Category: N.O.S.
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Canoe-in’
I needed to do some training for the Grizzly Man Adventure Race next weekend, and I needed get out. Having an antidote to all the time spent on the computer and in my head has been invaluable this semester: I put together the key pieces of my portfolio presentation up in the Little St. Joe…
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Erin and Hig
It was indeed a not to be missed presentation this evening. The dynamic duo have a dialed lecture/slide show/video show/reading, entertaining, inspiring and educational in equal measures. And in Katmai, a capable assistant (see below): I jumped at the chance to geek out with Hig about gear. The paddle repair was quite a nice piece…
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Altoona Ridge Lodge report
We skied up Thursday, skied down Friday, and had a lot of fun. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10674161&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Note the thumbnail, M sitting still and smiling for the camera (the love part). The hate part becomes obvious at the close of the vid. The penultimate skiing clip shows a tiny and representative sample of the unreal, ideal tree skiing…
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More on health care
It took me a while to notice, but the News Hour is online, in full! Perhaps the only thing I miss about having a television. This is one of the best analysese I’ve yet come across. Overall, I agree with Norton-Smith and Gerson: the bill(s) is a repudiation of a significant aspect of the Clintonian…
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Gnar and cynicism
First, the multi-sport revolution continues: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10172454&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Hope them suits have integrated socks! Brrrrrr. Next, I’m trying to get a handle on this May backpack thing. Who wants to go hiking?! Last, avalanche conditions continue to be problematic in Western Montana. Missoula Avalanche sent out a report today, telling the story of a snowmobiler who died…
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Means and ends
I’ve been thinking about the Yellowstone project (my visiting the park a least once a month all year, starting last June/July) a lot, in the wake of my failure to go on my ski/snowshoe across the Bob this past weekend. All day Friday, even after the food was bought and pack was packed, I was…
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Sunday
I got out and went camping last night. It was good. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10505054&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Erin and Hig will be here in Missoula on April 6th, 7pm at the Children’s Theatre. Be there.
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Other people’s adventures
First, Skurka is going for a ridiculous circumambulation of Alaska and part of the Yukon. 4700 miles, six months, almost all off-trail. He’s tweeting sat updates here. Second, Greg Hill is going for 2,000,000 human powered vertical in calender 2010. As of now, he’s a quarter of the way done. http://www.youtube.com/v/s-K6B7LAsZQ&hl=en_US&fs=1& Sweet.
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Gearing up
For a ski trip across the Bob. List here. I ran across this picture on the net a while ago. It’s neat. Go here for the full size version.
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Gear and trips
Enough political and cultural criticism (for the moment), and back to the regular programing. The race pack has been working very well; the design is sound. Key to function was figuring out how to tame the dromedary. A bit of cord runs through webbing tabs near the bottom of the pack and around the cap,…
Bedrock & Paradox 