Driggs, Idaho

The Tetons are perhaps North America’s most iconic mountain range on account of the lack of foothills on the east side, which makes for a dramatically vertical vista as seen from the plains north of Jackson. The west side is … Continue reading

Mount Ida

In one of the early issues of the magazine National Geographic Adventure (that I must have read maybe 15 years ago, before I moved to Colorado) there was a story of a hiker who’d gotten hopelessly lost in an ill-advised … Continue reading

Night in Taipei

A few images of Taipei at night… Taipei 101. Taipei is not, for the most part, a city of skyscrapers, and as a result Taipei 101 – the world’s second highest building – looms particularly impressively over the streets from … Continue reading

Roxborough State Park

Even after a decade in Colorado there are plenty of local parks and wildlife reserves that I haven’t been to. Roxborough State Park, west of Denver, turns out to be a very pleasant spot for some easy early-season hiking, with … Continue reading