Thank you, Peter McBride. I saw one of his short films about the Colorado several years ago, and it profoundly affected me to see the images of the river drying to dust before reaching the sea.
Food for thought.
Becoming a ski mountaineer (or any kind of mountaineer) is a life-long pursuit, as Lou Dawson puts it in this nice, succinct piece.
http://www.wildsnow.com/9629/ski-mountaineering-backcountry-learning-how/
photo: Z. Taylor. The author at Butler Gulch.
mon premier ours polaire by francois Dequidt on Flickr.
A polar bear is hugging an ice floe. Hearts (and ice) are melting.
This painting shows the layered structure of the cerebral cortex, where processing of sensory and motor information occurs.
Enamel on composition gold leaf (2009) (High-resolution version)
Image: Greg Dunn
Incredible images from Greg Dunn, a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience turned artist. Check out the website for more incredible art!
Super cool footage of not only the asteroid (which just barely missed us on Friday) but also a meteor and accompanying vapor trail. Cool!
Small companies selling out
It was with mingled enthusiasm and a bit of disappointment that I learned today that local Neptune Mountaineering and Backcountry Access were both sold to larger companies (Backwoods and K2, respectively) and will cease to be locally owned. I’ve enjoyed my experiences with both and am sad for some of the change, but hope that this means more development in the backcountry world.
Get ready for some serious holiday cheer… cute pony style.
The Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Fest. Tomorrow. Neptune Mountaineering. Get after it.
Sweetgrass is at it again. After Solitare, there are some big shoes to fill.
