Expedition Log

Weekly Expedition Log: The Calculus of the Carry

Weekly Expedition Log: The Calculus of the Carry

Climber’s Code Principle: Pack Light My knees gave me their usual Saturday morning feedback—a sound not unlike a gravel truck dumping its load—but the data tells a different story. This...

Weekly Expedition Log: The Calculus of the Carry

Climber’s Code Principle: Pack Light My knees gave me their usual Saturday morning feedback—a sound not unlike a gravel truck dumping its load—but the data tells a different story. This...

Weekly Expedition Log: The Half-Stitch Ascent

Weekly Expedition Log: The Half-Stitch Ascent

Current Marble Count: 5 Investment / 3 Trash (This week's marble: Investment) I’m counting this week as an Investment, though my Cronometer app might disagree. I managed to kit up...

Weekly Expedition Log: The Half-Stitch Ascent

Current Marble Count: 5 Investment / 3 Trash (This week's marble: Investment) I’m counting this week as an Investment, though my Cronometer app might disagree. I managed to kit up...

Weekly Expedition Log: When the Workload Becomes the Pack Weight

Weekly Expedition Log: When the Workload Become...

My lower back spent forty hours this week filing a formal grievance against my desk chair. I’ll be honest: This week, the mountain won a few rounds. I let the...

Weekly Expedition Log: When the Workload Become...

My lower back spent forty hours this week filing a formal grievance against my desk chair. I’ll be honest: This week, the mountain won a few rounds. I let the...

Weekly Expedition Log: Shedding the Nutritional Pack Weight

Weekly Expedition Log: Shedding the Nutritional...

The Conditions: A week of "Nutritional Tetris." I spent the week fighting a two-front war: trying to push my protein intake through the roof while keeping my total calorie count...

Weekly Expedition Log: Shedding the Nutritional...

The Conditions: A week of "Nutritional Tetris." I spent the week fighting a two-front war: trying to push my protein intake through the roof while keeping my total calorie count...

Weekly Expedition Log: Reading the Map in the Fog

Weekly Expedition Log: Reading the Map in the Fog

I’m currently sitting on my trainer, watching sweat pool on the floor like a small, salty lake. My legs feel like they’re made of wet concrete, and my Oura ring...

Weekly Expedition Log: Reading the Map in the Fog

I’m currently sitting on my trainer, watching sweat pool on the floor like a small, salty lake. My legs feel like they’re made of wet concrete, and my Oura ring...

Weekly Expedition Log: The Sound of Broken Glass (Or, Why I Bought a Trash Jar)

Weekly Expedition Log: The Sound of Broken Glas...

I stepped on the scale yesterday and the number stared back at me like a disappointed father. +3 lbs. In the grand scheme of a lifetime, three pounds is water...

Weekly Expedition Log: The Sound of Broken Glas...

I stepped on the scale yesterday and the number stared back at me like a disappointed father. +3 lbs. In the grand scheme of a lifetime, three pounds is water...