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Ryan Johnson

digital work / analog life

  • Jul 27, 2024

    SAR fitness assessment (and huckleberries)

    It’s been relatively cool this past week, so I decided to head out and complete my annual search and rescue fitness assessment. The assessment is a timed effort, but I couldn’t resist collecting a few wild huckleberries along the way.

  • Jul 18, 2024

    Back to Wyoming: The Medicine Wheel and Bighorn Canyon

    I returned to Wyoming to visit my parents and attend the Longmire Days festival with my mother. Prior to the scheduled events, I once again took a trip to some of my favorite places in the state.

  • Jun 7, 2024

    How a search and rescue mission works

    I returned home in the early hours of the morning from a search and rescue mission on the lower slopes of Mt. Hood. Here’s how it unfolded.

  • Jun 2, 2024

    Spring camp: Timothy Lake

    With campfire bans coming earlier every year, spring and fall are the best seasons for a full camping experience.

  • May 28, 2024

    A new search and rescue pack

    After hundreds of miles of search and rescue missions with my original pack, I’ve decided to switch it up.

  • Mar 8, 2024

    The time I guided a Jeep photo shoot

    Almost 20 years ago, I guided the photo shoot for the 2006 Jeep® catalog cover.

  • Dec 24, 2023

    The 10 best books I read in 2023

    For the fifth year in a row, I’m sharing my 10 favorite books I read (or listened to) this year.

  • Oct 15, 2023

    My favorite place in Oregon

    Silver Falls State Park is one of Oregon’s absolute gems, and it’s my favorite place in the state. With a historic lodge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, vast stands of old-growth trees, and (of course) epic waterfalls, it’s a truly magical place to visit.

  • Oct 8, 2023

    Searching for chanterelles

    For many years in a row, I went hunting for chanterelles in October. But it’s been three years since I was last able to take advantage of the short Autumnal fungal window. Today, I was finally able to get out and find a few of the precious golden mushrooms.

  • Aug 11, 2023

    Search and rescue: third fitness assessment

    Last year, I wrote about our SAR team’s annual fitness assessment. With temperatures expecting to exceed 100º in the Northwest next week, I decided to check it off the list today.

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