Bedrock & Paradox

I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with a non-human world and yet somehow survives still intact, individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.

Just skiing

Not a lot (of snow), but more than enough for the moment.

Boogies and all.

We counted six melt-freeze crusts in four feet of snow. Upper slopes will wait until things sort themselves out.

Yep.

Here, we call this irony.

DaveC

January.14.2012

Skiing

4 responses to “Just skiing”

Darlene Steelman

January 14, 2012 at 7:15 pm

Great pictures… :) I went skiing on New Years Day for the first time. It didn’t go as I had imagined.
I love the camera in the goggles picture.

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Kai

January 15, 2012 at 6:55 am

Hi Dave,
sorry for my bad English.
Could you please write as next „gear review” entry, how do you carry your essential things handy with you?
Things like i.e. camera (handy/water resistance?), map, compass, fire(starter), knife, headlamp, FAK, wallet…
…carrying in the backpack (stuff sack), side pocket, pouch, clothing?
Thanks’ a lot,
Kai

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1. DaveC
  
  January 15, 2012 at 8:41 am
  
  No problem Kai. Thanks for reading.
  
  My camera is always in a little Lowe Pro shoulder case under my outer shell. Keeps the snow off, and in the winter keeps it warm so the battery doesn’t die. And a camera in the pack doesn’t take many pictures.
  
  On a day trip like the above everything in the pack aside from my shovel and waterbottle is in either a small or large drybag. The small one has all the odd stuff: headlamp, emergency kit, ski straps, etc. The big one had goggles, insulated pants, insulated parka, extra gloves/mittens, and lunch.
  
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Dealman Dave

January 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm

Nice pics, looks like a lot of fun. Decisions decisions…ski lifts vs solitude.

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