Mellow vibes on the pass with plenty of parking. Is it the snowpack…or the turtles? I was on a mission to do some laps on nature’s stairmaster…aka, the Glory bootpack on Teton Pass. It’s probably been over a month since I’ve skied on the Pass, but bootpacking is a great way to strengthen the legs, [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Laps on Glory With Black Diamond Bandit Pack
by January 31st, 2008Training…and the Suunto T6
by January 30th, 2008Monday’s workout. Short…and kinda sweet! Now that I’ve committed to going to Europe to race, I really need to focus on staying in shape and improving my fitness over the next few weeks. This mean increasing the frequency of my shorter interval and race-pace type workouts, as well as throwing in some long and slow [...]
Help Support Randosteve in Switzerland
by January 29th, 2008I just started looking for airline tickets to Switzerland and although they aren’t too bad right now, hopefuly I can get my itinerary dialed to pull the trigger soon. There is no doubt though, that this trip to race in the Ski Mountaineering World Championships is going to cost a pretty penny. And with the [...]
News…and a Little More Outdoor Retailer
by January 28th, 2008Time to start planning!!! The members of the 2008 US Ski Mountaineering Team have been announced by the United States Ski Mountaineering Association and it looks like I’m headed for Europe!!! Here is a link to the World Ski Mountaineering Championships website. One of the races has 10’000′ of vertical. The members of the team [...]
2008 Winter Outdoor Retailer: Day 1
by January 24th, 2008It’s 10 pm and I’m just getting home from my first of two days at the 2008 Winter Outdoor Retailer Show. I’m down here looking at product for the store, as well as doing a little promoting of TetonAT.com and soliciting some new partnerships on the side. Some have been long in the making, and [...]
Goodbye to Black Diamond Skier…Billy Poole
by January 23rd, 2008Photo: Adam Clark Courtesy: Black Diamond Equipment When I got home from dinner last night, I was going to write a bit about the demo day at Outdoor Retailer…until I heard the bad news. During a film shoot for Warren Miller, extreme freeride skier and Black Diamond sponsored athlete Billy Poole, died in an accident [...]
WasatchAT: Kesler Peak, East Couloir
by January 22nd, 2008After a decent nights sleep, I awoke to about 6” of snow on the van parked in Sugarhouse. As I pulled out to go to my friend Guy Evan’s house, it was evident that the streets hadn’t been plowed and many two wheel drive cars were struggling…if not completely in the ditch. Guy lives at [...]
North Face Heathen Challenge at Sunlight
by January 21st, 2008After Saturday’s race, I got some decent rest in before the race at Sunlight on Sunday. We had five people crammed in our slope side room, a little crowed…but not too bad. Since my morning plan seemed to work the day before, I stayed the course and choked down a few calories before heading out [...]
COSMIC: Aspen/Snowmass Winter Wild
by January 19th, 2008Great USSMA race at Snowmass on Saturday. It was a qualifier for the US Ski Mountaineering Team to travel to Switzerland next month and race in the World Ski Mountaineering Championships. I’m trying to get on the team, along with many other fast racers, so this race was important and I wasn’t sure how I [...]
Colorado Update and Black Diamond AT and Telelmark Boot Testing
by January 18th, 2008NOTE: It seems as thought Teton County Search and Rescue may have lost some snowmobile helmets off the trailer after the rescue up Cache Creek last weekend. If anyone found some, they have radio hook-ups built into them, please contact Ted at 307-690-0748. Thanks! Got out skiing on the new Black Diamond boots and learned [...]
The Drive and Scarpa 2009 AT Boot Highlights
by January 17th, 2008I got out of Jackson on time…around eight. Pretty slick road conditions until out of Bondurant and a nice sundog casted some good vibes on the long drive ahead. I lost a bit of time just out of Rock Springs finding out that that 191 through Flaming Gorge was closed….so I back tracked and took [...]
Bear With Me
by January 16th, 2008Please bear with me over the next week or so, I’m traveling quite a bit and not sure what my internet connectivity will be or how much time I’ll have for blogging. Trust me though…it will be worth it!!! Wednesday- Drive to Colorado Thursday- Black Diamond Boot Camp in Aspen Friday- Pre-check race course at [...]
More Photos from Disappointment Peak
by January 15th, 2008Sliver of a moon in the morning I’ve been a little busy the past few days with work and TCSAR helicopter short haul training at night. I’m done with the classroom stuff for short haul, so next time I’ll be hanging below the ship flying around like superman. Yeah…just a little nervous about it. I [...]
Some Photos from Targhee Ski Mountaineering Classic
by January 14th, 2008The start. Here are some photos from the Teams Race at Targhee this weekend. Thanks to Brad Boner who was over there shooting for the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Look for a story on the race later in the week. Zahan Billamoria, Wray Langdon, and Eric Wilbrecht battle for position at the start. The [...]
Grand Targhee Ski Mountaineering Classic
by January 13th, 2008Nice sunrise leaving Jackson. Fun ski mountaineering race at Grand Targhee this weekend and the first ever ‘Teams Race’ for the United States Ski Mountaineering Association. Close to forty racers showed up for the event, which is pretty good for the middle of nowhere Wyoming. It sounds like there’s going to be a story in [...]
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