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From the summit of Resplendent

Sidestepping

It just never goes out of style.


Old dog, old trick.

Font Steeze I

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Yup, it takes me six weeks to get motivated enough to post another weather excerpt. Here's the one I like today:

Long range models show a decent pool of cool air behind this system, bringing highs only in the mid 50s for Wednesday amid scattered showers and perhaps some very low snow levels to around 4,000 feet or lower.

Next time I go skiing, I promise to take some pictures. I'll take this opportunity to salute more dedicated backcountry skiing bloggers, Andrew and Lou. You guys are the salt of the snowsliding blogosphere.

Talk about it.

Recently-transplanted, new-skool representin' DH (note the judicious use of initials, 'cuz I stand on my own two) yesterday drew my attention to Lou's comment on his blog where he wrote that we do it more than talk about it. He thought it could be interpreted as a diss. Personally, I'd rather be one to do something more than talk about it, as opposed to the alternative, so I consider it a compliment.

Regardless, I'm a contrarian, so I'm going to "talk about it" today. At the moment, the glorious slopes of Mt Maude elude this here blog and the hallowed hospices of Ski Sickness, so let us make amends. Here is a shot of Old E, esteemed professor and reformed man-ho, dropping into the North Face on July 6, 2008:


Here is a picture of yours truly enjoying the exquisite goods that same day:


And now we borrow powdherb's time machine and take you to 2005, when the top portion was in absolutely perfect condition and I had a definitive "What Skiing's All About" moment:

Three years later, I'm not even sure how I skied like that on TLT4Pros. This clip was taken from a much longer video on Sam's site.

CIAO!

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Paris

J'ai longé La Seine. Smoking a Cuban:


Le Tour Eiffel:


Looking across the Seine at Notre Dame on the Île de la Cité:


One from the Jardin des Plantes for the Fatboy:

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Try Triad Again

Even if you've already "succeeded," it's still quite a line.


Photo by Sergio Verdina on July 7, 2007. There's actually more snow than the photo shows as of yesterday.

Thanks for a great day, Davide, Ryan, and Tim.

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