SOS - School Of Survival

05/30/2026

05/28/2026

This big ole boy taking a much needed rest in the snow to cool off!

05/24/2026

A day in the mountains ...

Big moose eating before a mid day nap ...

A black bear looking to climb a tree ...

Bison calves nursing from bison mamas ...

Mom and two griz cubs learning how to dig for food ...

Bear Count now 8 Grizz, 2 black (1 suspected black but unable to confirm

05/24/2026

My favorite way to see big moose up close is from the safety of my truck. This big boy crossed the road and almost became a statistic. I've seen more moose, bear, fox, wolves, bison and elk up here in the past two weeks than in the rest of my life combined!

05/21/2026

...baby bison nursing...

05/19/2026

... 3 grizz in a meadow ...

05/10/2026

...communications for citizens ...

A great day for testing new things!

For some reason I can't make any Windows machine recognize the digirig lite. The drivers dont work, not sure what else to even do.

However JS8CALL now has an Android app which works exceptionally well! I was able to sling up an antenna (poorly) and make contacts across the country.

Next to figure out the control on the digirig so that the ptt / transmit will work.

05/07/2026

The road trip from Pennsylvania to Moab, then Idaho, the Phoenix, then Page and now up into Montana. What a long strange trip indeed. From the heat of Phoenix to the snowy mountains of Utah to now, the Gem State. Camped next to a soothing mountain stream for the next week or so

05/05/2026

... and Greg makes three ...

Three lives from this class picture from 2021. The Coolest NavTec WFR class for sure. We lost Alden that year (on this exact date), then ole Ninja passed in 2023 and today we found out that Greg Hunter passed away on 30-April. He was a great outdoorsman, daring and capable. I remember the first time he did Cataract Canyon in early season/big water time, he took a ducky through the whole thing. Just the kind of guy he was. He lived in a school bus down at the Swamp and was always a great guy to hang out with. We got that bus stuck in Willow Springs and used 2 Jeeps and one of Juanos cruisers to get him out. Many of us have taken different paths, some are still in Moab, but things like this make me realize what we sometimes take for granted . RIP friend.

05/02/2026

Here's a relationship saving phrase you can use while in the back country ... "I’m sorry for what I said while setting up camp"