Archive for February, 2009
Trip to NYC
If there is such a thing as a silver lining to surviving multiple avalanches, it is that I am now considered an “Avalanche Expert” and as such will be talking on Good Morning America Now on Wednesday with Marit Fischer from Backcountry.com. I wonder if hunters who consistently shoot themselves in the foot are considered “Hunting […]
Chuting Spree Clue #4 – Mountain Hardwear Tent
Follow the rules and five weekly clues, then be the first to correctly identify where the tent is hidden to win a Mountain Hardwear tent of your choice! Clue #4: This MOUTAIN is located in the zone identified in clue #3 and has a skiing history which involves two fatal falls, a free-heel first descent and what might […]
The Unbearable Lightness of Greg Hill
A month ago I received a suspicious looking unmarked package in the mail from Canada. On one hand it was too small to hold a bomb, but it could have easily been filled with Anthrax spores, so I opened it with extreme caution. To my dismay, a quick death by Anthrax would have been a […]
24 Hours of Pain… coming up.
It’s been four years since I partook in the inaugural 24 Hours of Sunlight race in 2005, which is just long enough to forget the painful memories and do it again. Through bad luck, I had a schedule change that fell through this weekend (I was going to give the dog a bath) which meant I had no […]
Skinning in the Sandbox
While skinning up Argenta today I was reminded of the term “skinning in a sandbox.” About the only silver lining on this condition is the apt and funny mental imagery of actually skinning uphill in a sandbox, but aside from that, it is a very frustrating experience. What makes it so annoying is that it […]
Chuting Spree Clue #3 – Mountain Hardwear Tent
Follow the rules and five weekly clues, then be the first to correctly identify where the tent is hidden to win a Mountain Hardwear tent of your choice! Clue #3: This protected ZONE is located in the country identified in clue #2 and consists of four mountain ranges and a total area of over fifty-three thousand square kilometers. Know the […]
First Annual Big LePOWski ~ Feb 26-28 SLC
Tune in at 10:00am for the third Chuting Spree Clue – coming soon… I love attending “First Annual” anything as the events tend to have a great mix of new energy and borderline control. The Big LePowSki, coming up Feb 26th – 28th in Salt Lake City and Brighton promises to be just such an […]
Skinning Outside the Box
A common skinning malady is to turf face-first just as you are committing to an uphill kickturn on a steep, greasy switchback. This can be fun the first few times it happens, but gets old quickly and can be easily remedied. Over time, skin tracks get beat-out for a variety of reasons. One of the […]
Four Year Ago Today…
… we got married up at Alta by the Honorable Reverend Lou Dawson (First Church of WildSnow). Now, four years later, we have a little 1.5 year-old red headed skier girl and another on the way. It’s been a blast – thanks Polly!
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