Stories shape our view of what an experience should be. Oddly enough it seems like there's no real literature about winter or skiing prior to the 19th century and outside Europe. Be that as it may, the following is a foray into our collective snow globe over time: stories of winter and skiing, and what …
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Decisions, decisions
To quote a former Secretary of Defense notable for a lack of insight and introspection, there are always 'unknown unknowns' when going into a situation. But a retrospective analysis sometimes shows clear signs of error, hubris, or willful incompetence leading us to ask: "what were you thinking?" From the world of backcountry skiing comes the …
Closing the curtain on the 20/21 season
The final fizzled snowstorm up north was our April Fool's joke coming right at the end of the season. I didn't want to make light of the season by posting yesterday- that would have felt cruel. Quick retrospective The Coronavirus pandemic created a stampede on purchase of outdoors equipment, including cross-country skis. Prospects that this …
365 plus 1
COVID lockdown for us continues. A year and a day and counting. At home we still maintain a 6-8 week supply of toilet paper and paper towels, and I make sure I have at least four weeks' worth of the bagged ground coffee I like best (itself a subsitute for the freshly-ground coffee I used …
A crystal globe, an environmentalist, and The New Yorker
It's likely that almost every cross-country skier in the U.S. knows who Jessie Diggins is; many snow sports aficionados know how important winning the World Cup is; but there are a lot more people who are neither athletes nor cross-country skiers but know who Bill McKibben is. And there are plenty of people who don't …
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Across the Snow Line 