"chris davenport"

Backcountry skiing movie includes plenty of powder and laughs, they go to Wasatch and Alaska.

24 Hours of Sunlight 2010 changed to 12 hour race.

The fifth annual Meeting film festival in Aspen continued their now venerable tradition of getting as many ski and snowboard films together as possible, in one place, early season.

Backcountry ski touring and skiing mountaineering quotes, also alpine climbing and general wilderness.

Backcountry skiing news about avalanche in New Zealand, BASE jumping, rescues in Colorado and more.

Congrats to 27 year old Colorado native Joe Brannan, 6th person to ski all of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks! Till now I’ve known the fourteener skiers pretty well by the time they’ve finished their projects. It helped that all were from this area (including Crested Butte).

Consider the new Onyx backcountry skiing binding from G3. Not only do these guys have to take a complex meld of ski machinery from fantasy to reality, but they’ve got things like user manuals to produce, not to mention putting together an effective back country story for their marketing, as well as educating their retailers and sales reps on how to mount, maintain and use the Onyx binding. Oh, and how about minor details such as customer service, spare parts inventory/supply, and having an army of lawyers on tap just-in-case. Must be an interesting life. For now, I think I’ll stick with blogging. To that end, let’s get on with mounting those Onyx.

Sorry this took so long to post today, spent the morning mounting some Dynafit FT12s for Chris Davenport — when that world traveler finally shows up at the workshop you’ve got to jump on it! More about Dav’s Reader’s Ride…

2009 Kastle ski review

Reviewing all the movies at Aspen Ski Co’s “Meeting” is like herding cats. You’ve got the big tom in the lead, a few panting yowlers in the middle and some kittens at the rear. I was going to cover some…

Body sensors show the moves a skier makes, amazing what the human body can do.

Skiing Colorado 14ers, Colorado seasons vary, some have more snow and some less, the best skiers use quite a bit of strategy for ski mountaineering.

By sticking with a strong mission statement that emphasizes values such as balance, humility and respect, 5 Point film festival screened a mix of films that with a few small exceptions went beyond the plotless hucking flick we get bombarded with from nearly every corner.

I’m headed out for some gear testing this morning, but a few quick things: If you’re trying to ski all the 14ers in the United States, now is your chance for some that come into condition only once in a…

oday we finish up our “10 Things to Know series.” The ultimate part of any endeavor is perhaps how your mind interacts with the day. In terms of mountaineering, using mental processes to avoid pride and resulting bad decisions is key. I’ve messed up a few times in that area, and also had some success, but thought it would be nice to hear some other people’s words about this so I trolled my celebrity address book for likely helpers. But don’t let the celebs have the last word, I know you blog readers have some ideas about this, so fire a few comments to complete today’s blog.