Gear & Go

I'll be joining Backpacker magazine's Gear & Go Tour in Austin Sept 18 and Houston Sept 19. Come talk hiking and backpacking in Texas!

Top 50 Dive Spots

I have a number of favorites, but Cabo Pulmo ranks top of the list. My piece for Sport Diver's 50 Best Dive Sites in the World.

Overnight on the Rio Grande

A two-day river trip through Santa Elena canyon in Big Bend National Park is about as perfect a trip as I can imagine. Here's my piece on it for Texas Highways.

Scuba Diving for Wounded Soldiers

Diving can be an important part of rehabilitation for injured soldiers and a sport they can participate in going forward. Last year, I dove with a couple of guys from the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio aboard American Diving's Diver 1 out of South Padre Island, and wrote about it for Sport Diver.  Texas Highway Patrol, Customs and Border Patrol, and Coast Guard fast boats escorted us back to the dock post-dive.

Dry Tortugas National Park

This remote island park is a great year-round, off-the-beaten-path, blue water destination. Read more in my piece for Men's Journal Adventure.

Saving land to save water

The Texas Land Conservancy announced a new initiative, Land for Water, targeting conservation of one percent of the land in six Texas watersheds. Read more about it in my piece for Austin CultureMap.

Survivor Canyon Ranch

My week of learning survival skills in the lap of luxury, for Men's Journal adventure online. It works, really.