Claire Napier Galofaro Archives - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online /byline/claire-napier-galofaro/ Live Bravely Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/favicon-194x194-1.png Claire Napier Galofaro Archives - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online /byline/claire-napier-galofaro/ 32 32 Katie Brown /outdoor-gear/climbing-gear/katie-brown-2/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/katie-brown-2/ Before she on-sighted the 2,000-foot Northwest Face of Half Dome, in October, the 28-year-old sylph from Kentucky was already hailed as one of the world’s best sport climbers winning both the X Games and the World Cup earlier this decade. On-sighting free-climbing on her first try, without any prior knowledge of the route the VI … Continued

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Before she on-sighted the 2,000-foot Northwest Face of Half Dome, in October, the 28-year-old sylph from Kentucky was already hailed as one of the world’s best sport climbers winning both the X Games and the World Cup earlier this decade. On-sighting free-climbing on her first try, without any prior knowledge of the route the VI 5.12 line marks a shift for Brown into big-wall ascents. It also cements her position among the very few elite climbers who tackle big-wall routes using only their hands and feet. But even as her climbing career is peaking, Brown is looking elsewhere. “I love being a professional climber, but it’s hard to have a normal life,” she says. “I need other dimensions to round it out.” To that end, she’s just enrolled in fashion school, in hopes of designing for her sponsor, San Diego based activewear maker Prana, while climbing for fun. “I just moved to San Francisco from Moab a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t even found a place to live yet.”

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Writing Giants /outdoor-adventure/water-activities/writing-giants/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/writing-giants/ Writing Giants

LAIRD HAMILTON The Book: Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, and, of Course, Surfing (Rodale, $28) The Concept: Laird Hamilton shares his secrets on diet, fitness, and surfing, with help from friends like celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and trainer T. R. Goodman Winning Attitudes: “Mental discipline is key Â… Quitting: easy. Daring to triumph: … Continued

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Writing Giants

LAIRD HAMILTON

The Book: Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, and, of Course, Surfing (Rodale, $28)
The Concept: Laird Hamilton shares his secrets on diet, fitness, and surfing, with help from friends like celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and trainer T. R. Goodman
Winning Attitudes: “Mental discipline is key Â… Quitting: easy. Daring to triumph: hard.”
Notable Non-Surfing Injury: 66 stitches in his thigh after a run-in with a Skilsaw
Not-So-Secret Vice: Espresso. Says Hamilton: “On an average day, I’ll drink between four and eight shots over the course of the morning.”
Unexpected Influences: Bill Romanowski, former pro football player and one-time steroid user. (Hamilton takes Neuro 1, the brain supplement Romanowski developed, every day.)
Prized Possession: Two pet razorback pigs, Ginger and Marianne
The Ladies Speak: “We only have girls around here: Izabela, 13; Reece, 5; and Brody, 1. We’re balancing out the testosterone.” —pro volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, Hamilton’s wife
Me and Eddie Vedder? We’re Like ThisÂ… : “My friend Eddie Vedder (from Pearl Jam) told me that he sometimes feels that letdown after a big show.”

KELLY SLATER

The Book: Kelly Slater: For the Love (Chronicle, $35)
The Concept: A lifelong scrapbook of more than 200 photos with extended captions—most by Slater (as told to co-writer Phil Jarratt), some by pals like musician Jack Johnson and surfer Shane Dorian
Winning Attitudes: “My best results have come when I’m simply inspired to go ride the wave Â… enjoying the act for its own sake.”
Notable Non-Surfing Injury: Scar on his nose from a tossed cymbal
Not-So-Secret Vice: The fast lane. Says fellow surfer Mark Richards: “You lost the [2003] Quiksilver Pro because you went off to hang out with big-titted blondes at the MTV Awards.”
Unexpected Influences: Ben Hogan, golfing great. (Slater applied tips he found in the 1957 book Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf to surfing.)
Prized Possession: Ukulele
The Ladies Speak: “Girls are so drawn to him because he’s kind of mysterious, and they want to know what he’s about. And, I don’t know, he just attracts these train wrecks!” —pro surfer Lisa Andersen, Slater’s close friend
Me and Eddie Vedder? We’re Like ThisÂ… : “Back in 2005, when I won my seventh world title, Eddie Vedder wanted to celebrate with me and do a gig of some sort, maybe a stripped-down acoustic set.

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Sons of the Nimrod /outdoor-adventure/sons-nimrod/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/sons-nimrod/ Six years before his failed bid to transect Antarctica—the Endurance locked in ice, crew near death, 870-mile trek, courageous leader, miraculous rescue, etc.—Ernest Shackleton sailed from New Zealand on the Nimrod, on an expedition to reach the unclaimed South Pole. Roald Amundsen would get there first, in 1911. The closest the starving, four-man British team … Continued

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Six years before his failed bid to transect Antarctica—the Endurance locked in ice, crew near death, 870-mile trek, courageous leader, miraculous rescue, etc.—Ernest Shackleton sailed from New Zealand on the Nimrod, on an expedition to reach the unclaimed South Pole. Roald Amundsen would get there first, in 1911. The closest the starving, four-man British team got, before eating their ponies and turning back, was 88° 23′ south—only 97 miles from the pole. This month, exactly 100 years after the expedition’s Antarctic march began, five descendants of the Nimrod crew (and one from the Endurance) will attempt to complete the mission. Three of the crew of British lawyers and businessmen will ski the entire route, while the remaining three will join them at 88° 23′ south.

1. Ernest Shackleton

COMMANDER
1874–1922 | Ireland
“The Boss” led four Antarctic expeditions and once ran unsuccessfully for Parliament. He turned his Nimrod crew back to save their lives, noting it’s better to be “a live donkey than a dead lion.”

2. Eric Marshall

SURGEON & CARTOGRAPHER
1879–1963 | England
Over the course of the Nimrod expedition, Marshall removed a man’s eye, another’s tooth, and a couple of frostbitten toes.

3. Frank Worsley
SKIPPER, ENDURANCE
1872–1943 | New Zealand
In 1915, he piloted Shackleton’s lifeboat 800 miles through dangerous seas to seek help for the stranded crew.

4. Henry Worsley* | 48
BRITISH ARMY
Frank Worsley’s distant cousin and the expedition’s leader, Worsley is freakishly obsessed with Shackleton. He’s even borrowing the Boss’s original compass for the trip.

5. Emily Dorman

LADY SHACKLETON
1869–unknown | England
Dorman married Shack­leton in 1904. They had three children.

6. Will Gow* | 36
MONEY MANAGER
The great-grandnephew of Shackleton’s wife, Gow dreamed up the centennial expedition and has been training for several years.

7. Jameson Adams

METEOROLOGIST
1880–1962 | England
The stocky bachelor ran away to sea at 13, serving in the Royal Naval Reserve in both world wars.

8. Frank Wild
PROVISIONS OFFICER
1874–1939 | England
Shackleton’s loyal right-hand man, Wild was the only person to accompany Shackleton on all of his expeditions. He earned four polar medals.

9. Tim Fright | 25
PERSONAL AIDE
The great-grandnephew of Wild, Fright is an assistant to the chairman of Cobra Beer.

10. Henry Adams* | 34
LAWYER
Adams’s great-grandson learned about the expedition from the radio and asked to join.

11. Patrick Bergel | 37
ADVERTISING EXEC
Bergel claims to lack his great-grandfather’s “appetite for polar exploration.” But he’s still going.

12. David Cornell | 39
FUND MANAGER
Adams’s great-grandson was tasked with raising $1.2M for the expedition and its foundation.

13. Rhys Ifans | 40
ACTOR
Over the course of Notting Hill, he removed most of his clothes.

* Attempting the entire route

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RATED G(REEN) /outdoor-adventure/rated-green/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/rated-green/ Brave New West For nearly 20 years, Ed Abbey groupie Jim Stiles has been railing against the commercialization of the American West with controversial, hand–drawn cartoons in the Canyon Country Zephyr, his self–published, Moab–based newspaper. This funny, frank film profiles the flannel–clad curmudgeon and his one–man fight to save the landscape he loves. $25; highplainsfilms.org … Continued

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Brave New West
For nearly 20 years, Ed Abbey groupie Jim Stiles has been railing against the commercialization of the American West with controversial, hand–drawn cartoons in the Canyon Country Zephyr, his self–published, Moab–based newspaper. This funny, frank film profiles the flannel–clad curmudgeon and his one–man fight to save the landscape he loves. $25;

Garbage Warrior
New Mexico–based “biotect” Michael Reynolds—who’s never met a bureaucrat (or a hairbrush) he likes—lost his architect’s license due to his kooky earthship–building ways. So he took them abroad. Garbage Warrior follows Reynolds to India and Mexico, where he teaches locals in natural–disaster–devastated towns how to rebuild cheaply, creatively, and beautifully, with trash. $25;

Red Gold
Alaskan fishing families are struggling to save their salmon stocks from a planned 15–square–mile copper–and–gold mine at the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed. The audience favorite at Telluride Mountainfilm, Red Gold lets the brawlers on both sides tell the tale—from the corporate mine advocates with a fortune to gain to gun–toting, fish–fed old–timers with everything to lose. $25;

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The Lazy Linguist /outdoor-adventure/lazy-linguist/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/lazy-linguist/ “Would you like to? Do you want to? Would you like to? Do you want to?” For days, these words—set to techno elevator music—have been on repeat in my head, thanks to the Earworms Musical Brain Trainer ($17; ear­wormslearning.com), a new audio course that promises to effortlessly infiltrate my skull with conversational Russian vocabulary. Only … Continued

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“Would you like to? Do you want to? Would you like to? Do you want to?” For days, these words—set to techno elevator music—have been on repeat in my head, thanks to the Earworms Musical Brain Trainer ($17; ear­wormslearning.com), a new audio course that promises to effortlessly infiltrate my skull with conversational Russian vocabulary. Only I can’t seem to remember the Russian part.

The Earworms series, available in 16 languages, is designed to take that pesky thinking step out of learning. Using the same basic principle that Kit Kat did with its annoying “Give me a break” jingle, each lesson consists of a five-to-six-minute tune that’s catchy enough to stick. Listen a few times and key words and phrases lodge in your brain.

It’s a lot more fun than my last assault on the Russian tongue, which was inspired by a crush on a Siberian circus performer. Listening to lectures on my crusty Walkman was boring, so I never got past yes and thank you—not enough to charm the Cossack. Grooving to iPod downloads that feature flirty, sultry-voiced narrators repeating translations is actually kind of addictive.

After a week, I can almost count to ten and order a pizza, and I know at least five days of the week. Otherwise, “Izvenite Ia ne govoriu po Russkii. [Sorry, I don’t speak Russian.] Eto ne legko. [It’s not easy.]” At least they taught me how to say it.

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Up Shack /outdoor-adventure/shack/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/shack/ Up Shack

FIRST OFF, DON’T call them “sheds.” It offends the inhabitants. They’re “mini-shelters,” and they’re everywhere because enterprising design firms are capitalizing on a zoning loophole: In many cities, you’re allowed to build structures smaller than 120 square feet without a permit. The result is a wide selection of prefab abodes perfect for everything from a … Continued

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Up Shack

FIRST OFF, DON’T call them “sheds.” It offends the inhabitants. They’re “mini-shelters,” and they’re everywhere because enterprising design firms are capitalizing on a zoning loophole: In many cities, you’re allowed to build structures smaller than 120 square feet without a permit. The result is a wide selection of prefab abodes perfect for everything from a yoga studio to a weekend getaway on that little plot of land you’ve been eyeballing. Check out these must-have pads.

A More Pleasantville

Kauai’s new 2,000-acre Kealanani development is like every other planned community, except the owners are all compelled to farm their 0,000 lots. Hawaiian zoning laws require that agricultural lands remain in the business of making money off the soil. For years, so-called gentlemen’s estates have bypassed these rules with a few well-kept coconut trees lining the driveway. But Kealanani uses stiff covenants to guarantee that each of its 190 plots be cultivated with fruit trees and cacao. “We want people to think agriculture first,” says project manager Andy Friend. “Whether buyers do the work, hire a manager to oversee it, or work out a sharecropping agreement is up to them.” Overseers and sharecroppers? Who says the plantation era is over?

Modern-Shed Studio Shed

Geared toward artists, the studio shed is made to order and delivered whole. Features include French doors, decks, and custom paint jobs. The basic 10-by-12 model uses maple walls instead of floor-to-ceiling glass and offers more privacy—but also more claustrophobia. $15,100;

Modular Dwellings MD 100
For diehard do-it-yourselfers, Modular Dwellings’ $35 blueprint leads to many hours of cursing and, finally, the payoff of a lovely and well-lit Plexiglas-and-plywood studio. The instructions warn that the MD 100 should not be undertaken by unskilled hacks.

DWR Kithaus K3

Famous for mass-producing iconic midcentury furniture, Design Within Reach has taken to overhauling miniature interiors (see last summer’s drool-worthy DWR Airstream trailer). This year’s Kithaus pairs rot-resistant Brazilian ipe wood and glass with corrugated aluminum, for a claim-jumper-chic look. But at $30,000, it’s not necessarily within reach. By May, they’d sold just four.

MetroShed

This bare-bones, 117-square-foot cedar box looks like Â… a 117-square-foot cedar box. An all-glass front wall/sliding door adds an airy feel, and a coat of paint would lend some charm. Requiring only a ladder, screwdriver, and a couple of hours to assemble, a MetroShed is a bargain in any soft housing market. $7,500;

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Surf, Shop /outdoor-gear/water-sports-gear/surf-shop/ Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/surf-shop/ Surf, Shop

Following the lead of NBA guard Stephon Marbury, whose $15 Starbury basketball shoe is sold through budget retailer Steve & Barry’s, Laird Hamilton hits S&B shelves in May with his surf line, Wonderwall. The collection will feature some 250 graphic T-shirts, polos, pants, and boardshorts—all for less than $15. “The opportunity for people to get … Continued

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Following the lead of NBA guard Stephon Marbury, whose $15 Starbury basketball shoe is sold through budget retailer Steve & Barry’s, Laird Hamilton hits S&B shelves in May with his surf line, Wonderwall. The collection will feature some 250 graphic T-shirts, polos, pants, and boardshorts—all for less than $15. “The opportunity for people to get good clothes at a fair price is something I can stand by and feel proud of,” says Hamilton.

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Chris Sharma /outdoor-adventure/climbing/chris-sharma/ Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/chris-sharma/ June 5–8, bouldering’s World Cup returns to the U.S. for the first time in two decades, at the Teva Mountain Games, in Vail, Colorado. And Chris Sharma, who’s been living in Spain of late, comes with it. The 27-year-old Californian is one of the world’s strongest technical climbers but has lately favored travel over competition. … Continued

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June 5–8, bouldering’s World Cup returns to the U.S. for the first time in two decades, at the Teva Mountain Games, in Vail, Colorado. And Chris Sharma, who’s been living in Spain of late, comes with it. The 27-year-old Californian is one of the world’s strongest technical climbers but has lately favored travel over competition.

OUTSIDE: Why compete when you get paid to climb for fun?

SHARMA: Usually climbing’s something we do by ourselves up in the mountains, so competing is a way to share it with an audience.

And this World Cup?
There hasn’t been a World Cup in the U.S. for over 20 years. It’s going to be a big deal.

Why now?
In the last ten years there have been a lot of strong Americans breaking onto the scene. It’ll be a cool opportunity for us to compete on an international level.

But do Americans care about climbing as a spectator sport?
Climbing in general is kind of a hard thing for the non-climber to grasp. It’s really subtle. But we’re bringing climbing to a mainstream audience.

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Collision Course /outdoor-adventure/collision-course/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 /uncategorized/collision-course/ Collision Course

This summer's documentary, 20 Seconds of Joy , chronicles the six years BASE jumper Karina Hollekim spent soaring off mountains. In August 2006, after 400 career jumps and a near-perfect record, her gear failed and she slammed into the earth at 60 miles per hour – and it was all captured on camera. The doctors … Continued

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Collision Course

This summer's documentary, 20 Seconds of Joy , chronicles the six years BASE jumper Karina Hollekim spent soaring off mountains. In August 2006, after 400 career jumps and a near-perfect record, her gear failed and she slammed into the earth at 60 miles per hour – and it was all captured on camera. The doctors said she'd never walk again. After two major surgeries, and with months of rehabilitation to go, the 32-year-old talks about her career and her recovery.

Karina Hollekim

Karina Hollekim Karina Hollekim in Oslo.

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How did you get started BASE jumping?
I had just started skydiving and I met Jeb Corliss at an extreme sports competition in South Africa. He was an American BASE jumper at the time and I told him that I wanted to learn. He said to come to the US and he would teach me. So, about a month later I went to LA.

And he was your partner for a long time?
We traveled together for a couple of years. He was really experienced so he kind of became my mentor and taught me everything he could—what could go wrong and how to get out of different situations. It was good to have somebody who knew that much because I was pretty fresh in the sport. He's very straightforward about the danger involved. As a beginner, it was good to know all these things and decide whether this was something I wanted to get into or not.

How does that feel to jump off a cliff knowing you might die?
That's not really something you think about. It's a fact that you are aware of, but we try to eliminate as much risk as possible every time we go out. We try to make it as safe as possible. I don't have a death wish. I'm like every other person. I don't want to die. But, BASE jumping has become such an important part of my life that I'm willing to risk a lot. It kind of made me who I am. If you want to become a base jumper you have to be aware that you can die through this sport.

How many times has that crossed your mind?
I think it was like two times before this accident that I really thought things were not going to work out.

What was it like then to realize you were still alive?
Spinning down at more than 100 kilometers per hour, you understand in your mind that it's not going to work out. But, I never gave up—I kept on working, kept on struggling, kept on trying to fix the problem. And when I woke up after hitting the boulders, I felt this intense pain in my legs-it was a pain like I'd never felt before, it was beyond my imagination. But it became a good feeling because I realized that if I was able to feel all of that pain, I couldn't possibly be dead.

What's happening with your leg now?
I can walk, but my right leg is not strong enough to ski. And I'm not able to flex my leg more than 17 degrees, which is definitely not enough to do any sports. My goal is to get back on skis, but I have to go through more surgeries. They have to chop off my femur again and rotate it so it's straight. And then it will take another three or four months until I can start walking again. And then they open up the femur again, which demands a lot of hard training after. I'm kind of hoping that I'll be able to get back on skis by next winter. But, there are a lot of things that have to go the right way.

It's pretty incredible since your doctors said that you'd never walk again.
I guess it proves that whatever you put your mind to, you can actually do. I believe that if you really want something and you work hard to achieve it, it's going to happen. But, I'm lucky—I've been in the good situation where I haven't had another job and I have the opportunity to dedicate my whole life to training. A lot of people don't have that.

Do you think you'll jump again?
I miss flying for sure, but it's not what I miss the most right now. I miss the everyday life—I want to be able to play again and not be the girl sitting on the beach watching my friends surf and drinking hot chocolate at the bottom of the ski lift. I won't ever be a housewife and stay at home cooking and ironing all day. I will always be traveling, and exploring, and doing new things. If I won't be BASE jumping, I'm sure I'll find other things that will enable me to go out to play and fly and do new things.

And I'm scared. It's always like this after a big accident and it takes time to get over it. If I spend two, maybe three years in rehab centers and hospitals just to get back to my life, maybe I spent all my luck and I don't want to end up in this situation again. And the next time I don't know if I'll be this lucky. I don't want to say never. You should never say never.

How many friends have you lost to this sport?
I haven't really been counting, but I've lost some good friends both through skiing and BASE jumping. It's sad when it happens, but I try to think I've been lucky that I've been able to share my life with this person instead of the fact that they're gone now.

I assume you're not afraid of heights?
I was about three years old when my dad took me rock climbing for the first time. He cut two holes in the bottom of his backpack and put me inside with one leg out of each hole and I was dangling thirty meters above ground on my dads back while he was climbing. So, I guess I got used to heights at a very early age.

What are you afraid of if not jumping off cliffs?
I'm actually afraid of the dark. And I'm scared ending up alone.

Does it bother you to watch the movie and talk about it all the time?
It's inspiring for me. If I'm able to motivate people to go out and believe in themselves and believe in their dreams and dare to take a path less traveled, then I feel like I've done a good job. A lot of people experience big changes in their lives. It could be the loss of someone close to them, it could be a disease or an injury they have to try to get back into their life. If they can find any motivation by listening to my story it's been a good thing for me, and knowing that helps me a lot.

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