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Lowa Struktura Lights seem pretty nice.

E. Smith-Either/Or Spoon live 4.18.03 URGH: A Music War(Cleaning out the basement I found this double record and must make a digi transfer soon.)

Storm skiing in the trees.

new whack penguin link

Level 5 rocks!

322.9 Thought for sure the bird was gonna auger and instead it bounced.

Damn! Wish I'd have known. What an incredible place. Did a fun tour outside of town and skied some other cool stuff near the resort. Are the trees ever schtip in those parts.

Been wanting to go for a bunch of years. Think the thing to do is to access from the east[Alvord Desert] before the snow melts too much. There are some private property issues there from what I've heard. Stunning country with a small snow/ski window in most seasons. Looks like decent steeps!

Scrapple's got nothing on haggis. P.G. Wodehouse has the following to say about haggis: The fact that I am not a haggis addict is probably due to my having read Shakespeare. It is the same with many Englishmen. There is no doubt that Shakespeare has rather put us off the stuff.... You remember the passage to which I refer? Macbeth happens upon the three witches while they are preparing the evening meal. They are dropping things into the cauldron and chanting "Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog," and so on, and he immediately recognises the recipe. "How now, you secret, black and midnight haggis," he cries shuddering. This has caused misunderstandings and has done an injustice to haggis. Grim as it is, it is not as bad as that-- or should not be. What the dish really consists of -- or should consist of -- is the more intimate parts of a sheep chopped up fine and blended with salt, pepper, nutmeg, onions, oatmeal, and beef suet. But it seems to me that there is a grave danger of the cook going all whimsey and deciding not to stop there. When you reflect that the haggis is served up with a sort of mackintosh round it, concealing its contents, you will readily see that the temptation to play a practical joke on the boys must be almost irresistible. Scotsmen have their merry moods, like all of us, and the thought must occasionally cross the cook's mind that it would be no end of a lark to shove in a lot of newts and frogs and bats and dogs and then stand in the doorway watching the poor simps wade into them.... An odd thing--ironical, you might say-- in connection with haggis is that it is not Scottish. In an old cook book, published 1653, it is specifically mentioned as an English dish called haggas or haggus, while France claims it as her mince (hachis) going about under an alias. It would be rather amusing if it turned out that Burns was really a couple of Irish boys named Pat and Mike.

Scrapple ain't half bad though I'll take Italian or Thai food first any day.

KDX Weed

Putting Dynafit's on in Powder and/or a steep slope can be tedious though for weight they are tops. Fritchi or Silvretta= imo.

Police release name of American Skier killed in Back Country Avalanche Revelstoke RCMP have now identified the American skier who died in yesterdays avalanche accident 50 kms east of Revelstoke. Deceased is : Richard Theodore KERR (46) of Aspen, Colorado Background Information: Police have commenced a Coroner’s investigation into the death which occurred approximately 50 km ( 30 miles) east of Revelstoke in the Albert Canyon ( Mount Justin/ Mount Devine area) shortly after noon today ( 2004-01-08) . A group of 10 American back country skiers ( 2 females and 8 males, accompanied by two Selkirk Lodge staff and one guide ) were skiing approximately 500 meters from the back-country lodge when a small avalanche ( a size 2 avalanche) occurred taking the victim down the mountain. The size of the avalanche was approximately 80 metres wide and ran for 1000 feet. The victim was swept down by the slide and struck a tree where he sustained severe upper body trauma. The incident occurred at the 7200 foot level of the mountain. The skiing group immediately initiated a rescue by calling Revelstoke where a helicopter and rescue guides from the companies Selkirk Tangiers and Selkirk Mountain Helicopters were dispatched. A doctor and the mountain guide in the skiing party immediately initiated medical aid to the victim at the scene. The victim was airlifted to Revelstoke and pronounced dead at Queen Victoria Hospital. All of the ski party are Americans from the State of Colorado and all stayed at the Selkirk Lodge overnight. None of the other skiers were involved in the avalanche or harmed. This event occurred during a back-country ski holiday. The skiers are flown into the area for 6-7 days where they stay at a remote mountain lodge from which they ski tour to various runs. At the conclusion of the stay the clients are then flown back to the community of departure which is Revelstoke. -2- Update: An investigation team from the Revelstoke RCMP Detachment has interviewed most of the witnesses in this incident. They have determined that the group of skiers were on a run called the Martin Run which is a short distance from the lodge. The group had left the lodge earlier and were on their 3rd run of the day when this incident occurred. The group has ascended to a start point where the mountain guide instructed the group to remain to the skiers’ right of the ski area. The guide descended safely first with instructions for the group to follow one at a time in single file, keeping to the right. The deceased was the first one to begin his descent however he proceeded skiers’ left,a significant distance from where he was instructed to ski by the guide. He made one or two turns and then cut to the right to meet up with the guide when the avalanche occurred. All of the skiers were experienced and were well aware of the dangers of the area. The mountain guides involved are all certified under the Canadian Association of Mountain guides. Note *This event did not involve helicopter skiing. S/Sgt Randy Brown Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge Revelstoke RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police 250-837-5255 - General 250-837-8977 - cell 250-837-5033 - fax -30- Randy Brown, S/Sgt 34471 404 Campbell Avenue Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0

True story: An old friend used to live near St. George circa 1991. He owned and operated a motel near the entrance to Zion NP. His cleaning crew consisted of a 40ish Mormon male who rolled up every morning in a van full of his 7 or so wives. His trick to evading the Utah authorities was to live across the border in Arizona. "Everybody's doing it," we were told.

New Age??? WTF! That music is crap! Some long hair playing keys with waterfall and/or wind through leaves ambience as background makes me hurl everytime. 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (96%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%) 4. Secular Humanism (91%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (82%) 6. Taoism (76%) 7. Neo-Pagan (71%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (69%) 9. Mahayana Buddhism (68%) 10. New Age (64%)

Debatable. Lost in the digital hub bub are some pretty neat advances in film. Of special note imo is the fairly new Fuji 400 Provia tranparency film. I've shot it at 800 with some impressive and not too grainy results.

PDX is an ice cube on top of 5-7 inches of snow. My hats off to Hawthorne Starfucks, the US Postal Service, and Mt. Hood Ski bowl and all ya'll who schlepped up there last night. Oh, and lets not forget the tender at the Stube who fashions a mofo of a hot toddy! He more than made up for the chicks at the upper hut who tried to serve us frozen beer - clue: if you leave the keg outside when it's windchill factor of -10, it will freeze....

When the freezing rain hits all bets are off. If the trees in the yard aren't yet trimmed then they will be soon.

For the Yanks out there: Don't move to Canada, gain landed immigrant status and then let your friends know that after 3 years of gaining said status you'll be able to travel the globe with a Canadian passport.

what he said...and: •be able to beat a hasty retreat •a due SOUTH compass bearing gets you to Timberline •watch for slides up high within 48 hrs. of a storm cycle •if snow's fallen without wind and the temps are low you are STOKED

Hoodoo schmoodoo. Batchey flatchey. Crystal and Ski Bowl drive my tractor! Wish the former was closer to Stumptown.

Any recommends for a tour @ Crystal mañana?