Lively couple of threads on 'Trail etiquette' at the Mid-Hudson XC Ski Google group (with a digression by those who knew the late Ken Roberts). The discussion feels similar to a certain interior dialog I have when encountering some on the trail, in which I debate whether I'm going to be One of Those People. …
Category: Commentariat
Wallflowers: the shark will be jumped
If I thought I was done with my 'jumping the shark' theme when New York magazine featured a shopping guide, I was wrong. This time we have the Y-chromosome version, courtesy of GQ magazine, featuring a retro-photo. I guess Bill Koch is the GQ photo editor's archetypal Nordic skier. Bill Koch skiing cross-country. photo: John …
Wallflowers dance with glitter: the sequel
This year has become different in one way- The New York Times, stodgy home of Old Media and Journalism, decided to notice that Jessie Diggins won the Tour de Ski. Considering the frankly dour and snarky article they published in 2018 before the PyongChang Olympics, this seems like quite a turnaround for the 'Grey Lady'. …
Wallflowers at the dance
Short note on the events at the US Capitol today: a disgraceful performance by a bunch of people who have deluded themselves, and by someone who never had the capacity or temperament to be President. And now, on to regularly-scheduled programming. Pretty much every winter I can count on at least a couple of articles …
A ski season unlike any other?
Weather, pandemic travel restrictions, and... a bunch of newbies on the trails? Anyone skiing in the Northeastern parts of the USA and Canada knows weather can become a sort of obsessive (and frequently annoying) fascination. This season adds the Coronavirus pandemic as a factor. The snowsports industry has been working all summer planning revised practices …
Across the Snow Line 