Recent Avalanche Cycle
Disclaimer: I am not an avalanche professional, just an old man who has skied a lot of lines over many decades. I have also been involved in tragedies.
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Tag: Jon Turk
Olympic Reflections
By Jon Turk Sometimes when I am watching the Olympics, I wonder if those athletes are the same species as I am. I think about trying to train enough so I can lift my wife over my head, hold her left leg out straight while she wraps her right leg around my ear, all while …
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Powder Skier: Erik Boomer
I didn’t say anything, but my first thought was, “Oh, Boy, what kind of guy would attach a nom de guerre like “Boomer” to himself?”
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Tis the season
If I could find some guys who would show me how to tie a sharp rock on the end of a long stick, and take me out on the Siberian steppe to spear a wooly mammoth with my pals
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Thirty Six Years of Ski Bumming
Only, when my boss calls me, it’s usually because he’s asking me to go skiing, not to chastise me for saying something politically inappropriate
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Paleo-Bodies
In a normal year, I’d still be skiing, but instead I am in Grand Junction, Colorado with my wife, Nina, being her buddy as she prepares for back surgery.
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Skiing Alone
I never claimed to be smart. Lucky, perhaps. Still alive, for certain.
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Wolves and Wolverines
Most of the people who read this article are WEIRD. You and I were born that way.
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Going Big
Long ago I’ve learned that I can give advice to the world, but the world usually doesn’t listen to me.
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Revelstoke Mountain Resort: Road Trip or Vacation?
A vacation is a time-out from life. A road trip implies a journey of discovery.
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Everyone Can Count to Two
Yesterday I found myself skiing alone, in heavy snowfall, in near whiteout conditions, on a big, known slide-path that I had been caught in 15 years ago.
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New Skis for Christmas
There are two kinds of skiers in this world. Those who receive new skis for Christmas, and those who don’t.
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