A Sense of Adventure: Spanked by the Beaver River

A Sense of Adventure: Spanked by the Beaver River

Growing up, my old man always challenged my sister and I with the phrase, “where’s your sense of adventure?” Whether he wanted to hike, bike, windsurf, whatever, we’d groan in protest, thinking we were happy playing Summer Games on our Commodore 64. But we weren’t...
Mountain Life Cover Shots

Mountain Life Cover Shots

As the editor and photo editor of Mountain Life I’m kind of at an unfair advantage when it comes to cover photos. Yes, my shots have graced the majority of the covers since I started here. But looking back, I don’t think I’ve made any horrible...
Quest for the Golden Beaver

Quest for the Golden Beaver

  How the Beaver River Rat Race went from quaint to crazy by Colin Field Photos by Willy Wateton “It was wicked. We were scared … I can’t believe there weren’t more people drowned.”   The party was simply too big. There’s no way it could have continued. Traffic backed...
What if?

What if?

One of my biggest pet peeves is when editors put their own kids in the magazine. It’s so, for lack of a better word, scrap-bookish. No matter the genre of magazine, no matter the relevance of the photo, once an editor has kids, they will end up in the magazine. It’s...