by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | blog
Is it a bird? A plane? Is it…Superman? No! It’s another member of the Roving Backcountry Crew sounding the dawn chorus with a startlingly accurate bird-call, at 5 a.m. We’re on Missouri Mountain, camped at treeline and every day begins the same way. A struggle worthy...
by admin | Jun 21, 2013 | blog
On Thursday, Jason and I took a break from our four-day hitch on Mount Bierdstadt to scout this summer’s Adopt-a-Peak projects on Grays and Torreys. Driving early in the morning up the long and steep gravel road that leads to the Gray and Torreys trailhead, we...
by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | blog
Over the last week I had the pleasure of spending five days working on Mount Bierstadt. Throughout the week I got to talk to a myriad hikers of different ages, abilities and places. They all had one thing in common though: They were “going to the top.” When folks pass...
by admin | Jun 14, 2013 | blog
While working on a trail crew in Rocky Mountain National Park a few years ago, I remember thinking that, with three seasons of trail work under my belt, I was starting to hold my ground in the rock-setting world. Another co-worker was quick to correct me. “Three...
by admin | Jun 9, 2013 | blog
As I lie in a top bunk in the yurt and lose myself through the stars, I can think of nothing. My mind has finally, thankfully, stopped beating. I wake to the sand pounding the walls and it sounds miserable out as I’m so very cozy in my bag. I push myself to get up;...