HeyJaredMountain Athlete Journal
Long-form stories and photography to fuel the flow of creative & meaningful movement in the mountains. Print-only magazine coming this summer.
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You are an athlete; you are an artist. (opens the original)
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Pre-Race Contemplations: Smoke ‘n’ Fire (opens the original)
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I often wonder what it is that draws humans to the pursuit of very hard things. I recently read a book called Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane that explores the human fascination with mountains and alpinism, and the history of seeking out the highest points of our planet. Antithetical to our inherent biology, many of us choose to enter the realm of discomfort, of risk, of difficulty for the sake in and of itself. For some there’s glory and ego, and even careers built upon the chase of
That was Western (opens the original)
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The smoke moved in overnight like a blanket. Particles have turned the sun an ominous red and transformed the mountains into abstract, layered shapes. At the top of the first climb we can feel the destruction of distant wildfires in our eyes and lungs. A sobering, visceral reminder of the new norm here in the West. It used to be that a handful of fires would break out in late August or September. Now they start as early as June, often exploding out of control like those currently burning in the
Made of Paper and the Mountains (opens the original)
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My legs have that deep, satisfying soreness that signals the fallout from a considerable and valiant effort, both painful and euphoric. I have to remember to give my legs the credit they deserve. It’s quite incredible what they are capable of—simply holding up my torso for daily movement, but more impressively the adventures they take me on. In this case, the DOMS is from running and scrambling for 10 hours in the Boulder mountains here in Idaho. An exceptional young athlete whom I’ve coached th
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