The average historical snowfall on Mt. Washington for the months of October (17.6in) and November (37.8in) sit well below this season's current totals; unofficially 100+ inches from late October through mid-November. Interestingly, this precipitation outlier was accompanied by equally as strange low wind speeds (based on data gathered from unscientific but incredibly fun “fieldwork”). Additionally, [...]
(Beth topping out in Left Gully) “When was the last time you skied in an all female group?” My mind raced searching for at least one example in which I was the sole Y chromosome among my ski partners. I couldn’t find one, so I lied. “Umm, I think once a while back when I [...]
The following words were read to the Waynflete upper school before departing for our annual Outdoor Experience trips. .......I wasn’t a great student….but I was a really good thinker, and the place(s) where I did most of my thinking was outside. This wasn’t a mistake. Woolf, Einstein, Wadsworth, Tchaikovsky, and even Jobs, all recognized the [...]
https://vimeo.com/226207366 I begin each winter with clear personal and professional goals. This year all plans had to be changed or abandoned due to injury and great personal loss. What resulted was a winter spent trying to heal physically and emotionally, searching for answers to life's unanswerable questions. This video commemorates the lives of Brad Lord [...]
PART I: What Were You Thinking How long can I keep skinning without a headlamp? You should be able to get up this trail without a headlamp…. I’m getting soft…..what did Steve say….oh yeah, drink some concrete and harden up. I miss being on the boat…. Man, people were tough back in the day…. Ok, [...]
Laying on the wooden bench I watched as dust drifted down between the cracks of the decaying ceiling tiles. Finally some rest. On the table above my head there was leftover pizza, a beer, and the waning minutes of the Rangers game emanated from my phone. Gibbs and Frizz would be here soon. I had [...]
This is an excerpt from the 2016 Outdoor Orientation speech at the Waynflete School in Portland, ME. Recently I was asked to think about a place in the world to which I feel connected. After I identified this place, I was then supposed to explain to the people in my group why this particular [...]
