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Preliminary data
Fleece, synthetic fill, and down: the big three insulators for outdoor garments since before I can remember. Synthetic’s have come on strong from the back of the pack in the last 15 years, down fill powers have crept higher, and fleece has undergone myriad transformations in an attempt to address the three reasons why so…
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The cycling of middle childhood
Flood debris, Flathead River bends. Below the high water mark, so nobody owns this ground. I started mountain biking in middle school, on my Bridgestone MB5. My friend Adam and I would ride out to Hueston Woods, the only large natural area nearby, and ride on the mountain bike trails that were only then being…
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On the fatbike fad
Let us dispense with this nonsense once, so that it need not be said again: -Yes, fatbikes are necessarily heavier. So are fat skis. And larger paddle blades. -If you mistake stable handling for sluggishness, you need to get out more. And learn that the best way to steer a mountain bike usually involves the…
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Ski to die
Steve Romeo is dead. The influential backcountry skier and blogger died in an avalanche in the Tetons less than a week ago. As the Black Diamond blog put it: “Steve never wasted a day, or an hour, and he was leading the life he dreamed for himself, which is the most any of us can…
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Spring Training
There is no substitute for the real thing. I don’t think I’m in much worse or much better shape than this time last year. Less backcountry skiing for turns this year, more nordic skiing and fatbiking. I’m not serious/technical enough to have measurable benchmarks to know for sure, and in any case general fitness is…
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Last of the Great Unknown
Nice one Dan. I assume most of you have been following Mike’s write up on a certain award-winning trip. If not, go do that.
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There are no first de(a)scents
M and Isaac playing in the mud, Robbers Roost, November 2005. In 2005 we found ourselves, during the course of an extended road trip out west, spending a long Thanksgiving holiday camped out in the Robbers Roost in southern Utah. We did a lot of great, cold hiking with ropes (aka canyoneering), cooked a spectacular…
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Riding like an animal
It doesn’t take much for something to go on a fatbike. We’re finally getting winter. The nordic trails are in good shape (finally enough to cover the deadfall), an powwdah is happening in the mountains, but all I want to do is ride my Mukluk. Halfway through todays trip, while yardsaling gear and preparing to…
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