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I had planned on wiriting an entry on friday, a thought provoking piece discussing the finer points of… nevermind. Unfortunatley, I can down with a nasty illness requiring me to be quarantined for office safety. It’s unfortunate how many people in the valley came down with the same sickness on a day that a foot of fresh fell. Weird.
This weekend it continued to snow and snow. Nearly the entire mountain opened, giving Vail the most skiable tearrain in North America. I heard Crested Butte got an insane amount of snow, and breifly considered a road trip. It’s just too hard to leave your own back yard when the snow is this good. I know I promised pictures of “what not to wear” Mountain Edition, but when the snows that good you can’t be chasing down gapers for photo ops… I do regret missing the opportunity to get a picture of the guy wearing the Dolphns Starter jacket and floppy moose antler hat… Oh well, the one that got away.
I did get one of the newest Panty-Tree blossoms.
Whether you throw panties to thank the snow gods, beg the snow gods, or show off the previous night’s trophy. An offering to the tree always gets applause from your chairmates.
I’m sitting at my desk today, but glancing at the weather, it looks like I may relapse in the middle of the week. Your thoughts and kind words are appreciated during these tough times.
December 10th, 2007
Just saw this over at besthike.com’s blog…
“Former SNL funnyman Chris Elliot has just published a new book called “Into Hot Air: Mounting Mount Everest,” a send-up of Outside Editor at Large Jon Krakauer’s famous work of nearly the same name. The book imagines it wasn’t Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who first bagged Everest’s summit, but Elliot’s adventurous and stone-crazy Great Uncle Percy Brackett Elliott…”
Well there goes my idea… the “Naked Gun” of the climbing world. Guess I’ll have to go to plan B… “Up Shite Creek” a paddling story for people with incontinence issues.
December 6th, 2007
Well not quite that cool. But if you can’t hang with Hasselhoff, who’s your #2? That’s right me, and speaking of #2, Mikey One Sock.
Our snow situation has been pretty unimpressive as of late. Good news and Bad. The Bad; since our pre-season flirt with the white stuff all we have had is cold nights. So no new real snow, But they are up there making it on The Ribbon, so we should be set for an ok opening next weekend. Breck opens this weekend!
Good news; the north-facing MTB trails are dang near perfect!
Thug Baby, Thug. Winter Chamois, lights, 29’s… Daylight savings can’t ruin this party.
“Awesome the Grouch” Look at the way he’s all over those brakes… come on, let it roll.
Be on the look out for a link Mike’s custom-modified Outdoorzy T-shirt. When Mike gets “censored”, Mike gets sensitive, then Mike gets funny. I happen to know he’s workin on something special “kiss and make up” for a return-to-the-blog” tomorrow.
Oh and I think he said it best about Lance’s new girlfirend.
The Premire, One-Night-Only, shredding extravaganza, Kick Awesome showing of “Art for Art’s Sake” is set for Nov 20, 10:00, Altitude Club. Show up to get one of the 150 Limited-Edition copies.
And keep checking to see if these guys have there stuff together, ’cause this is well worth buying.
November 8th, 2007
Ok so it’s the other blog that was modeled after a show , but I bring you Vail’s Top Model contestants anyway.
The Premire of “Keep Talkin” Kicked A! This movie is the exact reason regional videos are the cutting edge of the sport. Sure you can buy one of Mack Dog’s 3 epics and be stoked off big jumps, ridiculous spins, and all the weird tech that was in last years Bro Films. The small production guys are the ones who can take a chance by putting the obscure, odd, and inventive moves into the mix. Buy it Here! (if site isn’t ready give em a couple days,,, They’re workin on it)
Boulder Cross Weekend! Cliff-notes version.
Grease Stain Tattoo? Awesome!
Cruiser Cross, the sport of the future.
Great weekend of racing. It was amazing to watch the best American MTB, Road, and Track racers mix it up. A few Intl stars showed up too, as well 1000 fans. Basically Ryan Trebone put on a clinic, check out the Behind The Music.
November 5th, 2007
Keystone Opened! !! Copper Tomorrow! Words of wisdom, in all our haste to go get on snow please be careful of the many dangers you face during early season conditions. Plus I don’t think enough of you looked here, but this thing is pretty awesome too. Well since were on the subject,,, pretty amazing. Fasten your CatTracks people.
If your in the Vail area tonight I recommend checking out the premire of snowboard movie, “Keep Talkin” at the Club… 8pm
While the kid in my head thinks I’ll be totally fine to go ride this weekend. The Part of me that doesn’t eat the frosting side knows the Ribbon of Death aint worth re-injuty. No use in jamming my swolen cankle into a boot for some crowded turns…. I have to keep telling myself that.
SO, the agenda looks like slow rollin rehab rides on the new whip. “Yeah, I got them 29’s on my scraper, and they shine cause I stack paper.”
I wonder if Rap and bikes will have some new crossover thanks to this guy buying a big chunk of Cannondale.
November 2nd, 2007
How to ruin a weekend… Yeah So last weekend I wrote that “ohh what am I going to do for fun this weekend, I live in wonderland..lalala” blog and I think some guy in a Iowa cubicle used his voodoo doll to wack my Shred/Race CX/Get Radical plans.
Did get a World Series ticket, that was pretty cool. “Come on Rockies, I just learned a couple players names, you can’t be out already!” Crutching around amongst 20,000 drunk baseball fans is an adventure sport of it’s own.
SOOooooo as far as the snow report goes, It’s raining in the Valley. Yeah Rain, cool. Lots o rain. Probably getting some flakes up top through the night. So bad news for playing outside, good news for snow report and Vail’s opening
Guess I’ll spend weekend ringin a cowbell in Boulder and admiring the beautiful Purples and Greens my ankle is turning.
October 31st, 2007
As many of you know I climbed Kilimanjaro back in 2005 and it was a huge accomplishment for me. I summited via the Western Breach and the climb was tough, but definitely do-able for anyone in good physical shape and a good backpacking skills and high altitude experience. I saw this over on The Adventure Blog and the Best Hike Blog and it is definitely cool!
The New York Times has created an Interactive Kili Climb by using Tom Bissell’s climb as a resource. Interactive maps and video help you understand what it’s like to get up high on this amazing mountain. If you watch this, look where he dips down into a valley about halfway through the climb. That is where I turned up and the above opening near the summit is the Western Breach.
Check this thing out, it’s worth the time.
October 31st, 2007
I’m watching the minutes tick away on my weekend countdown clock and I’m freakin out. This whole weekend warrior thing is going to take some serious adjustment. Life was way easier when I could play everyday. What am I supposed to do?
Make another run at Fruita? Looks like conditions are going to be about perfect.
Or do I brave the “White Ribbon of Death” at Loveland or A-Basin and mix it up with the gapers and Longhorn Luggage?
The bike trip looks way better on paper, but my desire to jib is strong.
October 25th, 2007
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