Blog — chasing layers

We're Back!!

Chasing Layers has been resuscitated.

ThoughtsNolans AmosNovember 17, 2022 Comment

Redsgiving 2k19

REDSGIVING!!

Trip ReportsNolans AmosDecember 26, 2019Climbing, Red River Gorge, thanksgivingComment

Gannett Peak

Recounting my trip to the Wind River Range

Trip ReportsNolans AmosDecember 26, 2019mountains, Backpacking, wyoming, Wind River Range Comment

Microventures: Part I

Small adventures and their little tales.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosAugust 5, 2019microventures, climbingComment

Climbing, Skiing and Mountain Biking in a Colorado Minute

A quick weekend trip to Colorado that included as many action sports as we could pack in: Rock climbing, ski touring, mountain biking, frisbee golf, and cornhole.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosApril 30, 2019skiing, climbing, mountains, biking, ski touringComment

Southern Kentucky: Vistas of the Heartland

Sometimes it’s hard to go somewhere new. I finally made a trip down to the Southern Daniel Boone National Forest.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosApril 20, 2019kentucky, hiking, vistas, trip reportComment

Goals and 2019 Aspirations

A quick update on what I’ve been up to since coming back from my trip to Maine!

ThoughtsNolans AmosApril 2, 2019Red River Gorge, review, climbing Comments

Katahdin: The Greatest Mountain

My first trip into Maine’s Largest wilderness.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosFebruary 21, 2019katahdin, ice climbing, trip report, Climbing Comment

New Hampshire 2018

For the third year in a row, I made the trip up to the Northeast to “get my snow fix” for the year. See what I got into this year.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosJanuary 8, 2019new hampshire, new england, ice climbing, skiing, ClimbingComment

Rough Trail 50K 2018 Race Report

Rough Trail 2018 Race Report

RunningNolans AmosDecember 18, 2018Rough Trail 50k, ultra, trail running

Stoke for 2018-2019 Ice Season

If you weren’t excited already, here are some videos to get you stoked for ice climbing season!

Trip Planning, ThoughtsNolans AmosOctober 30, 2018Climbing, ice climbing, stokeComment

Bourbon Chase 2018 Race report

Bourbon Chase 2018. I finally ran this classic Kentucky race.

RunningNolans AmosOctober 21, 2018Running, Bourbon ChaseComment

East Ridge of Wolf's Head

A photo story of our trip up the east ridge of Wolf’s head!

Trip ReportsNolans AmosOctober 9, 2018climbing, wyoming, Wind River RangeComment

Northeast ridge of pingora

Our first day of climbing in the Wind River Range, and we decide to tackle the ultra classic, Northeast Ridge, 5.8+.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosSeptember 17, 2018climbing, Wyoming, Pingora, Wind River RangeComment

Staying Local.

It’s about those days where everything came together… or it didn’t, but you remember it anyway. The dog days of summer.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosAugust 15, 2018Climbing, trip reportComment

Birthday Challenge: 25 Pitches In A Day

Birthday Challenge. Trying to push beyond boundaries. See what unfolds.

Trip ReportsNolans AmosMay 2, 2018Climbing Comment

Bluegrass Half Marathon Race Report

I decided to run this half marathon in October of last year. With out knowing how I would feel in the coming months it was a bit of a gamble. See how it turned out...

Staying Thirsty: Tenaciously getting after it.

Staying Thirsty. I'm talking about that thirst to keep getting after it.To go hard in the mountains, the gym, the office, and push yourself to your limits. How do you really know your limits if you haven't found them?

ThoughtsNolans AmosMarch 28, 2018birthday, ThoughtsComment

amounting to Childhood Dreams

Something that has plagued my mind as a young adult is, if I could have met myself at a young age, would I be the person I wanted to grow up to be? I recently found that answer.

ThoughtsNolans AmosMarch 5, 2018Stories Comment