That year I spent in Paris as a college student, I decided to go to Italy for Spring Break. I would have gone by myself, but ended up going with a guy I knew because he was planning on going as well. This made me feel better ten days seemed like a long time to […]
Taking a Month Out of the Ordinary Without Taking a Month Off
Yesterday I walked into a kitchen store and asked for a spoon sharpener. The patient woman behind the corner looked back at me and with great hesitation, asked, “couteau?” (knife) The communication thing can be quite humbling. Yes, yes, yes, we are looking for a KNIFE sharpener. I don’t remember being a toddler and having to […]
Fighting Monkey Brain and A Primer on Backpacking in the Mountains
With Powder Matt Mosteller Listen now: Download now It happens to the best of us. We get excited about an idea. We jump into it with frenzy and ambition. We might not be properly prepared. We are in over our heads. It’s a theme many of us are familiar with, perhaps in our lives, perhaps from […]
I Want to Be Like Them in My 80s
That year I spent in Paris as a college student pretty much changed me forever, as in, I decided to become a ski bum and wait tables in Aspen rather than pursue my studies as an international corporate lawyer. We are all affected by different places in different ways for a variety of reasons. France has […]
Resolving Unfinished Business From My 20s
I’ve long been of the opinion that some days really shouldn’t be celebrated. Like Valentines Day: a manufactured holiday designed to make those who don’t have love feel like crap and to force those who do have love, buy cards and flowers wrapped in plastic for each other. St. Patricks Day and Cinco de Mayo are […]
Sarah Brown on Training for Olympic Trials Pregnant and Competing Postpartum
Listen now: Sometimes dreams go sideways. It happens to all of us at what time or another – things don’t go as planned and we have to choose how to react, respond and move on. When listener (and friend! and colleague!) Rachael Seda Brown first heard The Gear Show podcast, she told me I had […]
On Yoga and Finding and Pursuing the Thing that Gets You out of Your Funk:
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” ― Cynthia Occelli Download Mid-life crisis, existential crisis, epic freakout…. whatever you want to call it, we’ve all had one or […]
6: Trail Running and a Bit of Pragmatism
Listen now: Download Today, we talk about trail running with USATF Certified running coach, author, and speaker, Mike Ehredt about trail running, shoes, socks, and being pragmatic in competition. No shoe is made for all runners. We have to take things like running conditions, the terrain you’re running on and your own biomechanics to choose […]
Cross Training for the Best Performance of Your Life
Listen here: Download As I get older, I start to feel like a used car with a laundry list of faulty parts: “Ow, my knee, oops, my shoulder feels tight. Oy, my achilles tendon..” It is always something, and it often keeps us from doing what we want to do, and from getting better. Today we’ll talk […]
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: What’s in Your Backcountry Ski Backpack?
Listen here: Download Sometimes the tiniest most seemingly inconsequential piece of metal can be the difference between a slog in the mountains and a great day out in the woods. Years ago I was on a mountain bike ride with a group of friends in Mazama, Washington. About halfway into it, and perhaps the furthest […]
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