by Michael Leach | Jan 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
As someone who writes and speaks for a living, the task of writing a short essay about the four year-old child who forever changed my life on a brilliant bluebird autumn day shouldn’t have caused such angst and procrastination. But back in August, when my wife gave...
by Michael Leach | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
During an incredibly challenging time this past year, when I spent nine months in a walking boot cast—out of the field and the gym, off the guide circuit, and away from my beloved mountains and rivers—I developed the determination and courage to begin sharing my story...
by Michael Leach | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
The sun has set on 2012, a year filled with so much struggle and heartache for so many of us. But there is no doubt in my mind that our best days are ahead and that we are going to make twenty13 an All-time great. Now is the time of our becoming and we can become...
by Michael Leach | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
There is no way to make any sense of the tragic and unconscionable events that occurred yesterday in Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary. The entire nation and global community mourns the senseless loss of life that yesterday’s tragedy represents. My heart...
by Michael Leach | Nov 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
When I think of the names that inspired me to seek an Environmental Studies degree at the University of Montana and follow the career and life path I have chosen as a crusader for wild places, I think of names like Abbey, Thoreau, Muir, Carson, Leopold, Brower, and...
