“I STARTED TELEMARK BECAUSE I was getting bored with alpine and just skiing inbounds. I guess I wanted more of an adventure,” says Mark Beattie, now a 30-year veteran of the sport. “I am apparently built for telemark—my knees feel better after a day of this kind of skiing rather than alpine [skiing],” he says. […]
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In the mountains, every time someone blazes a memorable new trail or creates a distinguished new path, he or she names either the endeavor or the route. Beyond arriving at the summit by the easiest means, climbers prefer the challenge of a route, and many prefer being the very first on a certain course. Sometimes
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A teenage boy went whitewater rafting down the Spokane River for the first time last month. Right before they hit a rapid, he freaked out and yelled to be let off the raft. Usually, the raft would continue downriver. The kid would be expected to play tough. This time, though, the group pulled over to
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The second day in Iran was the worst for me. It started with a poor choice of clothes. My yellow, shear, short-sleeved vintage shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons is one of my favorite warm weather shirts. But I didn’t realize how see-through it was until I wore it in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where men
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Jackson under the full moon, Tehran in the background. 5/7 Day 3 This morning is more emotionally intense than I was expecting. Shahrokh sleeps in so he is missing out on visiting Iman Khomeini Shrine, the huge unfinished multi-million dollar building where the Ayatollah Khomeini’s body is interned. On the subway out we are getting
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THE CHAINBREAKER BIKE BOOK: A ROUGH GUIDE TO BICYCLE MAINTENANCE Shelley Lynn Jackson and Ethan Clark Microcosm Publishing, 2008, 256 pages DESPITE BEING WRITTEN FOR bicyclists wanting to develop the independence repairing one’s bicycle provides, particularly those longing for the simpler life the utilitarian bicycle offers, The Chainbreaker Bike Book: A Rough Guide to Bicycle
Many are familiar with the literary accomplishments of former United States’ poet laureate Robert Hass. His five collections of poetry have all garnered critical acclaim; in fact, his most recent book, Time and Materials, was the 2007 National Book Award winner. A book of essays published in the eighties, Twentieth Century Pleasures, is the most
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life Arlene Blum Harvest Books, 2007, 400 pages. I’m one of those readers who has three books going at one time, often losing interest before completing them all. However, Arlene Blum’s book, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life captured and maintained my interest from beginning to end. There are few books written
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