artist could find, is a unique earthwork installation called the Sun Tunnels. Completed in 1976 by American artist Nancy Holt, the Sun Tunnels consist of four gigantic concrete tunnels arranged in an “X” that are positioned in a precise…
Salt & Sky: Exploring Stansbury Island
For some reason I can’t get up before 7am on a workday, but today I was up at at’em at 5am (sans alarm) so I could make it up to the ridge on Stansbury Island at sunrise. I had a long run planned for the morning and didn’t want to run on the road or…
FAI Surgery Week 20 Or So Update
Okay, so I have officially lost track of time and all will to blog about my FAI surgery recovery because I am… well, pretty darned recovered! The last few weeks have been AMAZING. I did my first 10-mile run and spent four days hiking through a little known canyon in southern Utah for a grand…