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Sunday Photo – East Side of the Vinson Massif, Antarctica

Sunday Photo – East Side of the Vinson Massif, Antarctica

| October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

This is a photo from a 2000/01 trip to the interior of Antarctica to climb the continent’s high point, the Vinson Massif. Flags over the Flower Hills “landing strip.” Rat-a-tat-tat, hang on to your hat! A big component of this trip (actually, the main component of this trip) was to make a film for NOVA while […]

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Sunday Photo – Dater Glacier, Antarctica

Sunday Photo – Dater Glacier, Antarctica

| September 28, 2008 | 6 Comments

I’m heading down to Antarctica (yeah!) for a ski trip in Novemember, so I have the White Continent on my mind. Today’s photo was one of my favorites from my first trip to Antarctica in 2000/2001 where we climbed a new route up the “backside” of the Vinson Massif.  Skiers crossing the Dater Glacier in Antarctica […]

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Sunday Photo – The Caroline Face

Sunday Photo – The Caroline Face

| September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

It is one thing to read about the Caroline Face on the east side of Mt. Cook, but nothing beats standing at its base and trying to pick out a ski line down it. The stunning Caroline Face on Aoraki (Mt. Cook), New Zealand In 2006, I took a trip down to this region of […]

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Sunday Photo – Little Pine Couloir, Utah

Sunday Photo – Little Pine Couloir, Utah

| September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

This photo of Little Pine slide path on the north side of the Little Cottonwood Canyon road leading up to Alta is a good reminder of why just saying “yes” to skiing is a good idea. Petra Pirc followed by Fred Marmsater in Little Pine slide path, Little Cottonwood Canyon. We did this as a […]

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Sunday Photo – AK Rager

Sunday Photo – AK Rager

| September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

Enduring a raging storm in a remote mountain range can be fun if you are prepared for it. Fun & Games – Ben Ditto and Lorne Glick enjoying the scenery (or lack of it) on the Bagley Icefield. April 2008 After flying around the Wrangell-St.Elias Mountain Range the year before, it seemed like there was […]

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Sunday Photo – Midnight Kiting in Sam Ford Fjord

Sunday Photo – Midnight Kiting in Sam Ford Fjord

| August 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

Expeditions can be a ton of hard work and heavy hauling. A friend once described this as “the blue-collar” part of the sport, which I often think about when I’m crushed with a heavy load. Full-speed ahead in the Sam Ford Fjord area of Baffin Island, right near Swiss Bay. This photo was taken during […]

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Sunday Photo – Patagonia

Sunday Photo – Patagonia

| August 24, 2008 | 0 Comments

Not a skiing photo, but taken in a great skiing zone. Ben Ditto hiking in Patagonia. I’m not into trekking for trekking’s sake, but the trails in Patagonia are an exception as they are so naturally beautiful, well laid-out and have stunning scenery.  In this photo, Ben and I were taking a remedial hike up […]

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Sunday Photo – Antarctic Peninsula

Sunday Photo – Antarctic Peninsula

| August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

I just saw Doug Stoup (the skier in this photo) at the Outdoor Retailer Show the other day and it reminded me of this trip. Doug Stoup twisting his way down to the Lemaire Channel. Antarctica has to be one of the most exotic places you could ever imagine skiing.  This is not to say […]

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Sunday Photo – The Evil Bunny

Sunday Photo – The Evil Bunny

| August 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

The Evil Bunny lives/lived halfway up the first icefall on the way up to “The Hump” in the Wrangell-St.Elias Mountains.   Ben Ditto watching Armond DuBuque and Lorne Glick pass under the gaze of the Evil Bunny. The icefall was wall-to-wall and had a few options for getting through it, but all of them had some […]

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Sunday Photo – Lost Arrow Spire

Sunday Photo – Lost Arrow Spire

| August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

Setting up a Tyrolean Traverse (as pictured below) is often logistically harder than the actual climbing involved to get there.  In this case, Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite Valley, Rick Lovelace and I hiked to the valley’s rim, rappelled from the fixed anchors on the right-hand side of the photo down into the notch between […]

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