Andrew McLean

Andrew McLean lives in Park City, Utah and is a gear designer, writer, photographer, ski mountaineer, climber, Mountain Unicycle rider and father of two very loud little girls.

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Skiing Naked

Skiing Naked

| December 22, 2009 | 22 Comments

Well, naked as in without health insurance. I’ve got quite a few friends who ski without any sort of health insurance and have done so myself in the past.  My case was semi-accidental as I started out with self-employed health in$urance, which represented almost as much per month as my mortgage,  and then after a […]

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Power Assisted Skin Ripping

Power Assisted Skin Ripping

| December 21, 2009 | 5 Comments

Super sticky skin glue can be a mixed blessing – it is great for adhering to your bases, but can nearly impossible to pull apart.  The little center strip of non-glued material definitely helps with this as do the nylon mesh skin savers, although I personally just throw the mesh in the trash right after […]

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Win A Week at CMH via Greg Hill

Win A Week at CMH via Greg Hill

| December 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

A few years ago I had the dream trip of a lifetime – a week with my wife at the Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) Caribou Lodge, which had been described as possibly the best skiing on earth.  In a case of destiny, it was the rainest week in the ENTIRE history of CMH and they […]

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Sun Valley Slideshow – Marley in the Mountains

Sun Valley Slideshow – Marley in the Mountains

| December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

I’ll be giving a slideshow on skiing Alaskan’s First Family (Denali, Hunter and Sultana) as part of the Marley in the Mountains kick off party on December 12th starting at about 8:00pm.  It is a fund raiser for the Sawtooth National Avalanche Center and with your $10 entry fee, you get FREE BEER!  I love […]

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One-Stop Wasatch Snow & Condition Info

One-Stop Wasatch Snow & Condition Info

| December 4, 2009 | 6 Comments

Twenty years ago when I moved back to Utah and started touring in earnest, one of the first people I ever went out skiing with was a Park City local named Chris Larson.  Since then, Chris has had the wisdom to leave Park City before it became, uhm, what it is now, and moved up […]

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Holiday Gift Ideas for Dirtbag Skiers

Holiday Gift Ideas for Dirtbag Skiers

| December 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

A few holiday gift ideas from a guy who has been described as “impossible to buy anything for.”

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Tero Repo Ski Mountaineering Wisdom

Tero Repo Ski Mountaineering Wisdom

| December 2, 2009 | 0 Comments

One of the best slideshows I’ve seen in recent memory was put on by Tero Repo while we were on the Clipper Adventurer.  Tero is part of the Finnish mafia living in Verbier and a professional photographer who was along to shoot Jeremy Jones and Xavier de le Rue. Tero’s show was good as it […]

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Antarctica Photo Gallery

Antarctica Photo Gallery

| December 1, 2009 | 7 Comments

I know, I know… everytime I go on a trip it ends up being the best one ever, but in this case, I really mean it.  The 2009 Antarctica Ski Cruise was a five-star blast and here are the photos and captions to prove it. http://straightchuter.com/am-content/2009_Ski_Cruise/index.html If and when it happens again (and assuming I […]

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Tierra del Fuego Fishing

Tierra del Fuego Fishing

| November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

After our two-week Antarctica adventure (trip reports coming soon), I extended my stay in Argentina by four days to go fishing in Tierra del Fuego with John Griber, Tucker Patton, Dan Starr and Scott Flint.  All of these guys were either fishing guides or superb fishermen at the least, which made it fun for me […]

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Back From Antarctica.  Sigh.

Back From Antarctica. Sigh.

| November 25, 2009 | 7 Comments

After 30 hours of travel last Sunday and Monday, I made it from Ushuaia, Argentina all the way back to Park City, Utah, and as a bonus, arrived with both of my bags.  Between lack of sleep while traveling and the surreal experience of skiing in Antarctica, it seems like the whole thing could have […]

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