Odyssey of the Lone Ranger | Switchback Magazine (March 2013): For justin Simoni, life is performance art – even on the longest and toughest mountain bike race in the world. (The .pdf attached is Part I of the 8,000-word story. Check Switchback’s website for Part II.)
For Blood & Oil | Switchback Magazine (November 2012): The Maah Daah Hey trail in the western North Dakota Badlands sits above a sea of oil. Will it survive the boom?
Climber Alex Honnold | Adventure Sports Journal (July 2012): Alex Honnold climbs massive rock faces without ropes. Half of his fans are scared he’ll die. The other half wants everyone to shut up about that possibility. Honnold’s pretty sick of it, too. Climbing the way he does is remarkable, but what I like about him most is that it hasn’t gotten to his head. He’s blunt but friendly and always downplaying his accomplishments. He’s also a fiercely, hilariously outspoken atheist…
Loic Jean-Albert’s Life In Flight | Adventure Sports Journal (April 2012): Loic Jean-Albert straps himself into handmade suits equipped with wings and jumps off of mountains. He revolutionized proximity flying – the art of buzzing cliff edges while plummeting at 100-mph before pulling a parachute for what hopefully becomes a safe landing. His efforts gave birth to a generation of like-minded maniacs who take to the air like rockets and think nothing of terminal velocity…