Climbing Everest is a dream I am unlikely to ever fulfil, but is a subject I have great interest in and I hold huge respect for anyone who has attempted or succeeded in conquering. There have been some great books published over the years recounting explorers tales and woes of taking on the worlds tallest peak. Jon Krakauer’s - Into [...]
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Blog is back on
Wow 5 years since my last post! My host finally upgraded my control panel allowing me to migrate my blog to a custom domain (following Google’s decision to withdraw support for Blogger FTP publishing). More content on the way and possibly a new look and feel – stay tuned.
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Airline seating
Rather than fly back to the UK and then out to Canada, I’m going to fly straight from Hartford. This means I won’t be suffering from jet lag on arrival and best of all I won’t have to endure the Monarch flight out. Came across this quote on the web earlier. http://www.airlinequality.com/Spcl/seat_tip.htm. “If you are 6ft in height do not [...]
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Okemo Report
I was really spoilt by the conditions at Mount Snow last weekend! Following the partial thaw, extreme temperature drop and lack of snow last week – I wasn’t surprised to find less than favorable conditions at Okemo. The surface snow was man made and very granular, the base was packed ice and the light was very flat. All in all, [...]
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To Flow Or Not to Flow
I’m not going to stoke the great flow debate – except to say, they work for some and don’t work for others. Horses for courses and all that. Having huge US 15 feet, my setup is limited. Currently I have a 168 Ride Mountain board, coupled with US 15 Vans BFB boots and Flow Pro FR bindings. My main issue [...]
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Okemo
I had planned on going to Okemo today, but after a crazy working week of one too many 12 hour days, i opted for a day of relaxing. I will hit Okemo tommorrow morning first thing. Looking at the trail map, i’ve got plenty of terrain to cover! Lets hope we have some fresh tonight!
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Crazy Crazy Weather
It’s been the warmest winter on record out here. Last week the temperature dropped to below freezing, then climbed to spring like conditions. Then this morning i awoke to find it snowing! Temps are due to drop by 40 degrees this weekend!!! Back in Blighty, conditions are fairly constant, you don’t get the extremes and changeability like out here. I [...]
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Powder, but oh so cold!
I awoke at 4 am with a searing cramp in my right calf!! After hopping round the room for a few minutes, I checked outside expecting snow – there was nothing! 2 hours later my alarm went off and this time I looked out to see a couple of inches of fresh! I had hoped to get to Mount Snow [...]
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Feels good to be back on the snow.
I spent the day at Mount Snow – what a day! I wasn’t expecting much, considering the lack of snow in Vermont, but was pleasantly surprised with how good conditions were. There was a nice layer of fresh and it wasn’t until late afternoon that the runs got icey. I’ve decided snowboarding is like riding a bike! You never forget! [...]
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Gearing up!
Got the board out in preparation for the weekend. The flows are on and set up. The boots are on my feet and the bag is packed for tommorrow. Just need to decide where i’m going first thing. I’d forgotten how heavy my board and flows were!!! It weighs a blinkin ton! I’ve made a few prototype modifications to my [...]
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