There's still time to submit a comment against a gold mine proposed on Idaho's public lands

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of this weekend.

Five things on the Internet that I'm a fan of this week.

Thing Number One: This study from 2007

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of this week.

Five things on the Internet that I'm a fan of this week.

Like many cyclists, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of LeMond bicycles, after years of rumors and anticipation about the brand’s revival. This week, they dropped photos of two new mo…

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan on on this smoky Friday here in Boise, Idaho.

Outdoor photographers have stumbled upon an ethical dilemma in recent years. As Instagram has become the outlet of choice for photographers to share and promote their work, they've had to make a choic…

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of this week

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of this week.

Touring rigs. Cyclocross. Monstercross. All-road. Rugged road. Dirt Drops. Drop bar mountain bikes. The list goes on…

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of on this Friday.

A proposed tower in the Sawtooth Valley ignites the debate in Idaho.

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of on this Friday.

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of on this Friday.

Yikes.

Is there any replacing the venerable Brooks saddle?

Five things from the Internet that I'm a fan of on this Friday.

The Sawtooth Mountains are the jewel of the Idaho backcountry. While there are taller peaks, more imposing ranges, and more remote wildernesses, the Sawtooth range is the rugged, photogenic, poster ch…

In 2020, is there any good reason to write a review of the venerable Brooks B-17 bike saddle? I’ll cast my vote: no. Everyone is familiar with this solid leather piece of cycling history. It&#82…

I’ve been getting out into the high Canterbury plains recently for some great outdoor climbing. Flock Hill in particular is considered a world-class boulder field, by NZ natives and visiting cli…

I’m happy to say that I’ve just posted my first work to Amazon’s Kindle store. It’s a piece of short fiction called Overhead, and it’s a 15-minute read with a b…

Christchurch might be one of New Zealand’s biggest towns, but for the most part it still has the small-town feel that visitors to this country find alternately endearing and annoying. Bars here …

It’s a great time to be on the South Island of New Zealand. The weather is getting warmer, the plains of Canterbury are (relatively) green and best of all, the hordes of travelers that turn the …

For the first time in two years, I’m living what in the Western world is known as a normal life. Apartment, job, car, weekends off. It’s been a while — I’ve been traveling for …

Quick story: my most recent hike was a simple one — a quick 19-mile loop in Western PA. An overnight trip. Not enough elevation change to mention, no route-finding, lots of water, good camping. …

I’m about to graduate, and I want to spend some time looking back at some of the work I did in college. Here’s something I wrote for my Feature Writing class last year: It’s past midnight,…

In about two weeks, I will finish taking my last semester of college classes and graduate from Penn State with a journalism degree. I spent a lot of my time in college writing, but not much time maint…

Last year, I wrote and recorded a ‘This I Believe” statement for the local public radio station here in State College. For a variety of reasons, I never made it to the WPSU office to recor…

Early spring can be a rough time for hikers and lovers of the outdoors here in Central PA. The snow is melting, leaving the trees bare and brown, but the first green signs of spring’s arrival ha…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_mTDzNrtPw]My friend Ivan and I spent a couple hours collecting footage for a timelapse video. Everything here was shot on the Penn State campus or in downtown…