Archive for October, 2008
Our Ship Comes In!
OH MAN! After a day of waiting, our ship came in all the way from the Artic right at sunset (a relative term, as sunset lasts about six hours down here..) in a full blaze of glory. It is roughly 300′ and has a nice blue hull with a white upper level – a beauty. […]
Hurry up… and wait
We survived a massive meatfest for dinner last night, then a round or two on the mechanical bull, but the super heated rooms almost killed us. For some reason all the indoor areas of Ushuaia are smoking hot. Fortunately that shouldn’t be problem as soon as we get on the boat and head out. The boat […]
Antarctica – the Advenure Begins
Hello from the Southern most city in the world, Ushuaia! After 28 plus hours of travel, I finally made it down here, and not only that, all of my luggage arrived as well. This should be a very cool, unique and exciting trip (hopefully not too exciting…) and the cast of characters is top notch. […]
Andrew off to Antarctica
Not only is the website still not showing pictures, but Andrew has left the country and the continent. He is off to ski with Ice Axe Expeditions down in Antarctica on a 110 person cruise ship. Sounds like a great trip, cruise, stop to ski and then get back on to the boat with all […]
StraightChuter’s Hot New Look
Pfft – who needs graphics? The computer Gods are having some sort of problems, and for the time being, straightchuter.com will be out of commission until it is fixed. Thanks for your patience. Andrew
Practice Saying Yes
The front of my refigerator is full of Fortune Cookie saying that have yet to come true. “You will enjoy financial success.” “You will spend your old age in comfort and material wealth.” Since these have yet to happen, they are still enjoyable if you append “in bed” to them, at least for a laugh. But, I […]
Chuting Spree Answers – BD Boots
Holt Hancock from Livingston, Montana is the Black Diamond boot winner and is leaning towards a pair of the new Factor boots (just like the pair in Jon Krakauer’s lap in the photo below). Holt said: “I found the boots by doing about an hour and half of research on the Vinson Massif area last […]
BLACK DIAMOND SUPER CLUESDAY! Win free boots NOW!
Our journey begins after you have been magically transported to the top of the peak identified (hopefully) in Clue #4… Cheese & Rice it’s cold up here! We need to get going. Taking a waypoint with your GPS, you notice that it is 2:00pm and decide to follow the sun as it sets to hopefully gain […]
Bob Athey – the Wizard Cometh
The Wasatch is kind of unusual in that aside from the mountains themselves, there is little to no central gathering spots for skiers or climbers. I’d be hard pressed to name a single bar where you had a chance of meeting other backcountry skiers on a consistent basis. Maybe the Sitzmark in the Alta Lodge […]
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