Author Archives: outdoorparent
Ultrarunner Dad: Interview with Ty Draney Part 2
…continued from Friday’s post. Ty and Andi’s responses to the first question typify the challenge of parenting, outdoor or otherwise. Their discussion also made me chuckle because Jennie and I have had nearly the same discussion many times. We love … Continue reading
Ultrarunner Dad: Interview with Ty Draney
Ultrarunner Ty Draney has had a pretty good year. In September, 2008, he won the 50 mile distance at the Grand Teton Races in record time. He followed that up with a win at the Bear 100 a few weeks … Continue reading
Friday Stoke
This photo comes from friend, reader, and honorary Dirtbag Diaries board member Josh Norris. Josh snapped a photo of Griffin on his first steps into the vertical. Josh may have his hands full later in life — from an early … Continue reading
Finding Farley
I spent the last weekend up at the Banff Mountain Film Festival. There was an incredible array of outdoor oriented films and many of them were big budget productions with hundreds of thousands of dollars thrown towards plane tickets, helicopters … Continue reading
The Big Red Island: Part 3
…the final installment of Jason’s Alberts essay. A discussion I began to have frequently with my wife in Madagascar revolved around the premise of students becoming teachers and teachers becoming students. My middle school teaching career was interrupted to facilitate … Continue reading
The Big Red Island: Part 2
…today we present part two of Jason Albert’s the Big Red Island… Outdoor school began. Draped above our tent was an old-growth Tamarind tree. Sporadically we heard jostling in the limbs above. Unzipping the tent, my son gawked up. A … Continue reading
The Big Red Island: Part 1
This week we’ve got a special guest — Jason Albert. Like so many adventures, his family’s work trip to Madagascar started as an inspiring idea, got painfully epic in the process and ended up being the most important journey in … Continue reading
The Edge of Never
During a recent procrastination session, I stumbled upon the Edge of Never, a book and film by author Bill Kerig. In 1996, free skiing pioneer Trevor Patterson died while attempting a line known as Glacier Ronde in Chamonix. He left … Continue reading
Pinecone Bird Feeder
I love backyard birds. What these small creatures can endure, how far they can travel, and their nearly constant motion amaze me. After a rainstorm, I often go outside and listen to their fluttering movements as they frantically forage for … Continue reading
Friday Stoke
Griffin grabs the paddle and rows along the Willamette River. Griffin’s first boat trip was when he was 2 months old. And though his dad, Josh, says he’s never been on rapids greater than class 1, Griffin will proudly tell … Continue reading