Monthly Archives: May 2010

To Divisadero

Another excerpt from the Travel Journal as I get ready for the proper article…the real writing starts this week…  This is just a snippet of the on-the-fly words.  Enjoy. James and I took a short hike to Divisadero to check out the “town” and grab some grub for the night.  My poverty-necessitating Power Bar diet … Read more

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The Lost Twins of Vang Vieng

This is a blurb stolen from the travel journals of a climbing trip to Southeast Asia a couple years ago.  By the way, check out my (often) travel-partner-in-crime’s website, kylerdeutmeyer.com.  Full of killer pro shots of outdoor adventure, from surfing to kayaking, to lifestyle in India, to bouldering and trad climbing. Of course, in this … Read more

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Tragedy on the Highway (or…How My Flowing, Dense, Resplendant Locks were Decimated to Stubble)

I was driving home from the shop today, exhausted by the shoppers plugging their materialism gaps with gear on too sunny a day to lope around inside on lightly carpeted cement.  This sort of behavior has always bridled my ire, since I entered the outdoor industry, albeit now as a part-time schlep.  You’re shopping for … Read more

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En la Carretera a Mexico

So, you want to know how a road trip to the proverbial end of the line comes together, eh?  Read on and see why James and I share such an amazingly brotherly dynamic…  Again, this comes from the travel journal, slowly percolating in my mind and transforming into the article… I am obligated many things … Read more

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El Noche de Temor

The photographer and I, James Florio (you must check out his amazing photography website here), recently returned from the bloody wasteland of the Copper Canyon, home to the Tarahumara Indians and some worrisome exploitation, which we went down to cover.  Although the trip was amazing for a number of different reasons, the most frequently asked … Read more

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