by Jacob Urban | Jun 25, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on that’s dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone. Jon Gruden You can wear one or not. Although the jury is in. Helmets help...
by Jacob Urban | Jun 25, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
When individuals with head injuries develop swelling on the brain ? it is referred to as intracranial pressure (ICP). ICP provides two life threatening problems. It reduces oxygen permeation to the cells of the brain and it inhibits the function of the brain stem. ...
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...