A story of climbing Aconcagua. After exiting Aconcagua Provincial Park, roughly 48 hours after reaching the Peak of one of the world's great Seven Summits, we pause our 90s playlist (Mr. Jones is still so over-rated) as we pull up to a generic-looking roadside general store. They sell the usual wares - booze, smokes, mags, Coke (Zero!), snacks. And, thankfully, they also have a little hot food station. I'm exhausted, hungry (hangry, more likely) and just begging for the day

A Red silhouette moves along the Tanzanian horizon holding a stick across their shoulders looking over their heard grazing on lush green...

I’ll stress about them for months debating every possible outcome of my decision until finally a decision has to be made.

"I can’t recall how it came to be that we all thought this was a good idea..."

Our hike had yet to begin but we felt the adventure was well underway.

"Only Those who will Risk going too Far, Can possibly find out how Far they Can Go" - T.S. Elliot

Over the course of the last year or so Kayla and I have been dabbling in this whole fitness thing. You know, going to the gym to pick up heavy things, running around the neighborhood even though we aren’t being chased, pedaling bicycles in tight fitting spandex and swimming laps in a pool for hours on end. This summer alone we’ve climbed four 14,000 foot mountains, we’ve completed two Half Ironman Triathlons, we did a 100 mile bicycle ride and most recently we completed the

I’ve been reading a book recently that has my brain working overtime about something I have known for a long while but have only recently given a lot of though to. The book is called Endure, written by Alex Hutchinson, and performs a deep dive into the world of endurance sports and what keeps us moving even when our body is screaming at us to stop. Surprisingly Alex even touches, although it is brief, on the topic of endurance motorcycling. That conversation however only d

I stood there at the glacier’s edge, at 15,200ft, feeling utterly overwhelmed with a sense of the smallness of our human scale.

I like to think of myself as a fairly well traveled individual, I’ve certainly done a fair amount of it over the years, but every once in a while I meet someone that has done so much that I begin to feel like I’ve barely even scratched the surface. I had this experience recently where I met not just one person that made me feel this way, but two…plus three dogs. The traveling family on wheels are known as The Pack Track but there real names are Stu and Janell, the dog paren

“The magnificent beauty of the natural world is a manifestation of the mysterious natural laws that will be forever obscured from us.” A.B.

Back in 1983 a young man by the name of Andy Goldfine started a business by the name of Aerostich. Since then he has been manufacturing, in house and by hand, some of the finest and most functional motorcycle clothing available. Obviously I am, and have been for a long time, a fan of his product so when he asked me to visit his facility in Duluth, Minnesota and give a little presentation I jumped on the opportunity. Well, kind of. I really wanted to go but somewhat cringed

Gear review of the Reckless 80 from Mosko Moto that I have used for the past year.

We Picked Grays and Torreys Peaks, as both are Class 1 climbs (depending on the route), rated moderate, and a reasonable drive from the fron

The idea of climbing these mountains felt powerful and an inspiring place to test my limits as a human.

A while back, maybe a couple of years ago, I wrote a story about how NOT to train for a half marathon. In that story I chronicled all of the mistakes I made, primarily pushing to hard and to fast, and the resulting injury to my hip that occurred. Ultimately it lead to me hanging up my running shoes until about six months ago. The injury was that bad. I’ve learned a few things since then, thanks to the power of Google, and like I said, started this whole exercise thing aga

Religion and spirituality come in many forms and over centuries these dedicated individuals to there faith have fought and argued over which teaching is the best. Wars have been waged, people have died and practitioners have been ostracized from communities over nothing more then not sharing a belief system. But through all of this anger, hatred and judgement lies one common theme, the search for meaning in ones life and the idea that if we live a certain way that we will

I don’t always have a lot to say when it comes time to write these articles, often in fact, I will spend days trying to formulate in my...

Mounds of powdery white snow lay windswept against my garage door, an icy barrier between motorcycle and the open road. Blustery winds sweep off the mountains as the winter sun moves hastily from East to West, hung low in the southern sky it brings the return of darkness at about the time our eyes have just begun adjusting to the daylight. The dark days of winter have arrived with a vengeance this year, and with it, stripping away all desire to work on my motorcycle in the i

The reality is that there is a lot to be said for much of the new technology that is literally at our fingertips. The Benefits of GPS...