Stephen Koch

I decided it was time to go skiing at Grand Targhee Resort with my three and a half year old son, Axl, after spending most weekends at Jackson Hole and a few days and one evening at Snow King. I wanted to have a fun ski day with Axl on lower angled terrain. The plan [...]

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This is a follow up to yesterday’s post about skiing and swinging around Jackson Hole…a short video of Axl ripping through the woods at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Enjoy! Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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This past weekend my son, Axl, and I skied on Saturday evening at the King (Snow King Mountain). It was our first night runs together, at least of the skiing kind. We alternated skiing with swinging on the swing set at the base. I narrowly missed stepping in a dog dukie left by a woman [...]

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Self exploration and expression through danger has been part of my DNA since I was a small boy.

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I took my son, Axl, camping for the first time over the weekend. After work Saturday I decided to pack up the car and head into the hills with my boy! Tent, sleeping bags and pads, food, pot, lighters, bug juice, diapers, wet wipes, warm cloths, water and away we went. The drive to Shadow [...]

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John Bachar, one of the world’s greatest free soloists (rock climbing with no equipment or rope to catch a fall) died recently while soloing. I admired John Bachar’s climbing feats. John Bachar followed his own path. JB was the father of a son, Tyrus, age 12. Tyrus knew his dad for who he was through [...]

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Below is a short video of my son, Axl Luke, running and playing before bed recently. At the end of the video he offers me some words of wisdom which are quite appropriate at the moment. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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“Metta is the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others” and is something I do with Axl as I rock with him post reading, prior to bedtime. It is something I learned during one of several meditation retreats that I have attended through my sangha, Teton Sangha (http://www.tetonsangha.com/), by John Travis of Mountain [...]

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What do you do when your child kisses you with an open mouth? Just go with it. Above is a photo of Axl giving me a wet one this morning. I don’t think he does it intentionally. It is just the way he kisses. I guess I could make a big deal out of it, [...]

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