Backpacking Gear Review: WillowAce “THE ALPACA SOCKS”
Reading Time: 8 minutesI love the WillowAce socks and am glad that I gave them a go. For under $60, I’ve made myself, my wife, and my mom quite happy.
Review: Hiking the Six Lakes in the Gros Ventre So You Don’t Have To
Reading Time: 29 minutesI hiked the Six Lakes in Wyoming’s Gros Ventre Range. I don’t really have enemies, so I don’t have anyone to recommend it to.
Calvin the Moth as He Relates to Will Provine
Reading Time: 2 minutesYue Little grew a caterpillar into a pure, white moth, which she named Calvin. When I witness such things, imagining that somehow, through a blind process chock-full of errors, an organism arose which changes from a many-legged caterpillar into a two-winged creature of flight, is so preposterous as to be something out of a fairy tale.
Temporary Ads
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife is pregnant and our income was recently slashed to the tune of around 150K/year, while our rent is now up to $30K/year. The price for hosting has also gone up on me by 30%. Until I find a new hosting provider or get a side job, I am going to run ads during the heavy-use season when people other than my family and friends are using bandwidth. It…
Review: Hiking or Neature Walking to Pelham Lake, WY
Reading Time: 5 minutesPelham Lake can be accessed by an incredibly short neature walk. It doesn’t seem to really have crowds. We enjoyed it for what it was.
Gear Review: PERFECT Kühl Transcendr Pants
Reading Time: 7 minutesIntroduction Why did I get some Kühl Transcendr pants and bother to post a review of such length? If you’ve read my hiking reviews (a massive ask, to be fair, and potentially a violation of the Geneva Convention if prisoners of war were made to do it), you know that I’m very particular about my pants. I’ve long struggled to find a really, truly good pair of hiking pants. One…
Gear Review: A Skiing Essential—KÜHL TEAM 1/4 ZIP (Merino Sweater)
Reading Time: 8 minutesMy go-to midlayer for skiing.
Gear Review: The Joys of Being Soggy—Black Diamond Approach Down Vest
Reading Time: 6 minutesMy wife bought me a Black Diamond Approach Down Vest and I figured that I’d review it. I’ve been using the vest for about 7 months now; this season we skied many hundreds of miles. I’ve used the vest for both nordic and downhill skiing and have worn it regularly to work, so I think that I can now comment honestly on it.
Are You a Very Interesting Form of Nothing?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe universe beginning to exist is a problem for atheism in that it indicates a creator. Multiple attempts to bypass this problem have been propounded, but my favorite is the argument that nothing exists right now. Does that sound crazy? Surely a professor at Oxford wouldn’t say that, right? I cut out this clip of the renowned chemist Dr. Peter Atkins saying just that. It’s quite the escape hatch to…
Soulless Eyes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve all heard of murderers who are described as having soulless eyes. It’s a creepy thing to imagine. In the worldview of atheism though, everyone has soulless eyes, because no one has a soul.
Site Update: Gear Reviews and Ski Reviews
Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting today, I’m going to be investing time into reviewing products (like those pictured below) which have significantly impacted my enjoyment of the outdoors. If you have any ideas about items that might improve my life, please feel free to let me know.
Review: 14 Miles Hiking Sweetwater Gap Lakes, Wind River Range
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe unnamed lakes in Sweetwater Gap are worth a visit given how easy they are to access, as well as just how surprisingly pretty you’ll find them. I didn’t see any fish there, but it was late in the year.
Review: 26 Fall Miles Hiking Big Sandy, Shadow Lake, Texas Pass, and the Cirque of the Towers
Reading Time: 29 minutesAlthough a really nice hike, I’d probably only do this in fall to minimize the awful crowds.
22 Miles Over the Tetons: Jenny Lake, Hurricane Pass, and Alaska Basin (Kind Of)
Reading Time: 18 minutesA world-class day hike that I wouldn’t do in peak tourist season.
Is the New Testament the New Testament?
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs all of the New Testament the New Testament?
Review: 25 Mundane Miles Hiking Goodwin Lake, Turquoise Lake, & the Gros Ventre
Reading Time: 43 minutesAlthough Turquoise Lake looks beautiful on the maps, I found this hike fairly mundane. I was happy to be out and about, but I have no plans to return.
Review: 22 Miles Hiking Three Waters Mountain, Native Lake, & Roaring Fork
Reading Time: 51 minutesThis hike is one for those who like solitude, stunning views, and horrible deadfall. Not for the easily lost, but I found one on it.
A Quick Hike to Lake Barstow, WY with My Daughter
Reading Time: 11 minutesThis has some of my favorite memories ever. It was my first overnight hike with my little daughter!
The Academy’s Purpose for Drag Queen Story Hour
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Drag artists have channeled their penchant for playfully “‘reading each other to filth” into different forms of literacy, promoting storytelling as integral to queer and trans communities, as well as positioning queer and trans cultural forms as valuable components of early childhood education.”
Review: 9 Miles or More to Jim Creek Lake, Wind River Range
Reading Time: 20 minutesJim Creek Lake avoids all the attention that the rest of the Wind River Range receives. Should it? And can you even get to the trailhead given the terrible roads in the area?
Review: 19 Miles Hiking Seven Lakes—Granite, Dyke, Horseshoe, Marion, & More
Reading Time: 32 minutesHiking to Granite Lake! I liked this trip enough that I changed plans during it to save some lakes as leftovers for another time. That said, I think if I’d taken any friends with me, they would no longer be my friends. The good news is that I have like 0 friends, so it wasn’t a problem. I wonder why that is?
Global Megacorp Excited Recession Will Make People Want Its Low-Paying Jobs
Reading Time: 2 minutesLunchbreaks are being eliminated to acclimate the workforce to the coming famine.
A Very Motivational Christian Message from a Friend in Africa
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy friend and mentor, Jeff, has lived in Africa for going on 4 decades. He has the most upstanding family and extended family I’ve ever met. With a message like this always coming from him, it’s no surprise.
Behold America, Lying Horribly Before Us
Reading Time: 4 minutesAmericans exist in a nation of failed families. A nation which sacrifices the unborn for convenience. It’s a nation of shattered homes, and of nuclear families ripped asunder, where they even existed in the first place. A nation where commitment and lifelong together-goals are scorned and derided as superstitious relics of a bygone era.
The Obligation of Man
Reading Time: 4 minutesStewardship is huge these days. From environmentalism to welfare, we’re bombarded with the message that we, as the virtuous people we know ourselves to be, need to focus on saving things: democracy, the planet; feelings. Companies accept diktats under the acronym “ESG,” standing for “environmental, social, and corporate governance.” You’ve got to keep that ESG score up, so accept the messaging you’re given and promulgate it. Yet often what we…