Having a doctor in the house (my wife Jackie) has exposed me to the frustrating realities of our current health care system. Mainly, that preventative care is rare while unnecessary and expensive tests are common. President Obama's drive to fix the current system motivated me to write a letter to the editor explaining why I think now, and I mean right now, is our only chance for real reform.
Two survival skills articles I wrote appear in the June 2009 issue of Backpacker. The first explains how to use your cell phone to enable a backcountry rescue, while the second is a Predicament challenge--visually humorous but ultimately difficult desert survival strategy game.
What should you carry when you don't want to weight yourself down? That's the purpose of my ultralight backpacking review of tents, sleeping bags, and trekking poles in the May 2009 issue of Outside--the annual best jobs issue.
I recently uploaded new photo albums to this website---including shots from Easter Island, Jost Van Dyke, and life in Lancaster, PA. Check them out at the "Albums" link above.
My first article in Men's Journal is a May fitness piece (which got a cover blurb) about how NASA's zero-gravity exercises can prevent age-related bone and muscle loss here on Earth. Thank you for all the feedback on this article. Meanwhile, my research on five essential vitamins and minerals even a health diet might lack appeared in the April issue of Men's Health.
Last fall I took on a short-term editing job at Rodale's Best Life magazine. I worked as their interim health editor in Emmaus, PA for three months while continuing to freelance. Sadly, Best Life folded in the spring of 2009.
I wrote two articles for the August 2009 issue of Backpacker--including the in-depth research and reporting to discover the the top 25 cities to raise outdoor-loving kids, and a illustrated Predicament page on how to escape a sudden lightning storm.
Having a doctor in the house (my wife Jackie) has exposed me to the frustrating realities of our current health care system. Mainly, that preventative care is rare while unnecessary and expensive tests are common. President Obama's drive to fix the current system motivated me to write a letter to the editor explaining why I think now, and I mean right now, is our only chance for real reform.
If you're sniffling and sneezing this spring and summer, trees and pollen might not be the source of your misery. I describe six allergy-causing chemicals that hide in your home in the June 2009 issue of Delicious Living, a Boulder-based heath and nutrition magazine.
Two survival skills articles I wrote appear in the June 2009 issue of Backpacker. The first explains how to use your cell phone to enable a backcountry rescue, while the second is a Predicament challenge--visually humorous but ultimately difficult desert survival strategy game.
What should you carry when you don't want to weight yourself down? That's the purpose of my ultralight backpacking review of tents, sleeping bags, and trekking poles in the May 2009 issue of Outside--the annual best jobs issue.
I recently uploaded new photo albums to this website---including shots from Easter Island, Jost Van Dyke, and life in Lancaster, PA. Check them out at the "Albums" link above.
My first article in Men's Journal is a May fitness piece (which got a cover blurb) about how NASA's zero-gravity exercises can prevent age-related bone and muscle loss here on Earth. Thank you for all the feedback on this article. Meanwhile, my research on five essential vitamins and minerals even a health diet might lack appeared in the April issue of Men's Health.
Last fall I took on a short-term editing job at Rodale's Best Life magazine. I worked as their interim health editor in Emmaus, PA for three months while continuing to freelance. Sadly, Best Life folded in the spring of 2009.
