The XC season has started, with a caveat for skiers
Ken Roberts, I hardly knew ye
The Internet is a funny non-place in which you get a huge amount of information regarding a sliver of someone's interests and life. A person's actual life is something of abstraction, until it isn't. Back in the early aughts of this century, I stumbled on the website of someone named Ken Roberts. He had posted …
First snow this week?
[Update Nov. 12]: Well what do you know- Osceola got enough snow to open up, but because it's new snow on bare ground, rock skis are recommended. The clock on the season has officially started! Trapp Family Lodge got about 6" but they're only allowing snowshoeing. Craftsbury's season will start on Nov. 15. I guess …
REI seminar preview
I'll be doing an informational session at REI Yonkers on Monday Nov. 18. It's more informational than instructional, but I'll let the interest of the audience drive the the priorities. Here's a few items out of my slide deck: Technique: Places to go, with or without snow: A little bit of (tongue-in-cheek) history: And maybe …
Kikkanimal kicks it in NY
Olympic cross-country ski champion Kikkan Randall finished today’s NYC marathon in a bit under three hours. See NBC Sports. She ran with fellow former US Ski Team members Liz Stephen and Ida Sargent. https://nbcolympictalk.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_0357-e1572809893456.jpg (NBC Sports photo) One of the things that’s most impressive is her calm and reserved public manner. Maybe she’s hyper-focused and …
