So, this weekend we drove a couple hundred miles South to go ice climbing, as we often do this time of year … often enough that we're practically locals in a few bars and hotels along the way. And we're always running late. This week, we were later than usual … still a half hour [...]

… or Alaska scores another point for natural selection So, Into the Wild is in theaters. Another round of absurd romanticism about dumbasses who come up to Alaska and die in the wilderness is gripping the nation … or at least the denizens of it who secretly long to out-Walden Thoreau, whilst simultaneously out-macho-ing Grizzly [...]