by randosteve May 30th, 2008
Now that the rain has mellowed out a little here in Jackson, I figured I’d give in a little to those summer lovers and show some cool pics from Randokitty and her friend Lauren’s trip to Redrocks a couple weeks ago. This was Randokitty’s first climbing trip since ACL reconstruction in December. Meow!!!!
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by randosteve May 29th, 2008
For all those of you still wishing for that ‘holy grail’ binding that allows one to telemark…AND lock the heel down for alpine turns …AND have a free pivot for climbing…AND releaseability…your dream may be one step closer to coming true. Rumor has it a certain US company has recently put in a patent application [...]
by randosteve May 28th, 2008
Gasherbrum II
Good luck to Jackson’s John Griber, Montana’s Kris Erickson and the rest of the The North Face ski mountaineering crew on their attempt to ski and snowboard Gasherbrum I and II. The plan is to hopefully nail G2 with the whole team and if things go well, and conditions and funding can support [...]
by randosteve May 27th, 2008
I know most backcountry ski partners tend to come up with little names to describe objects or things they do. I’ve heard all kinds of terms for referencing the different heel positions of the remarkable Dynafit binding. While some come from the cycling world…like free-wheel and granny gear…I like to correlate the positions [...]
by randosteve May 26th, 2008
At a time when a lot of ski expeditions to the Himalaya are getting ready to head out, Fredrick Ericsson sent me a link to a video he has put together from his attempt to ski Dhaulagiri, the 7th highest peak in the world, last year. The film is a blend of cultural, landscape [...]
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