Out Over My Skis
Tom PendergastExplorations in the pleasures and perils of getting out over your skis, told through nonfiction essays, photographs, and occasional fiction.
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The Enshittification of Driving
I was driving along happily listening to a podcast when the host dropped the word “avuncular.” I knew the word ... but could I use it in a sentence?
And then it occurred to me, “That’s the kind of thing I could ask Flavio,” the new AI digi...
#5: McClellan Butte
It’s still early season for summits, at least if you want to do ‘em without ice axe and extensive snow travel. But it’s a weird early season: there’s just so little snow. So we’ve been banging out some of the peaks on the western edge of th...
#1 of 2026: Bandera Peak
On April 10th we started the Cascades portion of the 2026 hiking season.
Hike #1: Bandera Peak. 7.3 miles. 3,105 vertical on my watch. That brings us to 21,013 vertical feet for the year, because we’ve been chipping away at the hiking sinc...
FridgeHenge
I had grabbed the car key and my small orange gym bag off the kitchen counter and pivoted to my left, heading out the back door, when something dazzling caught my eye. It was a bright shaft of light gleaming from under the refrigerator door...
Four Years on Substack
Four years ago—on January 24, 2022 to be precise—I sent out my first Substack newsletter.
It was, like so many such first posts, complete horse shit. And why wouldn’t it be? I didn’t know what I was doing! All I knew is I had some ideas I...
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Writer and editor; former cybersecurity executive; hobbies include baking, birding, mountaineering, photography, reading, track driving, trail running, travel, and more. Lives in Snohomish, WA.
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