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Aspen Daily News Covers Backcountry Skiing Blog

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Today’s ADN has a nice article about our blog, New York Times next?

Blog comment: Hey Lou, JW here. Your kid is 14 years old, mine is 13 and is right behind me on the skis or bikes. I now have someone in my family that I can play with! We ski the Cirque and Wall at Snowmass whenever possible. She loves mountain biking in Fruita. I just hope she doesn’t discover bowling or Country and Western music.

I am not going to second guess the Highlands avalanche but I did wonder about some of the decisions that were made. You know I went for my own ride 7 years ago and have sworn off even the moderately dangerous stuff. Especially after loosing Rich last winter up in Canada.

I hadn’t considered the effects of attached tele gear since I had gone over to randonnee 5 years ago. Good point on releasing the equipment. During my slide both of my skis came off immediately which was good but finding them again was not easy — but I’d much rather have them off then on!

Hey JW, thanks for the message! I’ll tell you though, sometimes bowling sounds pretty good (Bode Miller does it), and C&W music can be just the right thing when you’re in a certain type of mood!

Posted by Lou on March 13, 2005 | Filed Under avalanches 

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