Walking into KÜHL’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, you can’t help but be immediately struck by the design of the facility. High ceilings and tall windows welcome a bright, natural light into the lobby, which offers a large commercial kitchen and a dining/meeting area. Something smells delicious. Employees aren’t at cubicles, but at tall desks and open work areas. Everyday a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Mountain Accord Update
Compared to most mountainous states across the world, Utah has been said to have some of the best access to its recreational peaks. With urban planners and developers concerned about the State’s projected population growth, in 2014 Mountain Accord (MA) became the proposed solution to a looming problem. According to their website, “The Accord is the culmination of two years … [Read more...]
Utah Stories – Mountain People
Whether for adventure, climbing, powder, gold or greed—The allure of the mountains has brought and still brings millions to Utah. When the area became settled it was called “the end of history.” The epoch period before white settlers arrived and mountains and hills were tamed and traversed with trails, existed for millions of years. Trappers and pioneers settled here when … [Read more...]
Realms of Inquiry: The View From Here
Realms of Inquiry, a private school in Salt Lake City, Utah, offers students a view past the walls of the classroom by utilizing climbing and nature to prepare them for future success. It is 12:30 in the afternoon on a Monday and I’m waiting at the base of a popular climbing crag up Big Cottonwood Canyon known as The S-curves. For autumn, it’s unseasonably warm. The … [Read more...]
Young Living Oils: Successfully Suppressing Facts
Gary D. Young’s team, financed by billions in sales from Young Living Oils, is successfully suppressing Google, YouTube, and the main-stream media from offering the truth. Utah Stories articles on Young Living Oils have generated over 40,000 likes on Facebook, and have generated over 600 comments. Thanks to all the readers who have supported our coverage. … [Read more...]
Jonnie Parker Hartman Brings Christmas Magic to Grand America Hotel
Having unique skills will often land you in unique places. Sometimes, in places you never expected. Pursuing a Fine Arts degree at the University of Utah, Jonnie Parker Hartman honed her skills in traditional ink-on-paper works and likely never imagined she would find her creative niche wielding a saw and glue gun along with her paints. “I have more tools than my husband … [Read more...]
Kitty Calhoun: Lessons From a Lifetime of Mountain Climbing
Born and raised far from icy mountain pitches, celebrated climber Kitty Calhoun first roped up at 18 when she participated in a North Carolina Outward Bound course. Kitty subsequently attended the University of Vermont where she continued to pursue her passion for outdoor sport, and, in 1980, climbed for the first time. Determined, her sights set on full-time climbing, Kitty … [Read more...]
An Ethos on Climbing: Shingo Ohkawa
Shingo Ohkawa believes that climbing has been a wonderful sport for him due to the inclusive nature of climbers rather than the exclusive cliques climbing groups produce. When in Salt Lake City, Shingo Ohkawa can be found working at the climbing equipment shop, IME (International Mountain Equipment). There, he finds himself in an interesting and sometimes, conflicting spot … [Read more...]
360 Degrees of Rad
On August 21st, local Utah climbers Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson left their base camp to attempt the unclimbed, staggering 23,000-foot north face of Ogre II in Pakistan. On August 22, their Pakistani cook reported seeing the lambency of their headlamps halfway up the mountain right before a storm blew in… They were never seen again. A few months ago, only … [Read more...]
Jeweler Charley Hafen Leaves a Legacy Before Leaving the Country
Charley Hafen has set up four chairs and two small tables on his back patio. A bottle of rye whiskey and a glass tumbler sit on one table. On the other sits another tumbler and a silver tray. On the silver tray are two handmade leather boxes (each filled with an assortment of Dunhill and Nat Sherman cigarettes), a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, a tarnished Japanese lighter, and two … [Read more...]