Arrived in Monterrey, Mexico on the 7th of March. Here training 19 aspiring canyon guides. Four days on, three days off, four days on. From here on to Guadalajara for another seven days of training another group of guides. Home on the 27th. I have been coming to Mexico since 2003 – Monterrey, Guadalajara and…
The canyon rendezvous concept was started by the ACA in 2000. Here’s is a brief history. Also just an excuse to wear my buckskins and show off my .50 caliber Hawken rifle. 🙂
Nice video shot by one of my students in Portland. Thank you, Lisa.
Sitting in the Alaska Airlines Lounge in Portland waiting for my flight back to Salt Lake City. Posting to share a quote from Lisa Hewitt, a student in two of the three one-day workshops I taught here. Reminding myself what a blessed life I lead and the joy that comes from introducing people to an…
Some trips run like a well-oiled machine. Other trips … not so much. Getting to Hong Kong for a 2-day Totem CRT Ultralight Rigging & Rescue training involved a 2.5-hour drive from home in Cedar City, Utah, to Las Vegas for a flight to San Francisco, then a connection to Hong Kong. Uneventful so far,…
On March 25, 1996, an 81-day standoff began between FBI agents and an anti-government group known as the Montana Freemen. The standoff continued until the last members of the Freemen surrendered on June 14, 1996. The group, which had become increasingly frustrated by the government in the midst of foreclosure proceedings on the property near…
Some friends in Hong Kong finding a new use for the Totem … and having way too much fun.
What do you get when you rig some ropes and pulleys in trees at a park and bring in a bus load of orphaned kids from a children’s home? SMILES! Kathmandu, Nepal – May 2016 Special thanks to Charly Oliver from Petzl and Scott Newell from BlueWater Ropes for making it possible for us…
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