Klamath River Sources
Where does a river truly begin? Sometimes the answer is obvious, as with British Columbia's Fraser. It empties a pond atop a mountain divide, and the growing stream is immediately [...]
RUSH Song and Album Rankings
We were drifting with the motor off in the Salish Sea, sipping Bloody Marys on a perfect Thursday morning when the subject of RUSH's worst song came up. Do [...]
Windswept Tundra, keeping the pack in packraft
This blob brought to your by Funhog Press We deflated the rafts and rigged our packs over lunch. It was time to go hiking again. Onto a long ridge, we [...]
Down the river with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
The creek gurgled softly, reflecting a trembling light on an overhanging roof of limestone. Here we sat, backs resting on shelves of the polished gray rock while contemplating Ed Abbey's [...]
Late summer pack rafting on the Tuolumne
This bit' o blobbin brought to you by Funhog Press. Despite what the Internet said about reliable flows in the Tuolumne River, I couldn't squelch a sudden rise of panic [...]
Floating Mongolia’s Hovd River
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press and MRA. Leaving the tourist enclave of Tavan Bogd, we were the morning sideshow. Pat, Susan, and I paddled away on the [...]
First descent on Mongolia’s Tsagaan Gol
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press and MRA. The chief ranger, Gana, greeted us in a worn purple hoody. He wasn't the picture of earnestness that we all [...]
Through Mongolia’s Middle Earth
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press and MRA. Cresting a range of desert hills, a broad swampy lowland opened before us, prompting Jagaa to proclaim, "I think you'd [...]
Shiver Gol—the best whitewater in Mongolia
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press and MRA. I was half-awake watching the flames of the fire when the sound of a jeep rousted me to my feet. [...]
The stoutest whitewater in Mongolia
This blob brought to you be Funhog Press and MRA Not every day in Mongolia is pleasant, but they are almost always interesting. As Pat and I started across the [...]
