Climbers, Please Help Protect Caves

Fun as it may look to scramble around on the walls of your local cave, the risk of causing irreparable damage is just too high.

On Gravitational Gestalt Shifts

We all know Earth’s gravity is balanced out by opposite forces. Otherwise the planet would implode and become a black hole. What if we focused as much on the outward pressures as we did on the inward ones?

Of Rifts And Rivers

The Rio Grande River basically bisects the state of New Mexico. Why is this the course it takes?

Farming Versus Entropy

A day of sorting agricultural materials leads to an introductory foray into the land of entropy.

Go And Do Likewise: Trigo Canyon

Directions to the Trigo Canyon trailhead, which leads into the heart of the Manzano Mountains via the range’s steep western side.

On Hermeneutics In Alabaster Cave

Like poems, caves take a lot of time to interpret. And even when you do arrive at a coherent interpretation, there’s no guarantee it won’t be usurped by a competing theory.

Pitfalls Of Adventure Media, Part 1: Taking Yourself Too Seriously

If you really think about it, all this adventuring is pretty darn rediculous.

Farther Still

A map of one hominid's journey through Deep Time