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Arctic Circle Skate

https://vimeo.com/379680152 Hard things to plan for: love, loss… expedition ice skating. Conditions were right, and they usually aren’t. I’d done…

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Western Brooks Range

Brooks Range Traverse: Part Three of Three https://vimeo.com/364956313 World’s Best Third Wheel During my last-minute, pre-departure shopping at REI (wool…

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Melozi Hot Springs

https://vimeo.com/340593343 During a flight to Nulato in June of 2018 (Nulato to Unalakleet trip report), I noticed hints of a…

2D Route-Planning: Caltopo, GaiaGPS, Topo maps

11 Mar 201910 Feb 2020

Google Earth has no competition for 3D route planning, but the interface can be intimidating to new or infrequent users. These 2D sites are more intuitive for new players of…

3D Route-Planning: Google Earth

10 Mar 201910 Feb 2020

Google Earth is an incredibly powerful tool for route planning. This guide describes how to import topographic map layers, navigate 3D terrain, and create routes through the wilderness. Flavors Google…

Ski-Touring Season… Crowd-Sourced Guides

1 Feb 201610 Mar 2019

I've been fielding questions about gear for long-distance, multi-day trips, so I've compiled notes from the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic crew into a Ski-Touring Equipment Guide. A big part…

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All Game Trails Lead to Roman

17 Feb 201312 Feb 2020

During my first Wilderness Classic, whenever I stumbled out of the alder and onto a game trail, I'd see Roman Dial's shoe tread. You get to know all the leaders'…

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Adventure as Art

3 Nov 201110 Nov 2019

Beni Moryson, host of the German ultralight blog hrXXlight, asked me to share some insights from the Wilderness Classics. I was uncomfortable talking about the classics as an expert because…