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DuMore Packraft Trip 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
The true beauty of packrafts is that their lightweight portability allows you to boat wildly remote rivers which would be logistically daunting or expensive with a hard-shell boat. Weighing in at a...
Sucking the Bloody Marrow 30 Jul 2013 | 09:47 pm
Backcountry.com enters the mainstream media in a large, naked, gloriously documented way… This is Backcountry. Here, blood meets rock, sweat meets trail, and the well-worn path to a routine existence...
Antarctic Peninsula Gear List 20 Jun 2013 | 08:49 am
I must be getting excited about skiing as I spent the day compiling a list of 30 gear recommendations and accompanying photos for the upcoming Ice Axe Ski Cruise to Antarctica this November. A lot of ...
White Hot White Rim 13 Jun 2013 | 10:03 am
The 100 mile White Rim trail outside of Moab, UT is one of my favorite mountain biking adventures and I’ve done it clockwise, counterclockwise, in a day, over three days and at night. There are far bu...
Antarctica November 2013 Update 7 Jun 2013 | 10:47 pm
Although the 2013/14 Wasatch snowfall totals were a bit of a bust, I’m already looking forward to my next anticipated skiing outing in Ushuaia, Argentina before heading down to Antarctica for ten days...
Retro Pfieff 4 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm
In the process of organizing my photos, I found this classic 1992ish image of Alex Lowe skiing the NW Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn in the Wasatch Mountains. A lot has changed since then, including Alex...
Bunching 24 May 2013 | 11:14 pm
It’s hard to say which is worse – bunched up skiing, or bunched up underwear, and although both are unpleasant, bunched up skiing is definitely more dangerous. You usually hear about the dangers of bu...
Mega Stoveboard Revelation 16 May 2013 | 09:43 pm
I’m almost embarrassed to think of how long it took me to realize the significance of using a huge stove board for heavy winter camping, but now that I’ve been enlightened, camping will never be the s...
Cooking the Perfect Cheese Bagel Spinner 9 May 2013 | 03:03 am
There are many “last great challenges” in the world of Ski Mountaineering, but how to cook a perfect cheese bagel spinner is now no longer one of them. Just because bagels, cheese and white gas are t...
Narrated Couloir Video 4 May 2013 | 01:44 am
I’ve been in a video uploading frenzy lately and put together this 4:30 clip on chute skiing. The couloir itself was a 40-45 degree line which was about 1,800′ tall. After editing the clips together,...
