I have to say, when I posted the link to the Mountain Hard Wear blog a couple days back, I just thought it was a passing item. Something to check every now and again, maybe even add it to Google Reader and keep tabs on the occasional outdoor happening.

However, not long after, I got a very short, but interesting email:

Hi Nathan!
I’m low on blog material this week. Want to write a piece?

Cynthia *****

Marketing Department
Mountain Hardwear

It was official. Mountain Hard Wear’s athletes are all out in the wilderness somewhere, doing something that we all dream about, most likely even making a video or slideshow of it so we can all watch them later and just shake our heads, and thus, there was nothing to write about. When peering into the barrel of blog material, there was something sitting in the dark recesses . . . and that item . . . was HandlebarSandwich.

So, I sat down last night to spend just a little extra time on a post, more tailored to the climbing/mountaineering/skiing community that most likely frequents the Hardwear Sessions. Something with appeal (right), something with literary content (ha!), and mostly, something to back up some sweet pictures that J-money and I have collected over our days in the backcountry this year.

So, in short, I give you my first ‘guest blogging’ experience:

Powder Hunting in Cactus Country By Nathan Friedman

If you’re reading this because you frequent my blog, please click through and take a read.

If you’re reading this because you came from the link on the MHW blog, welcome to my little corner of the web. You have come to a place of obsessions. A place of long singlespeed rides, long human-powered powder shots, and late nights of doing nothing in particular of worth on my computer after I’m all worn out from the day.

Enjoy.