Monthly Archives: January 2013

Xmas Ice Axe!

Last summer, hiking in the Cascades and the Canadian Rockies, I kept finding myself in steep snowfields, wishing for an ice axe. In the mountains, an ice axe is essential for self-arrest: if you slip and fall on a steep … Continue reading

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There’s No Place Like Home…

 

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EARTH Magazine–Travels in Geology: Hike to the Burgess Shale!

This past summer my dad and I made a pilgrimage to one of the most famous fossil localities in the world: British Columbia’s Burgess Shale. My Travels in Geology feature story for EARTH magazine appears in the January issue: Of … Continue reading

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