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After umpteen years of working with Black Diamond and skiing on their skis, I’ve made the switch to work with the great local manufacturer, Voile. It’s only been a short time, but it’s very exciting to work with a medium…
This past weekend I competed in the Wyoming Round-Up skimo race. What is skimo? It’s short for ski mountaineering racing, formerly known as randonee racing. How the hell it became skimo? I have no idea. It’s a horrible name and…
I live 4 hrs from the greatest collection of ski mountaineering routes in the lower 48 and have never skied there until this spring. What the fuck! Seriously?! I’ve been to Antarctica, Svalbard, Baffin Island, but never just up the…
“And you will come to find that we are all one mind capable of all that’s imagined and all conceivable.” “Reflection” by TOOL I guess it was on THIS outing last season that I really decided it was time…
I haven’t blogged about gear very much in the past because I do a bunch of gear reviews over at Backcountry.com. They make it easy to get the product information, post reviews and ask questions. And now you can…
Not much time has been spent on my blog covering the gear I use. Having the right tools is a huge part of successful and enjoyable days in the mountains. I’m planning to do a few blog posts in the…
I’ve been updating my blog and in switching servers some posts were deleted. This was a highlight from last winter that I’ve rewritten with more pics and info from the route. Plinko! (new line on the Pfiefferhorn?) We were filming…
Sorry for the posting drought! It’s been my goal to add something of interest once a week, but that hasn’t been easy this winter. The thin and scary snowpack has made it difficult to safely attempt much. The tick list…
Last spring I became a bit obsessed with the NE Couloir of the Pfief. I posted two reports of failed attempts by Courtney Phillips and I. Well we weren’t going to give up that easy. If at first you don’t…
I got a call from Derek Weiss to go ski Mt Nebo the other day. It seemed about time to get down to check out this nearby peak that has been beckoning for years. Derek posted a great TR with…