Portfolio

Winner of the 2023 Society of American Travel Writers-Western Chapter Gold Award in the Adventure/Health category for his Pines to Palms article in Mountain Flyer: The Mountain Bike Journal. Said the judges:

Even if you aren’t a mountain biker, this article makes you feel the exhilaration as you race from the mountaintop down to the desert near Palm Springs. An amazing journey.

Winner of the 2022 Society of American Travel Writers-Western Chapter Bronze Award in the Adventure/Health category for his article on Purple Lizard Maps/The Art of the Mapmaker in Mountain Flyer: The Mountain Bike Journal, with judging by The Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri. Said the judges:

In a world where GPS only gives you the next turn, this story makes you reconsider the true adventure of charting your own course — with a map. The writer journeys to Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania to meet a mapmaker with deep insight into how following a contour map will push you toward your ultimate journey. 

Winner of the 2020 Gold Award in the Column category for Earn Your Beer in Adventure Sports Journal, handed out by the Society of American Travel Writers–Western Chapter, with judging by The Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, home of one of the world’s first journalism schools (1908).

Member: Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)

Go Here, Go There, Ethiopian Vignettes, and Whispers of Honduras (3 books)

 

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Roads & Kingdoms, Breakfast: Ceviche Tostadas (Ensenada, Baja, Mexico)
Roads & Kingdoms, Breakfast: Machaca (Valle de Guadalupe, Baja, Mexico)
Roads & Kingdoms, 5 O’clock Somewhere: Bar Diana (Tecate, Baja, Mexico)
Roads & Kingdoms, Breakfast: Somali Doughnuts (San Diego, CA)

 

Adventure Sports Journal, #106: Bodysurfing & Hipsters and Hippies IPA

Adventure Sports Journal, #107: 5 Peaks Challenge and Gatling Gun Imperial Stout

Adventure Sports Journal, #108: Earn Your Beer Snowshoeing June Lake (Brewing)

Adventure Sports Journal, #109: MTB Prescott/Sedona and Local Breweries

Adventure Sports Journal, #110: Over the Edge Brewery and MTB Gooseberry Mesa

Adventure Sports Journal, #111: Snorkel-Swim La Jolla and New California IPA

Adventure Sports Journal, #112: McGurk Meadow and Tioga Sequoia Batch 2000

Adventure Sports Journal, #113: Suicidal Tendencies MTB and Silver Reef Red Ale

Adventure Sports Journal, #114: Eastern Sierra, Craft Beers, and SN Pale Ale

Adventure Sports Journal, #115: San Diego MTB and Border X Blood Saison

Adventure Sports Journal, #116: Bodysurfing OB and Beers for Causes

Adventure Sports Journal, #117: Classic Yosemite Hike and Southgate Brewing

Adventure Sports Journal, #118: Seasonal Waterfalls and Julian Beer Company

Adventure Sports Journal, #119: Hike and Mountain Bike in Idyllwild, CA

Adventure Sports Journal, #120: San Luis Obispo: Ocean, Mountains, Beers

Adventure Sports Journal, #121: Valley of the Moon and Tabula Rasa Porter

Adventure Sports Journal, #122: Snowshoeing Lake Mary and Distant Brewing Company

Adventure Sports Journal, #123: MTB Palm Springs and Las Palmas Brewing

Adventure Sports Journal, #124: Kayaking SD’s Mission Bay, Best Day and Rove

Adventure Sports Journal, #125: MTB Nobel Canyon and Mcilhenney Brewing

Adventure Sports Journal, #126: Hiking Elfin Forest and The Lost Abbey

Adventure Sports Journal, #127: Fat Biking Sierra National Forest and New Glory

Adventure Sports Journal, #128: Singlespeeding San Diego and Bike Can Art

Adventure Sports Journal, #129: Volunteering and Gravity Heights

Adventure Sports Journal, #130: Kayaking/Bodysurfing Mendocino and Ft. Bragg Breweries

Adventure Sports Journal, #131: Hiking & MTB Mendo’s Redwoods and Mendo Breweries

Adventure Sports Journal, #132: Desert Digital Detox and Strong Beers

Adventure Sports Journal, #133: Kayaking and MTBing and Santa Barbara’s Indie Beers

Adventure Sports Journal, #134: Rafting the Tuolumne River & Around the Horn BC

Adventure Sports Journal, #135: Desert Trails and Rouleur Brewing

Adventure Sports Journal, #136: Desert Rides and Tucson Brews

Adventure Sports Journal, #137: Paddles and Pints in Carlsbad, CA

Adventure Sports Journal, #138: Santa Catalina Island by Land and Sea

Adventure Sports Journal, #139: Redding as Winter Base Camp

 

Session Magazine: Beneath the Surface at La Jolla’s Marine Protected Areas

Session Magazine: Kernville: Southern California’s Oasis of Water Adventures

Session Magazine: STOKE: Sustainable Surf Tourism

Session Magazine: Twin Fin Hotel and Parley for the Oceans/Eradicate Plastics

 

Paddling Magazine: SUP Guide to San Diego

Paddling Magazine: SUP Guide to Lake Tahoe

Paddling Magazine: SUP Guide to Mesa and Prescott, AZ

 

L.A. Times: Snowshoeing in San Diego, a place better known for surf and sand
L.A. Times: Standing in Zion’s Shadow, Gooseberry Mesa …
L.A. Times: Escapes: Finding the Solitude and Sense of Freedom …

L.A. Times: Best Snowshoeing Trails in San Diego County
L.A. Times: Bikepacking Catalina Island

 

The Surfer’s Journal, 26.3: African Echo: Reverberations … Carom in Senegal
The Surfer’s Journal, 30.6: More Than For Kicks — Sustainability (Yucca Fins)

 

Mountain Flyer, #52:  Nairobi, Kenya’s Cycloville (Advocacy)
Mountain Flyer, #61:  Hog Wild in Sedona
Mountain Flyer, #66:  Profile: Purple Lizard Maps
Mountain Flyer, #72:  Going to Gooseberry: Riding Utah’s Ancient Lands
Mountain Flyer, #73:  Pines to Palms: Chasing Big Horn Sheep and Refuge in Palm Springs

 

San Diego Magazine: Mountain Biking Cuyamaca’s Singletrack Trails

San Diego Magazine: 3 Anza-Borrego Desert Roads to Wander by MTB

San Diego Magazine: All 8 Articles Are at This Link

 

Snowshoe Magazine: 12 Articles from around the American West

 

Matador Network: Time Stands Still Rafting the Tuolumne River

 

Trails Magazine: AT Half-Gallon Challenge

 

Spoke, #71: Mojave Miles–Riding through the Tufas at the Trona Pinnacles
Spoke, #73: Range Riders–Rolling in the Footsteps of the Sheepeaters (Idaho)

 

Strung Mag, #3: Fire on the Mountain, Negotiating Wildfire in the West

 

War Kitchen: Your Guide to Snowshoeing

 

Backpacker Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020: Find Rare Snow

 

San Diego Union-Tribune: 6 Tips for Self-Isolation from a Peace Corps Veteran

 

Sub-Saharan Magazine: Berbere (poem)

 

Dirt Rag, #153: Access Action: Michaux’s Grave Ridge
Dirt Rag, #174: A DIY Guide to Riding the Keweenaw
Dirt Rag, #182: Musings on East San Diego Singletrack
Dirt Rag, #184: Anza-Borrego Bikepacking: Coyote Canyon to Sheep Canyon
Dirt Rag, #190: Access Action: 26 Years of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Dirt Rag, #191: Bones of Oaxaca: A Mountain Bike Memory in Mexico
Dirt Rag, #198: Almost Dead: Facing Mortality in the California Hills
Dirt Rag, #203: The Dirt: Kernville, CA
Dirt Rag, #207: The Dirt: Sequoia National Monument
Dirt Rag, e-mag: Passing Through Little Creek Mesa, UT

 

Bicycle Times, #44: Bicicletas y Cerveza en Tijuana
Bicycle Times (online): San Diego’s Bikeway Village

 

Bicyclist, #153/154:  SDMBA MTB Trail Fest
Bicyclist, #155: 5 Days of MTB in Pisgah National Forest
Bicyclist, #156: CuyaGuna Ride, East County San Diego
Bicyclist, #157: MTB Through History on the Anza Trail
Bicyclist, #158: Classic XC Riding in Prescott, AZ
Bicyclist, #159: Getting in Sync with Mesa Time (Gooseberry)
Bicyclist, #160: San Diego Single Speed Adventures
Bicyclist, #161: Rip Roarin’ Through Kernville
Bicyclist, #161: Cheers to Trailbuilder Pete
Bicyclist, #162: Outside Zion, A Survey

 

Bike, June 2017: Lost Borders–Riding California’s Vast Mojave Desert

 

Cranked, #4: Reclaiming Utah (Hurricane/St. George XC MTB)
Cranked, #7: Home Honing
Cranked, #8: The Pub Hub — Germany to Brevard, NC
Cranked, #10: Sedona — May the Vortex Be with You
Cranked, #11: Shank’s Pony — Redfish Lake, ID Hike-a-Bike
Cranked, #14: Ride Both Ways
Cranked, #17: Burnin’ That Gasoline (Crested Butte Road Trip)

Cranked, #24: Desert Song: The Sound of Silence (Valley of the Moon, CA)

 

Switchback, #7: Lava & Java, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Switchback, #8: MTB/Travel Oaxaca, Mexico
Switchback, #8: MTB/Wine/Travel Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Switchback, #10: 80s Rock/Metal Guide to Trails of Michaux

 

XXC Mag, #16: MTB/Travel Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

 

Boiling Point, #56: Tapping the Potential of Brazil’s
Proalcool Movement for the Household Energy Sector