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Off the wall diary of life in a mountain town (Jackson Hole, WY) where odd is normal, and normal is being odd. It all revolves around fun, love for the outdoors and recreation.
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My New Riding Partner
It’s not easy to get motivated some days to do anything. Even living where I live, in beautiful Colorado, it can be tough. With all the heavy trauma I went through after a climbing accident seven years ago, some days my body is just not psyched to...
TONIGHT: Benefit for Big Tall Dave
Dancers, cyclists and supporters will rally around Big Tall Dave Houlton’s recovery tonight at a benefit for the Jackson man severely injured in a mountain biking accident. Houlton was riding on Parallel Trail off of Teton Pass on July 25 when ...
Thoughts and Prayers
Like most outdoor blogs, The Mountain Culture is guilty of glorifying the sports that make us tick from aggressive skiing and alpine climbing to downhill mountain biking. But the reality is that the games we play are not all glory and sometimes one o...
Gumbo Ride: Sometimes you’re the bug…
When I was a kid, I loved to play in the mud and rain. Living here in CO I get the chance to plat a lot in the crazy weather that comes through here on a regular basis. Today was no exception. It’s been raining here on and off most of the summe...
The Tour Divide
It looks like Matthew Lee will win the 2009 TourDivide today. Seventeen days pedaling 150 miles per day. What a machine. As remote, unsupported backcountry races go, the TourDivide has been a ball to spectate from the LCD. Competitors carry GPS track...
MTBuilt for Two
It was touch and go there for a while. Where are they? Lost? Eaten by bears? No. They had lost their GPS doodad. Jay and Tracey Petervary, a Jackson Hole couple, are riding a tandem mountain bike from Banff to the Mexican border. Last Friday at 10 ...
Freedom Riders – Friday
For a glimpse at what Friday night will bring, take a few minutes from counting the falling rain drops check out the latest from Gravnetic and KGB Productions. What: Freedom Riders, THE MOVIE. Where: Center for the Arts in Jackson, Wyoming When: FRID...
Guerrilla Marketing Team Ambassador of the Year?
Last October I traveled to Downieville, California to film some of the incredible mountain biking there for an upcoming commercial for Nature Valley Granola Bars. My job was to direct the cinematography of the shoot and coordinate with the director a...
