Greetings! True to my word, I’ve remained quiet but dedicated to outdoorism through 2009. I’ve continued to work toward independence in the Weekend Warrior mode by developing a clientele as a location-independent freelance software developer. I couldn’t have done it without solid support from my wife in her more reliable day job. After a year [...]

Most of us cannot live an entirely outdoor life, even if we like to dream about it. If our passion is strong, perhaps we venture outdoors for months at a time, but in my case at least, this is preceded by many more months of indoor preparation. There is a dynamic interplay between our indoor [...]

Until I learned what I truly value, my life was essentially dedicated to the values of others. It was in the outdoors that I discovered the values I feel certain are my own.
We talk about our values all the time, treating them as a given. That’s appropriate, because most of the time I think they [...]

My first dog taught me something that I hope to apply now to my outdoor life. I’d like to treat the outdoors as a whole the way I learned to treat my first dog.
I dropped out of college after my first semester, hoping to snowboard more. It was really my first attempt at an outdoor [...]

Today is my last day of work as a web developer at Colorado State University. For three and a half years I’ve been a Weekend Warrior, spending as many of those precious S-days under the sky as possible. Now I will attempt a new life as an Outdoorist. I have only an idea of what [...]