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The Feed

The Feed

| May 5, 2015 | 4 Comments

I’ve tried many eating strategies for backcountry skiing over the years.  For a brief time, a friend turned me onto the 5 for $5 burgers from Arby’s, which was entertaining, but ultimately disgusting. When I first discovered GU, I liked the orange/chocolate flavor so much that I bought a case of it, only to throw most […]

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The Theory of Relativity & Safety

The Theory of Relativity & Safety

| August 28, 2008 | 7 Comments

A Dawn Patrol trip up the South Ridge of Mt. Superior this morning reminded me of an sobering lesson from 2002. The first time I ventured up this ridge, I read about it in the local guidebook and brought along a rope and rock climbing equipment.  The ridge turned out to be so straightforward and […]

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The Last Word on First Aid

The Last Word on First Aid

| June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments

First Aid and CPR classes are like classic literature—everyone agrees they are great, wonderful and important, yet few people have actually made it all they way through them.  Skiers are optimists and the chances of ever actually having to perform CPR or First Aid are remote, which makes it easy to blow the classes off.  […]

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