Winter winds down and it’s been too long since I shut myself off from the cold, cold world. I drew my breath all the way down to my roots, buried myself in the frozen earth, hidden from sight and safe from…
Dandillion
The children didn’t mind me when I filled their fields with tiny yellow starbursts for as far as the eye could see. I grew toward the sun and no one looked away nor sighed nor wondered what to do with…
Snowfall
The snow fell so hard around me – obscuring the path a few steps ahead, hiding the invisible future from view – that it seemed only right to walk away into it until a path appeared. I ducked my chin into…
Firewood
For thirty years, you drank sunlight from the sky, sucked water from the earth, and turned a tiny seed into a towering giant. Your leaves cast cool shadows all summer long, and winter lulled you into a fitful sleep year…
Back in the Saddle
This morning I went for a ride up the Right Fork of Hobble Creek Canyon with the SAR Singletrack Special Team (CJ, Brent, Gavin) and LOVED it. The leaves are beginning to change and the morning was perfectly, comfortably cool.…
Mexico for NYE
On December 27, I flew to Mexico City with my dad and brother Adam for a six-day vacation, and we fit a lot of great experiences in! Here are a few photos: <– Adam on Pyramid of the Sun (MUCH…
Everything Democrats Know about Government
Hot off the University of Life Press, two brand new books by Dr. Phillip Buster arrive just in time for the Republican primaries and next year’s elections! These books clarify and confirm what you always suspected…and as you may have…
(Make) Miracles Happen
It has been a very slow year for technical rescues in Utah County. I think today’s was only the fourth! We usually have at least 3x that. In this photo (click to zoom in), I’m the top left bright green…
Courage
I’ve taken the neighborhood kids rappelling twice in the last two weeks. Here’s a picture from Battle Creek Canyon this week. Two weeks ago, I sent them over an 80′ cliff in Dry Canyon a mile from my house. Some…
75 Search and Rescue Stories getting fantastic reviews
All the feedback I’ve received so far from readers of 75 Search and Rescue Stories has been great. Here are a few excerpts from ones available online: From a book review by author Jules Harrell in the Mountain Rescue Association…