by Jacob Urban | Apr 18, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
When I think of how to Do More I’m really thinking, how do I keep doing what I do? Having made a career in the out of doors, these are the questions I have asked myself over the years: How do I keep things fresh? How do I make this all sustainable? As a guide,...
by Jacob Urban | Apr 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. – – H. P. Lovecraft – – Early in my climbing career I was faced with fear…the fear of falling. It was unknown to me as I had...
by Jacob Urban | Feb 20, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” -Potter Stewart- The fact of the reality is that our backcountry trailheads are getting busier…and no amount of complaining is going to change it....
by Jacob Urban | Feb 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
-Several winters ago @tetoncountysar was called out to respond to a party of overdue skiers in Teton Pass. Conditions weren’t favorable. It was nighttime, the height of a severe winter storm, deep snow and elevated avalanche conditions. We did have enough information...
by Jacob Urban | Feb 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
-What in my pack? —Specifically this is what is always in the bottom of my pack. I train incessantly on how to implement these items and hope to never use them. – –Here’s the gear list and their uses. –1. First Aid Kit ⛑ To see a complete list...
