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October 20, 2018August 3, 2021

Rattlesnake Wilderness circumnavigation

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August 24, 2018March 20, 2022

Montana Highpoints (Beartooth 27)

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July 28, 2018January 24, 2022

Ruminating on injuries, health, and the mountains that connect them

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October 20, 2017May 19, 2020

The Double Zion traverse, or what you can learn from a failed plan C.

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September 30, 2017January 24, 2022

What public lands give us

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October 2, 2016January 24, 2022

Mountain Lakes 100

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August 26, 2016January 24, 2022

Idaho 12ers

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July 18, 2015January 24, 2022

The Beaten Path

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Back in 2012 I sent @slukenelson an email out of the blue, trying to make a connection. I was just getting into ultrarunning, exploring around the Idaho mountains, and was impressed by his exploits as well as how he carried himself as an environmental advocate with Patagonia. I can't even exactly remember what he wrote back at this point, but it was probably along the lines of, "you're off to a good start kid, keep it up!" Missoula! Do you like mountain adventure stories? How about cat memes? Yeah? Great. No? Get a life. @thatdakotajones just ran 100 miles in under 13 hours. 12:58:02, to be exact, good enough for the men's course record at @javelinajundred . That's stupidly, impressively, mind-bogglingly fast! Climate action starts with joy and passion. If we want to get millions and millions more people involved, we have to start by connecting their passions, their joys, squarely with climate action. The @snowmanrace saved the best for last. We were surprised with dozens and dozens of schoolkids lining the streets of Bumthang cheering us on, holding signs for climate action, and sharing smiles and high fives. I ran out of breath by the end of each group of kids, trying to surprise them with my limited grasp of Dzongkha. "Jogi jogi" - "let's go let's go!" and "kadinchey" - "thank you". My cheeks hurt from smiling by the time @wakaokatakuya and I reached the finish line, but the party was just getting started. We're ready. Tomorrow morning at 6am it's go time. 29 runners from around the world will head out for a wild adventure through the foothills of the Himalaya. We'll cover 125 miles and 34k feet of ascent over five days, at elevations up to 18k feet high. I'm blown away by the kindness and hospitality of the Bhutanese people. We've been in the country five days so far, acclimating, visiting temples and monasteries, getting to know our fellow runners from Bhutan and the rest of the world, and soaking up the Bhutanese culture. It's been an amazing whirlwind! The @protectourwinters Leadership Summit was fantastic. Three days of making new friends & connections, developing skills & knowledge, and building hope. Chaotic stoke. This encapsulates a bit of how these big mountain experiences make me feel — challenged, alive, fulfilled, wrung out. All the things, heightened.
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