Blog Posts
Below is a hand-curated selection of my top 10% favorite blog posts from present to 2008, selected based on a combination of the experience, account, photography, uniqueness, and/or personal nostalgia.
2023
San Juan River packraft down a pea-soup slushie
Waitaha Hot Pool epic hot spring and mild packraft
Dredged from the Depths various photos from the past
Carrizo Plain wildflowers galore
2022
Zambezi River epic packrafting
Salt River the other AZ grand canyon
2021
Cueva del Chorreadero sporty cave throughtrip
Rio La Venta limestone packrafting
Fagradalsfjall Volcano basaltic eruption
Canyon V one of AZ's best slots
Agua Azul & Rio Shumulja packrafting travertine waterfalls
2020
Salton Mud Pots geothermal wonderland
Coyote Buttes South sandstone at its best
Cherry Creek class V packrafting
Stewart Island exploring NZ's remote third island
Hump Ridge & Wairaurahiri River bush, tops, and a non-stop river
2019
Upper Merced River world-class granite slides
Zion Grand Tour 25 miles paddling across Zion
Oasis de Santa Maria a Baja palm oasis
2018
Little Colorado River creamy blue boating
San Juan River & Grand Gulch sinuous canyons and cliff dwellings
Middle Fork Salmon River & Tribs whitewater and hot springs
Grand Canyon Packraft a river trip done right
2017
Brush Creek deceptively good paddling
Na Pali Coast Kauai's best by land and sea
Paria River packrafting a rare slot canyon
2016
Needles to Dark Canyon Traverse sampling the best of Canyonlands
2015
Quintana Roo sinfully easy cave exploration
Climax & T&S Canyons seldom-seen Grand Canyon
Dirty Devil River a semi-solo adventure
Tour de Black Canyon a canyoning marathon
2014
Fort Stanton Cave one of my best exploration trips
Heaps Canyon journey to the end of the world
Escalante River my first multi-day packraft
Clear Creek Cathedral in the Desert
2013
Hayduke Trail 21 days across the Colorado Plateau
Burning Man dusty mirages
Gloomy Gorge epic first full descent
Griffin Creek first descent of a classic canyon
2012
Harwoods Hole 577 feet of slow-motion skydiving
Beyond Words Cave quality cave exploration
Tasman Glacier ski touring and ice falls
Maia Window View that time I had a million-dollar view
Niue tropical island caving
Stormy Pot hard and cold alpine caving
2011
Dunedin Tree Climbing arborist for science
Caving & Other Distractions South Island tour
2010
World's Longest Sea Caves first look at my sea cave project
Cascade Coast & Tops wilderness fieldwork
Franz Josef Glacier crampons and a hut with a view
Paturau land of good times
Dunedin Coast Traverse a new project is born
2009
Borneo caves, karst, and creatures
Nettlebed Cave NZ's classic 2-day throughtrip
2008
Grand Canyon Rafting an impressionable journey
ABQ Int Balloon Festival hot air for joy
Lechuguilla Cave 8 days underground