Cornering Consciousness

Cornering Consciousness is a record of our travels, but it's also the point of our adventures - elevate our consciousness , take in the moments on the land, the water, the trails and the highway. We've gone through a few vehicles along the way - kayaks, motorcycles, mountain and road bikes, an old Miata, a Yukon, a tricked-out third generation Montero , and a Hummer H3 , but for the time being we've settled into a purpose-built generation 2.5 Mitsubishi Montero  with the Winter Package for overlanding. Check out our two-wheeled adventures at UTADV . The corners  range from off-road , four-wheel drive adventuring , to mountain bike trails , lakes and the Pacific Ocean ; from the Pacific Coast Highway to what we've dubbed the Grand Staircase Highway , from St. George to San Simeon , from Monument Valley to the  Valley of Fire to Yosemite to  Zion National Park , and dozens of secret spots in between. We're hoping you might find some inspiration from the...

I believe it was Squaw Creek that began a recurring dream I have. I used to hike it during the summers I spent as an adolescent at Squaw Valley, California, every time connecting to something that pushes one on to see what’s next, what’s on the other side, of anything. The dream is discovering something incredible just beyond the scope of my known world. Living in the suburban sprawl of the Bay Area I get that, but living here in Southern Utah there’s three hundred sixty degrees of what looks like the end of the world, geology that is not only daunting if not prohibitive to traverse (the slice of I-15 notwithstanding), and it challenges you to imagine what’s on the other side. I’ve realized the dream a number of times, Toroweep , The Barracks , The Grand Staircase , and over this past weekend, our first foray into exploring and writing a series about the Parashant National Monument, the Grand Canyon’s lesser known sister. And I’m taking a risk here in violating that lesser kno...