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Photo Essay: Skiing in July
More Details: Photo Essay: Skiing in JulyNo, no, I am not referring to water skiing but to snow skiing! Snow skiing in July, you may say? Yes, in the southern hemisphere, in wonderful Chile! A few years ago I was fortunate to work in Chile for a whole year and one of the many things I enjoyed was the closeness of…
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Photo of the Week – Sunset over Alta
More Details: Photo of the Week – Sunset over AltaA decade or so ago, I tried skiing in Alta, Utah for the first and only time. But it is not only because I did not like it: I LOVED it. But the friends I ski with live in Colorado and when I’ve gone to visit and go ski, they have chosen ski areas closer…
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Photo of the Week – The Mountains of Utah
More Details: Photo of the Week – The Mountains of UtahAh, this picture really makes me long for winter (or a trip to the southern hemisphere where IT IS winter!). Taken many years ago while I skied awesome Alta, I long to return to those wonderful slopes and setting. I need to ski next year as I missed this season and I also have Europe…
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Ski Gear – from Hell?
More Details: Ski Gear – from Hell?Imagine… 10,000 years from now. Civilization has disappeared. Climate change eliminate snowfall. And some visitors come to the planet to find many items humans had used. Many will make sense, others will only make sense if they see videos/pictures, and yet others will never, ever, make sense to them. I just used some of those…
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Pictures of the Week – Alta: Ski Heaven
More Details: Pictures of the Week – Alta: Ski HeavenMany moons ago I resumed skiing after a long hiatus. Friends’ parents decided to invite me to their annual family ski trip AS A SURPRISE to my friends. I arrived first in Salt Lake City and made my way to the awesome house at the foot of the Alta ski resort. Their surprise was a…
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Photos of the Week – Sights of Chile
More Details: Photos of the Week – Sights of ChileI loved Chile from a 3-month stint there 20 yrs ago before I went back in Dec 2009. I have written about what I saw, did and felt in other entries in my blog so I won’t repeat myself, but I continue to long to go back even after spending all of 2010 in Chile… …
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Skiing When I Should Be Burning Up
More Details: Skiing When I Should Be Burning UpI am getting to spend a heck of a lot of time in Chile lately, as in the last few months. A great bonus is that it is winter here right now. Since the Andes are LITERALLY right there, mountains + winter = skiing! I hadn’t skied in like 7 yrs when ski season started…