Ah, another Winter Olympics and another chance for NBC to not-so-subtly use short track speed skating and racism to boost network ratings. We all love Apollo Ohno, but would we admit we like the fact that he is beating somebody… Continue reading

Skiing tomorrow! Continue reading

An interesting sore throat has been bothering me the past few days – it's only on the right side of the throat – so I've been laying low, working on the ranch and walking around Mud Lake. That suits me… Continue reading

I think I'd be lying if I didn't say there wasn't an element in my life of…lost. I remember reading Lance Armstrong's book, "It Not About the Bike." The book chronicles his foray into cancer, and how he eventually recovered… Continue reading

I tend to lose track in the winter, but I realized just now that I have skied 27 straight months. Basically, it's an alpine/backcountry thing where I consider it a day of skiing if I take a run down. It… Continue reading

Who do you carry your torch for my young man? Continue reading

It's a Sunday morning in this funky little mountain town. I'm sitting in Whistler's Cafe, downing a glass of orange juice, waiting for my favorite, the W.C. Burger – a hunk of goodness – ground beef, bacon, jalapenos, cream cheese… Continue reading

I think I'll do a little product review for an item that I have to say might have been my single best purchase of 2009. The Patagonia Houdini jacket is a layer that I use and abuse every day. In… Continue reading

There are 54 fourteeners in Colorado. Clearly, an elegant goal would be to ski all 54 of them in 54 days. Continue reading