POW Public Stoke

Let’s talk about margins. Yes, margins––as members of the outdoor community, we’re especially familiar with them––like the quality or stability of snow we slide down on different aspects and elevations in the mountains. They’re the seemingly small moments that carry enough weight to tip the scale from failure to success. 

As it happens, environmental and political history are also made at the margins. Now more than ever, this outdoor community led by YOU can deliver those small victories where they’re needed most. It doesn’t take a whole nation to create change, just a few thousand of the right people, in the right places, at just the right time. 

Remarkable Adventures LLC and Alaska Guide Collective LLC are proud to be partners with Protect Our Winters and members of 1% For The Planet. Together we will all build a robust strategy to kick some serious butt in 2020––a strategy that relies entirely on margins. Check out their PSA, get hyped, then recruit your friends by tagging them below. Not in on POW yet yourself? Text ACT4POW to 52886 or hit the link below to get involved! https://p2a.co/NNu0ieJ

View this video for some Stoke and also check out my Environmental Initiative page. It feels good to donate some funds and plant a tree.

News article on Human Factors

Managing your groups and your personal human factors (AKA heuristic traps) are key to pulling off a successful trip in the outdoors. Whether you are skiing, climbing or on a snowmachine in the winter; hiking, fishing or hunting in the summer or even just driving a car - these human factors are real. They affect your decisions. They are there everyday and the ones that you don't recognize are the most dangerous. 

Human factors are a complicated subject, it's the human brain after all. A topic I've decided is crucial to continue to learn about and strive to manage. Maybe a topic for a future blog post... In the mean time if you see me out and about and you want to hear more of my thoughts we can have a discussion.

I was asked for my thoughts on the issue of "Sun Poisoning" by ADN author Vicky Ho.

Here is a great news article on the subject where I am quoted: Perfect weather can ruin a day in the Chugach Mountains

You can read more stories by Vicky Ho in the series Cautionary Tales