Spandex Recall
Finding freedom and zen without spandex. For Barry Wicks, this means sorta being formerly fast. And he’s good with that.
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Category: Narrative Threads
Are We There Yet?
Termination dust outside Anchorage. The end of summer means the start of something else for backcountry skiing.
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Show Don’t Tell
Show don’t tell—a glade skiing maxim.
Years ago, I came across a few photos of what appeared to be the perfect Northeast backcountry glade. Its balsams and birch trees were spaced so wide it looked like you could carve giant slalom turns between them, and the understory was totally clear—a rare treat in the tangled second-growth forests of New England. In a word, it looked like a tree skier’s Nirvana. I knew I had to try to ski it.
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Remembering Kasha Rigby
In mid-February, renowned adventure skier Kasha Rigby (54) was killed in an avalanche in Kosovo....
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Give Monogamy a Chance
Consistent touring partners are a fickle beast. Good ones—the sort you build a “partnership” with—require the confluence of several factors. It’s like dating, but maybe even harder. It’s a very Goldilocks sort of quest.
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