As I roll up to the park where Jess is waiting to shuttle me home, I simply say to her, “meet me by the river,” and keep pedaling by. I can ride to river access in less time than she’ll…
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Sometimes you don’t want the weight or mechanical hassle of ski brakes. More, perhaps you need something that’ll keep a lost ski from rolling into a crevasse. In such cases, “leashes” or “safety straps” are the gear of choice. Lou…
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I was in Virginia Beach all last week, spending time with ill father. He’s doing okay, though hospitalized and quite elderly so we don’t know how long he’ll be out of the woods. Even though his body is frail his…
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Inspired by Steve Christie’s suggestion to share our avalanche stories, I thought I’d tell mine, before Lou tells his. (Note from Lou, he says “everyone, got any stories? How about a guest blog?”) Dave DowningDave “Snowman” Downing lives in Whitefish,…
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Aspen has played an integral roll in much of North American ski history, so it feels good that the Aspen Ski Company is hosting this “Meeting” event that’s part film festival and part confab, as the newer “action” snowsports the festival covers are the same thing as freestyle was in the 1970s, or for that matter slalom racing nearly a century ago when
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Dynafit binding spacer shim question is simply a piece of plastic used to check the space between boot heel and binding. The famous shims have come in different colors over the years, black, red, silver, yellow…
