The rapid ascent team in front of our ride to the glacier in Talkeetna “Never again in my life” Was the answer Victor gave Grace at the upper runway of basecamp when she asked if he would ever climb Denali again. We had just finished the ‘death march’ an all-night push down the mountain starting … More Denali West Buttress Rapid Ascent
I recently complete my AMGA (American Mountain Guides Association) rock guides exam in Red Rock National Conservation Area outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Day 1 of my Rock Guide Exam I am assigned the first half of Community Pillar. I have never climbed this route before but it only seems fitting that my first assignment … More AMGA Rock Guide Exam
It’s about 3am and I don’t think I have slept for more than 20 minutes without waking up because despite spending a couple hours preparing our tent platforms, it feels like I am sleeping with my head downhill. The thought to flip around has been running through my head all night and I finally work … More Denali 2018
I grew up skiing in Utah, my dad is an excellent and avid skier who taught me to ski at the age of two. I grew up with long, straight, skinny skis. As I got older and more into skiing, technologies were evolving but my dad and I stayed in the past, true to … More Mental Floss: a Story of How I Became a Vegetarian That Eats Bugs
Today is my Grandma’s birthday. She is a woman who has lived nine more lives than most of us ever will, and she has the stories to back it up. I grew up sitting at her feet with my cousins while she entranced us with her stories– all based on truths, with perhaps minor (ok, sometimes … More Big Fish: the Potential of Social Media?
There were two goals in mind when we started putting in the walls and floors of the van: the first was to insulate the space better than a home, the second was to make it look like a home. Insulating wasn’t a problem, but working with the odd, curved shaped panels for walls and floors … More Interior Shell of the Van: Installing the Walls and Floors
The “Bus Life” Matt and I have created has helped us meet new people and talk about our lifestyle on a regular basis, which I find to be an incredible thing. We are simple at heart, and together we have built a system that allows that simplicity to flourish. Every new opportunity that comes to … More 7 Truths About Van Life
When you are working on the same project day in and day out, things start to become a blur. Building the roof has felt like a single continuous day– a long, exhausting continuous day of building. As you all well know, cars experience the forces of nature at a different level than a home. With … More Building the Extended Roof for the Van: Phase Two
There’s a lot that goes into building a new roof on top of your cargo van, so we’ve broken down the build into a couple phases. This blog post will be about how we got started. After researching the different year/makes/models of cargo vans, we found that Chevy had the best reviews. We found a … More Building the Extended Roof for The Van: Phase One
A lot of people have been questioning our decision to move into a new van after living in our 1978 VW Westfalia Transporter, Magnolia, for a year. While we were making this (difficult) decision, we came up with a list of the pros and cons of living in a bus full-time: Pros: 1- Iconic Symbol … More Pros and Cons of living in a VW bus: Why we chose a new van/home
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