Skication Whistler

It was certainly easy to detox from the internet at place like Whistler, B.C. I’m no virgin to the North American West as far as skiing goes, having been to both Colorado and Utah, so it does take a lot to impress me. I was completely and utterly blown away by Whistler. It’s not that [...]

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Off The Grid

I just returned from a week vacation skiing at Whistler and Blackcomb in British Columbia, about 2 hours from Vancouver, Canada. Even though it’s our neighboring country, and really not that different in look and feel than the US, Canada always makes me feel as though I’m far away in a country across the ocean. [...]

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So it’s 2011

Like Christmas, New Year’s was kind of low key this year. I went to Holiday Valley; however, the conditions weren’t as great as they’d been the last two years (ending with rain) and I was mostly alone as all my friends who were set to go bailed. Which is okay because I’m finding lately that [...]

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Christmas and 2011 Adventure Ponderings

I’ve gotten a little sparse on my blog posting because I’ve been spending most of my free time working on my writing projects–a fiction story that requires a lot of back-planning and, of course, my memoir. I’ve been feeling a little more inspired lately and I love the mobility my netbook affords me. It’s really [...]

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Black Diamond

For those of you skiers who have met and conquered The Beast… Looking down the slope, I swallow fear. Then push off– RUSH; The Beast is slain! I’m always talking about doing a hard, challenging slope I’ve never done as “slaying the demon/beast.” Perhaps this line of thought is influenced by all the Buffy episodes [...]

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Holimont

More inspired ski-ku… Skis on snow: swoosh, swoosh. “Whoo-hoo!”–a triumphant shout. Laughter. Then silence.

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Graduation Day

My friend Jennifer taught me to ski when I was 15 or 16 (I was in 10th grade). Her family had a condo at Holimont in New York and she invited me up so that she could have a friend to ski with. Skiing was not something I’d ever aspired to do, not even an [...]

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Opium

Skiing is my drug. Alcohol my indulgence. Ski first. Drink after.

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Happy New Beer

This is the second year in a row that I spent the evening of New Year’s Eve skiing at Holiday Valley and I must say that it’s the most fun and best way to bring in the new year that I can think of. Well, other than being in a warm climate somewhere and doing [...]

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My winter vacation in photos

I didn’t take my camera to Utah because I don’t have one, unfortunately, that fits into a pocket. Except my cell phone. So all of the photos I got on my skiing vacation are courtesy of my Blackberry. Not quite the quality I would have liked, but better than nothing. I will share some of [...]

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