When Mike Libecki goes, he goes big...and he usually goes solo. This year being the Year of the Dragon is no exception, and Mike already has a couple of solid missions under his belt of bold and bottomless adventure. Below is a first hand account of a few of the trips to bring us up to today. Keep your eyes peeled for the next update too, as the second half of the season has plenty more in store as Mike ramps up for the main courses of what's to come.

“So far, the Year of the Dragon

Following some solid time in the tropics a few weeks back and some meetings last week, I have finally come up for air and some fresh updates in the world of Team CLIF Bar’s FreeSports roster. A LOT, and I mean A LOT,  has gone down in the past month and much of it made the news the moment it happened.

I’m sure that many of you have seen some of what’s included here, but there’s no way that you could possibly be hip to it all.  There’s a ton in the mix here, so take your time with a

John Morrison drops into some BIG AK lines and shares a bit about the adventures below....

Incredible company, incredible weather, incredible location, …what more could one hope for while climbing and skiing in the mountains, let alone the mountains of Denali National Park. Clif Bar athlete Chris Davenport, action sports photographer Christian Pondella, globetrotter Jim Morrison, and myself were lucky enough to score 7 sunny days with amazingly stable/cold winter snow during our

With the constant physical demands of bottom-up approaches, Jeremy Jones (Team CLIF Bar) knows that reliable fuel is just as important as reliable equipment. When Jeremy sets off on another challenging ascent, Clif SHOT Bloks and Clif SHOT Gels are his go-to source for the full-force nutrition needed to top out, drop in, and get back to camp in one piece. Check out this episode of Further Unplugged and get a better sense for what's going into Jeremy's pack (and body) on his epicly

A couple of months back I got a call from Team CLIF Bar's Hilaree O'neill. Though we were set to talk about a couple of trips she had put in for with the North Face, that would be no small feats in themselves, our conversation quickly turned to something else that had come up and was quickly taking precedent. Everest!

As the conversation unfolded, Hilaree shared with me the plan. 6 North Face athletes (Cory Richards and Hilarre O'Neill both being CLIF BAR Team members) were set to