Mt. Hood, Oregon, 2020 (just before Coronageddon!)
Park City, Utah, 2019
Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida, 2019
London, UK, 2018
Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico, 2017
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2016
Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, 2015-16
Sea Base, Islamorada, Florida, 2015
Europe, 2007-12
England, 2005
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Skiing
It's sort of safe. As long as you don't make a
mistake and ski into a crevasse and die.
This is a quote from my buddy, Paul, who is one of my ski partners
in crime. He told me this as we were planning the trip pictured at
right. Yep, that's me telemark skiing in the powder in the Vail,
Colorado, backcountry.
We stayed at the Fowler-Hilliard Hut, one of the 10th
Mountain Division huts, which I highly recommend if you're looking
for some adventure. If you look really hard, you might see the hut (rebuilt in 2009)
we stayed at in this picture. It
was a tad bit stormy that day. I've done similar skiing near
Telluride, Colorado, staying at the more rustic (you can ask me
what was rustic about it) Ridgway Hut in the
San Juan Hut System.
If you don't want to hike all the way up, you can go heli skiing.
I've done that at Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Alta
Park City
Park West (now part
of Park City)
Snowbasin
Snowbird
Solitude
Wyoming
Grand Targhee
Jackson Hole
Banff Mount Norquay
Blackcomb
Lake Louise
Mont Saint-Anne
Sunshine Village
Whistler
Whistler Heli-Skiing
Kitzbühel
Kitzbüheler Horn
Lech
St. Anton
St. Christoph
Zürs
Charmey
First
Grindelwald
Schwarzsee (Lac Noir)
Quotes
Ski hard, ski fast, and get a lot of air. -- Paul
Wait, wait! I know this band. I know this band. I know this band... -- Michael K. in the first aid station at Jackson Hole, suffering from a concussion
after a spectacular fall and trying to figure out the music that was playing
I would rather have seen the sport of skiing die than have
snowboarding be developed. -- a disgruntled Paul
Let's go! Last run! LAST RUN!! -- Michael K. at 3:59 PM, everywhere
I was thermally disregulated. -- Dean after a tough day at Breckenridge, CO
You weren't supposed to jump OVER the tree! -- Paul to me, after I jumped over a tree at Whistler, Canada
We're taking your ticket and we don't want to see you here ever again. -- Ski Patrol to Paul at Gore Mt. in NY, after Paul led newbie skier James
down a closed trail
Somebody's going to... WHAM! ...ski into that sign! -- Paul as someone skied into the caution sign in the middle of the trail we were on at Steamboat, CO
It's black. How bad could it be? -- Jim at Copper Mountain, CO
Michael, geh nicht zu schnell! (Michael, don't go too fast!) -- My mother, just before I broke my leg at Schwarzsee, Switzerland, in 1967
If it's not blue, it's not ice. -- Brian Maynard, a Cannon Mountain local
In the end you will be judged
not by your wealth, your knowledge,
or your contribution to mankind,
but by how hard you skied.
(We could be wrong about this, but ski hard anyway, just to be safe)