Category: Racing
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Cki Team weekend roundup (Whitefish Whiteout race report)
Sunset over Lake McDonald and the Apgar Range, today. Rando racing (skimo) is hard. Best analogy I can make is doing an XC mountain bike race with no flat and very technical descents on a rigid singlespeed. Analogy only as I’ve never done an XC-length bike race. And in all fairness, the skiing might be…
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(re)Defining Lightweight Backpacking
The difference between lightweight backpacking and ‘normal’ backpacking is obviously the gear. Winter has reached that point where we talk about summer. After a long weekend of rain, a bunch of us found ourselves in the Northern in Whitefish after an avy meeting last night, discussing not skiing and snow, but sunshine and fly fishing…
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2010: in review
Running through all these Christmases is the sense of an emotional cadenza at the end of the year, a braiding of feelings like hope, renewal, nostalgia, love, joy and exhaustion. Yet in the stories about this holiday, it’s surprising how often we’re reminded of a darker life, full of isolation, penury, greed, despair and the…
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The Ultimate Trip and Gearlist(s)
It’s 2F outside as I sit here in the comfy chair, sipping coffee from the 28 oz Yellowstone NP trout mug. Our neighbor two house down just, as he does whenever snow gives him the chance, cruised by in the process of snowblowing the entire sidewalk on this side of the street. He greated/accosted me…
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Summer Vacation (1.0)
It was a very nice long weekend, with more to come. I’m tired. Not just muscle tired, though that is most present this evening; I’m tired in my soul. I dug deep, squeezed out a great ride Saturday, and now I’m ready to rest and rebuild. I want to go camping, wake up, drink coffee…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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