Meet my friend Steve. Twenty years ago Steve and I would have been called pen pals. With all of the modern technologies we have now I feel like I know Steve personally. I first found Steve through his podcast that was featured on The Dirt Bag Diaries.
The Dirt Bag Diaries is sponsored by Patagonia and is a great podcast for outdoor minded folks. While listening to Steve's podcast my first thought was "This guy is me", and my second was "he is definitely a member of the church". I decided to try to contact Steve and tell him how much I enjoyed his podcast. I e-mailed Fitz Cahall who is the host of the Dirt Bag Diaries and he put me in touch with Steve. Steve made the mistake of contacting me and is now stuck being my friend.
Steve lives in Idaho Falls and works for the Department of Energy as a radio chemist. He has a bachelors from Utah State in Soil and Water Science and a masters in Soil Science. See another intelligent friend. I must be smart if you judge me by my friends.
Steve is a trail runner, climber, skier, hiker, backpacker, mountain biker, and gear connoisseur. Connoisseur sounds much nicer than junkie. I am convinced that we are twins separated at birth. I always knew I was adopted. Steve is modest and claims that he "is just out there to have a grand experience". I have a feeling that this is an understatement seeing as how he won the men's division of the Vaquero Loco 25k trail race. Leaving his nearest competition cramping on the side of the trail.
Steve does all of this and is still a wonderful dad to his six kids. He takes them on adventures that they will remember forever. This weekend he took them on a ski hut tour trip. He takes them climbing at the City of Rocks, backpacking, digs snow caves, slacklines with them.............boy am I jealous.
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I just listened to the podcast while sitting at my desk eating lunch. I now know why Steve is Rik's friend. Balance is something that I struggle with all the time. I wish that I knew how to make it all fit in. It sounds like Steve has got his priorities correct and is able to do some fun activities with his kids. I too am jealous.
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