About Me

I fly paragliders, climb icicles, make films and write about outdoor sports.

Photo: Over the Grand Canyon on my paraglider / Credit: Will Gadd/Christian Pondella

Member Since

May 17, 2006

Sites

• GravSports.com

What is the next…

Purchase you’ll make?

New Macbook.

Trend in design?

Lighter, more durable, better looking.

Car you’d like to own?

I’d like to NOT own a car.

Big step you’d like to make?

Consume less, drive less, play more.

Fad that will fade?

Rampant Consumerism.

Vacation you’ll take?

Working at my desk.

Thing you’re going to fight for?

Better environmental policy in the US and Canada.

Secret that’s going to leak?

I work a lot more than I pretend to.

Hollywood blockbuster going to be about?

How much Hollywood films suck.

Life you’ll lead?

I am.

Fountain of youth?

Youth is over-rated.

Book you’ll read?

Anything by Cormac McCarthy, Jim Harrison or Neal Stepheson.

Thing that will change the world?

Super expensive oil, and the idiots in the White House trying to “do something about it.”

Guilty-pleasure food in which you’ll indulge?

I eat what I like, guilty eating is neurotic.

Person to whom you’ll say, “I love you”?

Next cop that gives me speeding ticket.