Archive for October, 2009
First Day of the 2009/10 Season
I know, a few days ago I said I wasn’t in a rush to get out, but then it continued to dump snow and Polly reminded me that we missed out on the early turns last year and then had to wait another four weeks until it snowed again. One of the hardest parts about […]
512 Expedition Journal
I tend to get excited about small things and in that regard, I’m downright giddy about the #512 Expedition Journal from Rite in the Rain (RITR). I’ve always been a list, sketchbook and notebook kind of guy and really came out of the closet when I saw that some of the best expedition leaders I’d […]
Beginning of the season?
It snowed at 7,100′ in Park City today! Alta supposedly got 10+ inches and I’d imagine some of their tilled slopes will be skiable tomorrow. The first snow of the year is one of many landmark seasonal skiing events. I prefer to wait until there is some solid coverage before I start going out as […]
Fred Becky’s Hands
In the process of scanning 80+ photos today, the two that really stood out for me were photos I took of Fred Becky’s hands in 2003 at the West Rib Grill in Talkeetna, AK. We had just skied Mt. Hunter via a line that Fred had pioneered 48 years earlier and Fred seemed to remember […]
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