Scot grew up alongside Evan across the American west, and also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He parlayed his Boy Scout experience into 5 seasons with the Forest Service as a trail crew member and wilderness ranger. Scot worked in the San Juans of southern Colorado and the Gila of southern New Mexico performing a wide gammut of duties including horseback patrol, horse packing, trail construction and maintenance, fire fighting, sawyer / feller, and gear buying.
On the San Juan, Scot was very involved in Leave No Trace instruction and wilderness preservation. He gained some notoriety with his hard line stance about not using helicopters to evacuate people from wilderness areas who didn't have life threatening injuries. Above all, Scot spent months on end traveling and living in the back country during his tenure with the Forest Service.
Today, Scot is an environmental consultant and master of the "why can't you design a piece of gear that does such and such" question.
Alaska
- Denali NP
- Alaska Range
- Brooks Range
- Talkeetna Mountains
- Steese National Conservation Area
- White Mountains National Recreation Area
- Chugach State Park
Washington
- Buckhorn Wilderness
- Henry M Jackson Wilderness
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness
- William O. Douglas Wilderness
- Salmo-Priest Wilderness
- Daniel J. Evans Wilderness
Oregon
- Mark O Hatfield Wilderness
- Mount Jefferson Wilderness
- Three Sisters Wilderness
- Oregon Badlands Wilderness
- Waldo Lake Wilderness
- Newbury Crater National Monument
- Oregon Islands Wilderness
- Mill Creek Wilderness
- Strawberry Mountain Wilderness
- North Fork John Day Wilderness
- Eagle Cap Wilderness
- Steens Mountain Wilderness
- Owyhee Wild and Scenic River
- Deschutes Wild and Scenic River
Florida
- Everglades National Park
- Bahia Honda State Park
- Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
Hawaii
- Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve
- Hale Ma'mua'a Crater
- Napali Coast National Park
Montana
- Bob Marshall Wilderness
- Tobacco Valley
Wyoming
- Yellowstone NP
- Washakie Wilderness
- Snowy Range
- Bighorn Mountains
Colorado
- Flat Tops Wilderness
- Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
- Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness
- Grand Mesa
- West Elk Wilderness
- Dominguez Canyon Wilderness
- Little Book Cliffs WSA
- Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
- Mesa Verde NP
- South San Juan Wilderness
- Weminuche Wilderness
- Great Sand Dunes Wilderness
Utah
- Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
- La Sal Mountains
- Manti Mountains
- Abajo Mountains
- Bears Ears
- San Rafael Reef
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Capital Reef Natural Park
- Arches National Park
Arizona
- Gila Box National Riparian Area
- Canyon De Chelly National Monument
New Mexico
- Aldo Leupold Wilderness
- Gila Wilderness
- Philmont Scout Ranch
- Capitan Mountains Wilderness
- Gila Cliff Dwellings NP
- Carlsbad Caverns NP
Texas
- Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness
- Palo Duro Canyon SP
- Davis Mountains
- Big Bend NP
- Rio Grande - Boquillas Canyon
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Lost Maples SP
- Enchanted Rock SP
- Padre Island National Sea Shore