Fall is our slow time. Time to relax. Unless you think about it. Fall planning gets cranked up and a quick look at our Google Calendar tells a different story. In the last month~ish, Backbone has been in Boulder multiple times, Portland, Ventura, Austria, NYC, Santa Fe, Fort Collins, Moab, Phoenix, Pierre (that’d be South [...]
Posts under ‘Trip Reports’
Revo Costa Rica Media Trip
This past week, I had the pleasure of heading out on a media trip on behalf of Revo Sunglasses to the gorgeous Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. The location was unbelievable, the food was five-star, the activities were bucket listers, and the group made it feel like a vacation with close friends. Check out some [...]
Backbone China, NYC and Boston
Here are a few quick travel updates from Backbone as we prep for: (a) Riding our bikes (b) Entering sales meeting season (c) Patiently awaiting the corn harvest (d) All of the above If you answered (d) – all of the above – great job and hope you are well rested after various Backbone staff [...]
First Ascent Vinson Massif shot by Kent Harvey
We are pretty fortunate in this industry to work with a lot of very passionate and talented folks that continue to push the envelope in their respective fields. There’s been more than one occasion that I’ll be going over athlete reports or expedition updates and have to sit back and just enjoy the amazing shots [...]
Backbone Goes Glam and Green
Thanks to one of my newest clients, Revo, I was given the opportunity to attend the Global Green Pre-Oscar party in Hollywood last Wednesday. Global Green is the American arm of Green Cross International, and this event, now in its 8th year, was founded by polar explorer and global warming advocate, Sebastian Copeland. Sebastian is [...]
Back For More
It’s harvest time in New Mexico and Jen and I headed to Santa Fe for our friends’ wedding and a secret mission to return home with some of the finest green chile offered up by the “Land of Enchantment.” One of its most defining characteristics is the dominance of the New Mexican chile—in red and [...]
Grand Teton Rescue on Video
The Grand is not someplace that you want to get hurt. The vertical rise and rocky terrain make a rescue extremely difficult. Veteran Jackson climbers Michelle Smith and Stephen Koch were headed up the Grand in late August when Michelle took a 30ft fall on the Valhalla Traverse, right above a 2000ft cliff. Michelle shattered [...]
Lucky 13
As Backbone nears its 13th Anniversary – we took some time out for our mid year reviews and gathered the crew for a few days of fun, sun, bike rides and rivers here in Carbondale. Open table discussions, ping pong, New Belgium beer and evening bike rides kicked things off, followed by a run down [...]
Iceland 2010
“If you find yourself alone you are probably late.” Those were the simple, sage words of Leifur our Viking guide, as he described our nimble itinerary following the eruption of Eyjafjoell the morning of our arrival in Reykjavik. Roads were being dismantled to avoid flooding and bridges being washed out. The ash was so thick [...]
Powder, Raw Fish, and Cherry Blossoms
I was lucky enough to get to spend the past week in Japan representing Black Diamond on a photo shoot and telemark festival. Before I left, I had vague visions of myself posing for pictures with Japanese skiers whose default picture pose was throwing up a peace sign. Turns out that was an unfounded Asian [...]
