Trek in Iceland
Iceland is one those places that will have your face pressed with enthusiasm against the window of your arriving flight. Upon descent to this small North Atlantic island, you fight to get a glimpse of what is to come. It has a reputation; poor weather, stunning landscapes, massive ice caps and Gnome-like creatures [...]
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Laugavegur Tour | Iceland
Our Favorite Mountain Sport Trips
Janine and I get asked a lot about our favorite trips for mountain sports. While I loathe the idea of “Top Whatever Lists”, I am going to report my favorites because it is a good reason to delve into my own memories and see what has been most rewarding.
As professional mountain sport photographers, we have [...]
Hiking the John Muir Trail | John Dittli
The John Muir Trail coffee table photography book by John Dittli
“Walk the Sky” | The John Muir Trail by John Dittli
Good things are found in the woodwork.
Or in this case, in the straw-bale.
John Dittli, together with his wife Leslie Goethals, are good things.
This morning, as I watched John cartwheel down Lower Rock Creek’s single track mountain bike trail, I decided he would make a great profile.
We first started hearing about John Dittli in 2001 when [...]
Climbing All California 14er | Part 3
Mt. Tyndall
With our new found enthusiasm for trail running, Mt. Tyndall was the perfect testing ground for a truly big day. While the peak does have a steep northeast face with some real climbing, all the routes were closed for Bighorn Sheep grazing. This left the long, slabby northwest face as the alternative. But [...]
Climbing All California 14er | Part 2
Climbing California 14ers
With seven 14ers down and seven to go, we had options; rock climbing in the Whitney group or try one of the long car to car endeavors. We decided to do the Sierra’s southernmost 14er, Mt. Langley, deal with the huge distance to and from, and then go to Whitney.
And for this we [...]
Dolomite Alta Via 1 Mountain Hut Impressions
A trend is developing. Each time we ask someone from the USA to contribute to DolomiteSport a consistent topic seems to emerge; the mountain huts, their decadence and convenience.
This fall we helped Sue Johnston and Chris Scott make plans for hiking the Alta Via 1. When it was finished they kindly put together a story [...]
Mountain Hut Culture
Mountain Huts and the European Mountain Culture
Undoubtedly, one of the greatest pleasures of living in the European mountains is the huts. Anyone that follows this site, or our Twitter feed, has seen a trend; the use of huts and all the amazing experiences that they allow.
I am still not so sure Americans understand the concept. [...]
GoreTex Review
Does GoreTex really work?
I’ll admit to some nerdy tendencies and let it be known that I keep a pretty detailed training and “fun log”. It keeps me informed about my training while providing some motivation to fill in each day’s square with what I did, training time, intensity, etc… Things have seemed pretty busy this [...]
Pfunderer Höhenweg
The Pfunderer Höhenweg Hiking Tour
Late in the fall of 2008, we found ourselves on one of the best ridge line trails we had ever seen. We were trail running the Sud Tirol’s Pfunderer Höhenweg in the Zillertal Alpen above Bruneck and wanted to see a summit we know locals frequent for post work exercise, the [...]
