Towns and Trails

Science Daily posted an article today covering an upcoming report that examines deaths on Mount Everest.
An international research team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest. They found that most deaths occur during descents from the summit in the [...]

I have probably heard or read this phrase once or twice before, but if so, then for whatever reason it never really stuck.  However last night I was flipping through the Fall 2008 Patagonia catalog and there was an amazing photo of Colin Haley.  He was on a wall in Argentina and it looks like [...]

I’ve been running around the usual outdoor retail websites in a fit of (mostly fake) consumer mania the last few days… seeing if there were any “can’t miss” deals out there for something I don’t really need.
There wasn’t.
In fact, there really wasn’t much of anything.  As best as I could tell it was more of [...]