The Sun — Being Stubborn

I was an angry thirteen-year-old whose parents were undergoing a protracted divorce. Snooping at my mother’s desk one afternoon, I…

TechGearLab.com — Best Electric Scooters of 2022 + links to more of my reviews

Over 3 years, our team of experts has bought and tested 18 electric scooters. In this review, we compare the…

Doug has been called a lot of things over the years. He’s “the father of clean climbing,” “the King of…

The Upper Sacramento River, known simply as the Upper Sac, is a storied destination for hikers, sightseers, and anglers alike.…

Dendroclimatic reconstructions, which are a well-known tool for extending records of climatic variability, have recently been expanded by using wood…

The annual cycle of precipitation in the southwestern United States is characterized by a bimodal distribution. El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)…

When I first moved to South Lake Tahoe, I lived in a three-bedroom ski lease with about twelve other weekend…

I love the smell of wood-burning stoves in the crisp autumn air. There’s something refreshing in the sound of saws…

The past week or so has produced some amazing displays of afternoon weather. Muggy air masses in the late morning…

Recently I engaged in a conversation with a new friend that temporarily focused on the question of why climbers climb.…

Last February I had the pleasure of interviewing the creator and author of the increasingly popular blog Tahoe Weather Discussion.…

“Hey dude, what are you doin’ Sunday.” That’s how the conversation started. “Sleepin’ in,” came the gruff response through the…

For many climbers plying their skills in the big mountains, knowing the history of an area is as important as…

In this video, Yu and Funk are canyoneering – sort of. This crack in the earth is one in a…