The Grand Reverse: Panic at the Bothy!
Our AK based correspondent and sometimes Lycra enthusiast, Alex Lee, ponders the merits of the Grand Reverse course that was and the this-way-and-that logistics of a CB to CB jaunt.
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Author: Alex Lee
How to kick turn: Community Note from a Curmudgeon
Two words: kick turns. An art. A science. A timeworn skill set. To some frustrating. To others, ballet. Kick turns. It’s what’s on the skin track. Here’s a THR how to.
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Book Review: Avalanche Dreams—Lou Dawson’s Lessons for Life
Lou grew up in a haze of hippiedom, moving from the east to Texas to Colorado. He highlights the imagination, insecurity, excitement, and dismay in a counterculture beatnik upbringing and recounts stories of Aspen before its glam heyday. Challenges at home fueled a drive towards the outdoors, a theme carried through his story. The high country finds him as much as he finds it.
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MSR Reactor Stove Thoughts
Thoughts on the MSR cooking pot recall, and why Alex Lee will stay the course with his Reactor stove and pot.
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Skimo Ain’t Uphilling: Bike Trails, Cat Roads, and Mountains
Lacking a local on-piste ski area to “uphill,” no problem: Alex Lee makes the training work in a terrain and conditions smörgåsbord.
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