GOING DIRECT

As outdoor enthusiasts, we go out of our way to protect every part of our body from the elements in order to keep comfortable. Sun hats and glasses, rain shells, puffy jackets, gloves, base layers, quick-dry pants, wool socks and waterproof shoes. You name it, from [...]

It’s been a year, to say the least. I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a friend over lunch in February. As a medical doctor, I valued his professional opinion on whether he would feel hesitant flying on a plane in light of a new [...]

It was late July (2018) when I came across Kahtoola’s Keep Ultrarunning Weird, a short film that gave me such a profound sense of yearning that I signed up for an ultramarathon—the San Luis Obispo 50k on September 1. I had to get as many miles [...]