We, the family of Steve Romeo, would like to thank everyone who has visited TetonAT over the years. We would especially, like to thank those who took advantage of the comment part of the website. They were always, thoughtful, conversation provoking and sometimes very funny to read.
On June 1st 2012 (Stephen’s birthday), we will stop allowing comments on the site.
Going forward we will be making decisions about the content of TetonAT, it is our hope to have the information contained on the site archived and accessible for the future. We feel that Stephen WAS TetonAT and to turn the site over to someone else would be a disservice to him. We will be exploring our options regarding the content and will, of course, post information here on the site when those plans have been finalized.
We would like to wish everyone a safe future and remember Stephen’s motto: Live to Ski!
Thank you for your support, Steve, Elaine, Lisa and Jennifer
Hi, I would like to encourage you to keep the TetonAT content available on the web as a tribute to Steve and a resource for others use in pursuing his passions. I agree that TetonAT is Steve, and I don’t think you should try to have someone else takeover updating the site. Also, you might consider selling some of the “Live to Ski” items Steve produced over the years (visors, croakies, etc.) through the site as a way to rasie funds for TCSAR or another entity of your choosing. Best wishes to all of Steve’s family and friends.
Totally understandable about the comments, but I am happy that you are considering archiving the great content here.
Just a reminder that the tetonat.com domain name expires 06-Sep-12.
I second the comment about continued sales of “live to ski” apparel. It is a phrase that embodies a passion for life.
I would be so happy to take a Live to Ski visor with me to the mountains…
Thanks for trying to keep the website available!
Thanks guys. I still use the site as a referance. I think steve would have liked that. Thanks for all youve done over the last weeks and we will keep skiing the backcountry for steve and chris.
Thanks for the update. Please keep the information available. There is a lot of good information on this site for anyone doing Ski Mountaineering or visiting the Tetons. I still find myself checking this site on a frequent basis. Also please consider selling the live to ski items. I always wanted a visor, just kept missing out on getting one. I love my stickers, one is on my car the other on my ski pole. Keeping the stickers available will help keep the memory of Steve alive as will the other live to ski items.
As a parent myself, I know one of my greatest fears is outliving any of my children. I cannot imagine how this loss has affected you. Take care and thanks for the update.
Steve felt glory – and expressed it always, right here. I agree with the comments above. Teton AT is a place one can go anytime and feel uplifted and feel alive.
Missing it will hurt – what a gentleman.
Thank you for the update.
Please keep the information available.
Steve has inspired so many and keeping the information up
will let that continue.
I have live to ski stickers on my autos and would like to continue as long
as I can.
If there is anything I can do, I would love to help.
Bill B
Steve was – and still is – an inspiration. Please let us know if there is anything you need to help keep his memory present. – Chris
Thank you for allowing us to continue using the tetonat site. Steve was and continues to be an inspiration to many of us.
Please allow me to make a suggestion:
If you were to offer stickers and visors for sale, (even pre-order if neccesary) you could put the proceeds towards keeping the site online, even if not active in the sense of updates and comments. Steves photos of the special places in the Tetons are just too great to let go, and never be available again to ski mountaineers, both active and armchair.
As a reader since day one, I would be happy to purchase a visor to bring with me on my adventures if it meant that it would allow the site to remain online for visits by old and new readers alike.
One side note, I do support the desicion to close the comments permanently. Without moderation the site will soon be overrun by spam bots and such.
thanks for letting us enojy the site for however long you can, we all appreciate Steves photos and trip reports.
If possible keep the content available. This content is priceless and would be a huge loss if gone for good. Even if the merchandise sales don’t happen I would donate to a PayPal account to fund it. Thanks for the update.
After living in Jackson for a few years, I couldn’t even begin to count the number of times I have accessed this site for information regarding the Tetons/Winds. Anything that the community can do keep this site up and running is vital. Steve sounds like he touched many and I am fortunate enough to have run into him during an avalanche awareness evening. May he inspire many in the years to come.
My 2 cents:
If I understand how the Google Spiders operate, a non-updated site’s content, although accessible to those who know of it (and head directly to tetonAT.com), will in time drop in priority based upon Google’s algorithms. Eventually, an untended site’s page/content ranking would drop so low that the content would essentially be hard to find, even for those looking. This strikes me as a poor way to pay tribute to the memory of Steve.
If I might, I suggest the voluminous contents of this site be condensed, along with pictures, into a more permanent record. A book, perhaps entitled TetonAT: Randosteve’s Teton Descents? When I think about honoring Steve’s legacy, this is what comes to my mind. (It’s entirely possible I’m wrong about this, and that Googling ’25 Short’ will always bring up tetonAT as the first offering, but it’s worth checking into.)
As a longtime, occasional reader of this site myself, I don’t necessarily envision a visor purchase when I think about remembering Steve. A resource book available on the shelf, filled with his life, words, and photos? That’s a keeper.
agree…and please keep the info accessible…it’s a wonderful wealth of knowledge
Steve’s life was awesome and ended way too soon. You’re missed buddy. See you when I see you.
I really miss this site. I mean, why do I still click to this site. I wish it could continue. I think if someone had the willpower to take over the website, that it would be better than the site slowly growing out of date. Yes, Steve was this site, but it could go forward with a team of dedicated backcountry skiers. It would be much better to see this site alive.
It must be a very difficult decision to make, but whatever you choose to do with it, keeping the site online or not, I definitely think you should save all the content with photos and stories and everything Steve wrote, as a memory..
Thanks for everything Steve. You are a great inspiration. I miss Chris too. Goodbye Teton AT.
This site was the central focus of Steve’s life since he launched it in 2006 and he told me he looked at it as a document of what he’d done. Allowing the content to live on — in some form — is a way to keep his spirit alive. A book project would be a worthy endeavor, but even maintaining TetonAT as a digital archive would be appreciated as a gift by many.
As June 1 approaches just want to express my gratitude to Steve and his family for all they have done. He will live on forever in our thoughts and deeds.
I fill that keeping this site open are info available would be a great way to keep his memory alive. I know what he found there in the Tetons. I found it the first time i saw them. He was lucky enough to make a life there. wish i could!!!!! Once you have seen the Tetons they are part of you for the rest of your life. As well as this web site is a big part of many lives. I’m sure Steve wouldn’t want all of this to be lost. It was way to important to him to just see it disappear. The info on this site needs to be available. I know y’all have a lot of very hard decisions to make in such a hard times. Steve touched a lot of lives in person and on this site. People he never even met. I’m sure he never know he had a fan/friend in hot no snow south Texas. But the web page like you said it was Steve. He will be missed by many. As well as this site and info if it was lost as well.
I wish y’all the best in such hard times.