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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
It wasn’t until I was sipping coffee and pulling my stuff together this morning that I realized the switch to daylight-savings time had occurred while I slept. This meant that while I thought I was grinding beans at 6:15, it was actually 5:15. Crap. I called Wray, hoping that he was also up an hour [...]
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Skiing Magazine recently launched the Yellow Line contest which is featured in the November 2009 issue. The contest rules are found at www.skiingmag.com/yellowline. How to participate? Visit the Yellow Line Gallery which features images of some of the best road-side skiing in North America. Three different locations (identified as X, Y, and Z) [...]
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Made my third annual trip down to the skier’s (and snow rider’s) bonanza that is Las Leñas , Argentina. This makes me a mere rookie. The resort opened in 1984, and the Americans invaded in 1994 (including Telluride’s own Paul Russell) for a freeski competition. Since then, the gringos have been charging the terrain, pushing [...]
Friday, September 18th, 2009
It occurred to me as we moved to high camp. I was guiding a climb of Denali’s West Buttress; we were carrying huge packs, moving REALLY slowly up the ridge in sub-zero temperatures. “Wouldn’t it be nice to move fast with a light pack? I’ll bet the Tetons are gorgeous right now. The trail into [...]
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The Edge of Never is a nonfiction book about a young skier, Kye Petersen, who travels to Chamonix to ski the run that killed his respected, big-mountain skiing father, Trevor Petersen. The story is about an older guard of skiers (including Glen Plake and Mike Hattrup) sharing their love and respect for the mountains with [...]
