Journalists need thick skin. Even if your journalistic goal is to write about eye shadow for Glamour, you’ll still be labeled as a member of that enigmatic, anger-inducing “media.” That means you’ll be subject to an occasional old-fashioned media bashing by complete strangers, and even your friends and family.
I was chatting up a brand-new acquaintance [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on August 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A story appeared on the front page of my paper today that I have to share.
A woman was riding her bike back from the post office with her baby in a carrier on her back when a man rode up next to her and grabbed her breast. Completely shocked, she wanted to kick him, but [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on July 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The rock was rotten. Each time I grasped a hold, I wondered if it would pull away when I cranked on it.
Ben, Jeremy and I were clustered around the bottom of an exit chute near the top of our snow climb up Skywalker Couloir on Sunday. The chute, a snow-collecting break in the band of [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on July 9th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I spent the better part of this weekend with women who are tougher than me.
Today, I went on my club (Title 9) ride with my friend Kim. I’ve been riding for a while, but Kim is a new cyclist. We both joined the club this spring, and when we went to the sign-up, Kim didn’t [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on April 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
I was hooking my way up a picked-out and crowded frozen waterfall at Wild Basin on Sunday when the climber next to me yelled:
“Ice ice ice ICE!”
You yell “ice!” a lot when you’re ice climbing. It’s usually a fairly casual warning for the folks around you: I am swinging an ice axe into this frozen [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on February 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the reasons I haven’t written much here this winter is that I’ve taken up two new winter sports.
I’m from Missouri, a land that sees more ice and freezing rain than snow. We stay inside in the winter. The only sliding around on the white stuff we do is on a saucer sled (or [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on February 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
While having dinner with a typically outdoorsy Colorado friend the other night, she mentioned that her co-workers don’t climb or ski or cycle on weekends. They bake, she said. And watch the occasional game on TV. And bake.
“You know,” she said. “They’re soft girls.”
I did know. I used to be a prolific judge of soft [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on November 1st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I learned from one of my co-workers who recently saw 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama that one can simply e-mail the Dalai Lama. Now, don’t expect a direct answer. He’s a busy guy, so a bunch of monks weed through his e-mails (apparently. I haven’t seen the movie myself.).
But all this time, I’ve been [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on October 29th, 2007 | No Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day, which means that I have to get up off my mouse and do some typing here. I’m way behind on my blogging, so the stories are piling up: recent climbing escapades, bad yogis, and of course, an op-ed on why even Superman could neither get nor keep (read: downsizing) a [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on October 15th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My pal JA and I had a writing challenge last week, and I missed the deadline — very unlike me, but JA is a forgiving soul. Well, here’s my story relating to the Grand Canyon a few days late and dollars short:
Have you ever seen that show on the Discovery Channel, I Shouldn’t Be Alive? [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on September 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »